IMMIGRATION - DID YOU KNOW?

After hearing that the immigration bill in Congress has been stalled, I read an article that made me wonder why Congressmen hate immigrants so much. They add to the economy and have built successful businesses that probably donate to many political campaigns. I found the following information, and wondered how many people in this country buy products from the corporations listed below, started by immigrants.

These corporations were founded by immigrants:

GOOGLE
Founder: Sergey Brin
(COO)Country of Origin: Russia

AT&T
Founder: Alexander Graham Bell
COO: Scotland
Note: Bell came to the U.S. as a teacher of the deaf, which led him to invent the microphone and telephone.

GOLDMAN SACHS
Founder: Marcus Goldman
COO: Germany
Note: Sachs was started in 1869 in a one-room office in New York City

eBAY
Founder: Pierre Omidyar
COO: France
Note: He is one of the largest donors against human trafficking.

RADIO SHACK
Founder: Theodore and Milton Deutschmann
COO: England
Note: The company was named after the wooden compartment aboard ships that held the radio equipment. The first store was opened in Boston, MA in 1921.

KOHL's
Founder: Maxwell Kohl
COO: Poland
Note: He worked in Milwaukee till 1927 and saved enough money to open a small grocery, the beginning of Kohl's.

COMCAST
Founder: Daniel Aaron
COO: Germany
Note: He started as a journalist who did a story on a cable company sparking his interest in cable.

BIG LOTS
Founder: Sol Shenk
COO: Russia
Note: Big Lots started in 1967 as an auto parts wholesale store.

YAHOO
Founder: Jerry Yang
COO: Taiwan
Note: At the age of 10, the only English word he knew was "shoe."

NORDSTROM
Founder: John W Nordstrom
COO: Sweden
Note: He came to the U.S. in 1887 at the age of 16 with $5.00 in his pocket.

COLGATE
Founder: William Colgate
COO: England
Note: In 1806 his first business was a starch, soap and candle shop in New York City.

SARA LEE
Founder: Nathan Cummings
COO: Canada
Note: He was accidentally born in Canada when his parents got off the boat in Saint Johns, Canada, one stop early, instead of New York City, when immigrating from Lithuania.

DUPONT
Founder: E. I. duPont
COO: France
Note: He studied explosives production in the 1700s in France before coming to the U.S.

KRAFT FOODS
Founder: James L. Kraft
COO: Canada
Note: He invested in a cheese company that went bust, then scraped up enough money to start Kraft.

PFIZER
Founder: Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart
COO: Germany
Note: They started the company with a $2,500 loan from Pfizer's father.

PROCTER & GAMBLE
Founder: William Procter and James Gamble
COO: England and Ireland
Note: Procter came to the U.S. in 1830 after his London shop was destroyed by fire and burglary; met Gamble and they teamed up.

If you are against immigrants and are shopping at any of the above stores, you are shopping at the wrong place!