Cisco CEO joins Apple, Amazon in backing 'Dreamers' immigration reform: 'This is the only place they've ever known'

Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 7:41 AM 2 min read

“When they're told to go home, they are home. This is the only place they've ever known, and we have many of them who work for us,” he told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview. Last month, Robbins penned an op-ed for USA Today on why Congress should give “Dreamers” the “legal status and certainty they deserve.”

From a business perspective, it’s “the right thing to do,” he told Yahoo Finance. “In general, people believe that this part of the immigration reform is the simplest one that we should get done.”

People hold signs as they take part in a rally for "Justice Everywhere" to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to disallow the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, in San Diego, California, U.S., June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake · Mike Blake / reuters

Other high-profile business leaders include Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, and Amazon’s (AMZN) head honcho, Jeff Bezos.

Backing that idea is a recent survey from Pew Research that found 74% of Americans surveyed support granting legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

In mid-March, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would create a pathway to citizenship for the 2.5 million dreamers in the United States. The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 passed 228-197, with the support of nine Republicans, but faces an uphill battle in the Senate.