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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 606 

Recognizing the month of June as Immigrant Heritage Month in honor 

of the accomplishments and role of immigrants in shaping the history 

and culture of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 29, 2014 

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. 

GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. COSTA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 

HONDA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 

Mexico, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. POLIS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. VEASEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the month of June as Immigrant Heritage 

Month in honor of the accomplishments and role of immigrants in shaping the history and culture of the 

United States. 

Whereas the entrepreneurial drive and spirit of our country 

is built on our diversity of origins; 

Whereas it is what drew the first people to the U.S. and what 

continues to drive American business; 


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Whereas American success is a result of our many distinct 

experiences, not in spite of it; 

Whereas America has always been a nation of immigrants, 

and throughout the nation’s history, immigrants from 

around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our 

businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the 

greatest economic engine in the world; 

Whereas as a nation of immigrants, we must remember the 

generations of pioneers that helped lay the railroads and 

build our cities, develop new industries and fuel our Information Age, from the telegraph to the smart phone; 

Whereas immigrants represent 14 percent of all employed college graduates and 50 percent of Ph.D.s working in math 

and computer science occupations; 

Whereas immigrant-owned small businesses generated a total 

of $776 billion in receipts and employed an estimated 4.7 

million people in 2007; 

Whereas immigrants started 28 percent of all new U.S. businesses, despite accounting for only 13 percent of the U.S. 

population in 2011; 

Whereas immigrants or the children of immigrants founded 

more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies; 

Whereas these American companies represent 7 of the 10 

most valuable brands globally, collectively employ over 10 

million people, and generate annual revenue of $4.2 trillion; 

Whereas immigrants’ contributions in the high-tech sector 

are especially striking, both in the number of businesses 

started and in the number of patents filed; 


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Whereas between 2006 and 2012, 44 percent of new tech 

startups in Silicon Valley, widely known as the international hub for technological development and innovation, had at least one immigrant founder; 

Whereas increased immigration to the United States has increased the earnings of Americans with more than a high 

school degree; and 

Whereas between 1990 and 2004, increased immigration was 

correlated with increasing earnings of Americans by 0.7 

percent and is expected to contribute to an increase of 

1.8 percent over the long term: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’ in 

3 honor of the accomplishments and role of immi4 grants in shaping the history and culture of the 

5 United States; 

6 (2) pledges to celebrate immigrant contributions 

7 to, and immigrant heritage in, each district; and 

8 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

9 to commemorate the history of immigrants in the 

10 United States and to always remember our immi11 grant roots. 

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