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A topic that doesn't get enough attention nationally in a positive sense is something
I'm going to talk about now because it was critical to build our country. We have some
icons in Michigan if you say these words most of us know them and we think of them as ours.
If I say the words Dow, Meijer, and Masco, we think, "Those are Michigan" right? Every
one of those three companies were created by an immigrant. We need to encourage immigration
in our state. That's how we made our country great. We need to focus on legal immigration
and make sure people know Michigan is the most welcoming place, and I intend on moving
forward with that. To take action on this front, I'm going to sign an executive order
creating the Michigan Office of New Americans to be a coordinating resource to say let's
welcome these individuals to encourage entrepreneurship, to encourage those students who are getting
those advance degrees in engineering not to have to leave the country but to stay and
grow companies and employ Michiganders, to work on agricultural workers, to work on tourism
workers, to work on a statewide EB5 program, which is an entrepreneurship program, and
to continue to say how can we be more innovative and creative, to say if someone has the opportunity
to come to our country legally, let's hold our arms open and say, "Come to Michigan.
This is the place to be."