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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
July 1, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Baldeh, Cabrera, Moore Omokunde,
Conley, Brostoff, Anderson, Andraca, Bowen, Considine, Hebl,
Hesselbein, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Hintz, Shelton, Snodgrass,
Stubbs, Vruwink and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR68,1,1 1Relating to: proclaiming June 2021 as Immigrant Heritage Month.
AJR68,1,52 Whereas, since Ole and Lena arrived from Norway to farm the Northwoods of
3Wisconsin to the immigration of Giannis Antetokounmpo from Nigeria via Athens
4to win two MVPs, the State of Wisconsin has been formed and enriched by waves of
5immigrants from every corner of the world; and
AJR68,1,106 Whereas, early in our history our state was populated by immigrants from
7Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Poland, by 2018, immigrants who primarily came
8from Mexico, Laos, China, and the Philippines comprised 5 percent of all Wisconsin
9residents, and an additional 5 percent of us had at least one parent who was an
10immigrant; and
AJR68,1,1411 Whereas, our state's 290,000 immigrants from all corners of the globe — Africa,
12Asia, Europe, South and Central America, and Australia — play an important role
13in Wisconsin's economy, earning a combined household income of $9.8 billion and
14paying $970 million in state and local taxes each year; and
AJR68,2,4
1Whereas, immigrants account for almost 25 percent of the agricultural
2workforce and 15 percent of the information technology workforce and have
3established businesses with over $9 billion in sales and employing 55,000 workers;
4and
AJR68,2,85 Whereas, despite these important and unique economic, social, and cultural
6contributions made by each wave of migration over 200 years, the role of immigrants
7in building our state in the past and today is often overlooked and undervalued due
8to ignorance, racism, and xenophobia; and
AJR68,2,129 Whereas, this month Wisconsinites should join together in a spirit of unity and
10kindness and reject prejudice against immigrants regardless of their legal status or
11their nation of origin and instead celebrate their ongoing contributions to every
12community and the state; now, therefore, be it
AJR68,2,14 13Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
14Legislature proclaims June 2021 as Immigrant Heritage Month.
AJR68,2,1515 (End)
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