Thanksgiving is thanking All

 As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving somehow this year let us never forget that we are a nation of thankful people happy to live in America. America is a nation of immigrants that came by boat , plane train any way they could to raise their families here for generations. We have a current President who broke up families who came here. Called them illegal instead of welcomed them. Took their children away and put them in cages alone . He lost sight of the fact that immigrants are the fabric of this nation that holds us all together with our various skills and attributes. 

One quarter of all businesses in America are founded by immigrants. 45% of the founders of billion dollar tech start-up companies in America are founded by immigrants.  In silicon valley 6 out of every computer teck workers were born abroad. So as the pandemic requires us to stay more indoors for the safety of our lives, thank a immigrant since we are leaning more and more on foreign born innovation to make our lives easier ordering just about everything we need from our phones delivered right to our doors if necessary. 

We order food from Door Dash or Google or the nearest store site. If you work on Zoom or connect with your friends on certain media sites you are using technology created by an immigrant. It is not just in technology but the pandemic has highlighted our reliance on immigrants from the science innovation sector too. Analysis by the Migration Policy Institute found that immigrants in the American workforce by share of workers in select professions is significant. 40% are our home aides, 30% of immigrants are physicians, 25% are pharmacists yet foreign born workers only make up 20% of Americans. 

Then we have the farm workers, bus drivers, maids, any kind of cleaning laborers, they are significantly foreign born immigrants helping the quality of life here in America better for us all to enjoy. The numbers of those folks jumps to 55% of folks in America. 75% of immigrants work in jobs that the Federal Government describes as essential workers during this pandemic. 

This deadly virus has touched folks from all over the globe and has become a multi-national project of scientists to combat it despite the fact that Trump refuses to cooperate with other nations. The best way to fight a global disease is through a global effort.