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The Path to Immigration Reform

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    Ramcast Steel co-owner Hector Ramirez on the immigration process and how he is helping the economy with his business.

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Than fifteen minutes are let's get -- To immigration and -- forward Bernard tests didn't watch Senator John McCain responding to some of the critics of immigration reform reform appearing on.

FOX News Sunday -- -- Eleven million people living in the shadows I believe that they deserve to come out of the shadows the children who brought here.

When they were children they deserve that kind of considerations well.

Without our next guest knows this much about this phenomenon is just about anyone came to the United States illegally when he was thirteen years old now.

US citizen and -- part owner of growing small business called -- can't steal so we welcome in Hector Ramirez -- joins us from our bureau in LA and I know it.

It's I said earlier it's evident that you are seeing and expiring may be a story Europe personal stories so.

What do you tell -- little bit up but I -- less time immigration reform was done when Ronald Reagan was president 1986 and had an effect on you so tell us about that.

What when I got effect -- him.

Yeah when I got this gone -- when I got to this going there was thirteen years old and my Brothers set of putting into school he got me to do well in.

And which I learned and we work since 6 AM until four or five or 606 PM whatever time was necessary.

I got my for someone -- -- eighteen years old.

Of course I have to.

Put in application that I what's a US citizen I never said that I wasn't so idea I got my first home when -- eighteen years old.

And I've been working since that time you know this is that -- gone -- for opportunities whoever wants to.

Whoever wants to word there's everything to do.

Then what about have when you've got -- green card though that was when them -- when did you become legal and in the process of becoming a citizen after that.

The thing -- -- -- 88 to April of 88.

OK and that was -- said immigration reform 86 and then you are the reason I bring that up is because for going through this process again.

Where we're considering the fact that yeah maybe some people.

Like you came to the United States -- early in life were not legal immediately now want to become legal.

And we're interested in what is the impact of that on the economy -- you start -- business right and now.

I guess helping the economy with your business.

They yeah we can -- -- debt for me I believe there's definitely a good thing.

There's so least likely Citi eleven eleven -- people.

That even initiate and the shuttle's.

They probably -- start investing money here instead of sending in the money to their content is no usage here that -- investors -- they wanna buy appropriate here.

And my team -- -- -- a little bit more the economy to -- and what do you say to people who make the arguments that.

Well but their -- -- on certain people you know they don't follow all the roles or they say the heck -- follow the rules you're here illegally so that shouldn't.

Be allowed under any circumstances what -- say to people who make that argument to you.

You know you take the awards from whoever they come in on leafy they're coming from ignorant people you and you got it taken from -- two.

You want to be successful you have to work hard and that's.

How that has to be.

And -- there's people that is not working correctly you know we.

We don't need -- -- -- but.

Whoever's working if you turn to left or right there's people would not papers serving you anywhere.

You're writing you and you -- one of the people who are working -- that started her own business and you've done very well that so thanks for telling your story with us today Hector Ramirez thanks a lot.