Here is a list of the companies supporting amnesty from the txeir.org Web site:
- Adams Insurance Services, Inc.
- Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas
- Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas
- Baldi Gardens
- Beecherl Investments
- Belton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Bob Perry
- Bowerbird Construction
- Bud Smith Organization
- Cameo Samples LLC
- Cedar Creek Farms
- Clearstream Wastewater Systems, Inc.
- Contran Corporation
- Corporate Facilities Management Services, LLC
- Dairy Farmers of America
- Emerald Garden
- Excell Cleaning and Building Services, Inc.
- Express Personnel Services
- Federation of Employers & Workers of America
- Four Seasons Sunrooms Design and Remodeling Center
- Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce
- Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
- GreenWay Lawn Care
- Henry S. Miller Companies
- Hunt Building Corporation
- Hutchison Homes
- IBTX Risk Management System
- International Bank of Commerce
- James Leininger, M.D.
- Kenjura Tile, Inc.
- Lawn Management Company
- Landmark Nurseries Inc.
- Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein Rosenthal LLP
- Lone Star Milk Producers
- Manhattan Policy Institute
- McAllen Chamber of Commerce
- Mesquite Chamber of Commerce
- Metro Blind & Shade Inc.
- Mortellaro's Nursery, Inc.
- North American Stone Company
- Pape Farms
- Phil Adams Company
- Pilgrim’s Pride
- Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
- Powell Plant Farms, Inc.
- Ran-Pro Farms Inc.
- San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Sanderson Farms
- Select Milk Producers, Inc.
- South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce
- Southern Multifoods, Inc.
- Southwest Property Landscaping
- TawaKoni Plant Farm
- Texas Agriculture Cooperative Council
- Texas Apartment Association
- Texas Association of Builders
- Texas Association of Business
- Texas Association of Dairymen
- Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce
- Texas Cattle Feeders Association
- Texas Citrus Mutual
- Texas Cotton Ginners' Association
- Texas Farm Bureau
- Texas Hotel & Lodging Association
- Texas Nursery and Landscape Association
- Texas Package Store Association
- Texas Pork Producers Association
- Texas Poultry Federation and Affiliates
- Texas Restaurant Association
- Texas Retailers Association
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
- Texas State Florists' Association
- Texas Travel Industry Association
- Texas Vegetable Association
- The Honorable Dolph Briscoe
- Turfgrass Producers of Texas
- Tyson Foods, Inc.
- West Texas Plants
- Wester Landscape Management
- Wilhite Landscape and Lawn Care, Ltd.
- Winter Garden Produce
It would be a good idea for Texans to express their displeasure with the businesses and trade groups involved. I have not purchased any Tyson Foods products since the early 1990s because of the owner's close ties to Bill Clinton. It looks like Pilgrim's Pride is not an alternative. BTW, for those who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or the Panhandle, Braum's ice cream stores sell dairy products produced by the Braum family's dairy operations in Oklahoma, along with a limited selection of meat and produce. I am not aware that either the company or any farm or food trade association based in Oklahoma supports the amnesty bill before Congress. Also, people should consider spending their tourist dollars in places other than San Antonio or South Padre Island, where the local chambers of commerce support amnesty.
Those who betray their countrymen for the sake of cheap labor should not be rewarded by patriotic consumers.