{"id":866,"date":"2018-05-10T15:20:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T15:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wylybooks.com\/wylybooks\/?p=866"},"modified":"2018-05-10T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T15:20:43","slug":"everybody-in-dallas-came-from-someplace-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wylybooks.com\/wylybooks\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"Everybody in Dallas came from someplace else"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Sam Wyly<\/a>,\u00a0 May 2, 2018<\/p>\n

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Immigration is a hot topic, but that\u2019s not new. In 1798, a federal law discouraged our family\u2019s early Scots-Irish forebears. It was repealed under Thomas Jefferson in 1800, and as James Webb wrote in \u201cBorn Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America,\u201d \u201cThey not only CAME to America; they MADE America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our new book, \u201cDallas Got It Right!\u201d says a lot of the growth of Dallas\/Fort Worth comes from our newcomers \u2014 migrants and immigrants.\u00a0 Unless we\u2019re native Americans, we all descend from immigrants who came from somewhere else. The house in Highland Park where my six kids grew up was built by a German family that first came to trade for buffalo hides.<\/p>\n

Many come to the Lone Star State each year \u2014 400,000 in 2017.\u00a0 Why? The robust economy and its need for workers. Immigrants and migrants do not take jobs; they create them. So, Dallas grows faster than New York or San Francisco or Chicago. And Rust Belt states in the Northeast consistently lose jobs to the South and Mountain West.<\/p>\n

When the dean of the University of Michigan\u2019s business school, (which now has a Sam Wyly Hall), asked me how his state can be more like Texas, I told him, \u201cTexas is immigrant-friendly, whether you\u2019re from New York, California or Timbuktu.\u201d Two of my sons-in-law went to Queen\u2019s University in Canada \u2014 one from Vancouver, and one from South Africa. Another is from Ireland. My Chinese daughter-in-law grew up watching \u201cGone with the Wind\u201d with English subtitles and read Mark Twain\u2019s \u201cTom Sawyer\u201d in Mandarin. Other family heritage is English, Greek, Mexican, Scottish and Welch.<\/p>\n

Many see opportunity and a safe haven here. Our former mayor, Laura Miller, came from Wisconsin. Her husband Steve Wolens\u2019 mom got out of Strasbourg just before the Nazi tanks rolled on their path to devastating all of Europe.\u00a0 In 2016, Dallas received 4,000 refugees \u2014\u00a0more than any other metro<\/a>.\u00a0 Our flourishing economy offers opportunity both in small businesses and big organizations. We\u2019re entrepreneurial \u2014 sometimes we win, and sometimes we lose and start all over again.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Texas economy thrives because we cherish family, homes, schools and places of worship. People mostly like each other and help each other.\u00a0 D-FW\u2018s 17-county metro is the fastest-growing in America. Frisco is the fastest growing town, \u201cand the beat goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Fort Bliss in El Paso to Barksdale in Shreveport, Texas is vital to America\u2019s military muscle.\u00a0 Many, like me, first came on military duty and saw Dallas as a good place to work. Because of America, the world is more free and more prosperous.<\/p>\n

Sam Wyly has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism. Find a complete list of them\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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