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Proclaims June 2021 as Immigrant Heritage Month in Arizona to honor contributions of immigrants and their children.

One in eight Arizonans are immigrants or foreign-born, representing the eleventh largest immigrant population in the United States.

Fifty percent of Fortune 500 companies based in Arizona were founded by immigrants or their children, generating $98.9 billion in annual revenue and employing 134,330 people globally.

Foreign-born Arizonans own an estimated 22.7 percent of businesses in the Phoenix metropolitan area and employ 113,760 workers while generating $1.3 billion in business income.

Arizona's immigrants contribute $5.4 billion annually in federal, state, and local taxes and have $16 billion in after-tax spending power.