In addition to that. we had representatives from hotels. including the MGM/ Mirage Corporation. which. by the way. has the largest hotel in the world. the MGM Hotel. with 5.005 rooms in that one facility alone. We also had the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas. They were all there standing with me to confirm their support for realistic immigration reforms. the kinds we are now discussing in the Senate. D. Taylor. the leader of the Culinary Union. the one I just spoke about. local 226. said at the time it had to be an important issue to get representatives of the Culinary Union and the Chamber of Commerce in the same room talking about the same subject. Less than 2 weeks ago. I attended a similar event held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel/Convention Center in Las Vegas. where leaders of the Culinary Union and MGM/Mirage representatives stood together again with dozens of immigrants who are hotel workers to highlight the importance of immigrants to the Las Vegas economy. The representative of the Chamber of Commerce was an immigrant. In the State of Nevada. the Culinary Union has been a strong supporter of the reforms we have in this legislation before the Senate. The Culinary Union. like all other unions in this country. understands that when there are people working illegally in our economy. it undercuts the wages and working conditions of everyone else. The Las Vegas business community has been supportive of our efforts here in Washington to reform our immigration laws. That is an understatement. They depend on the hard work of immigrants in our community to get the work done. In Las Vegas. we have a very low unemployment level. It is estimated that Las Vegas will add almost 50.000 new hotel rooms. requiring 100.000 new workers.
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