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Message: From GoLocalProv by Theresa Agonia, GoLocalProv Guest MINDSETTER™: As a First-generation Portuguese-American, I was recently caught off guard when The White House released a report entitled “The Economic Benefits of Fixing Our Broken Immigration System: Impacts for Rhode Island Families.” In this report, I learned that 14.4% of RI business owners are immigrants. According to the report, “these businessmen and women generate $360 million in income for Rhode Island each year." This made me think about my late father, Manuel Agonia, who ran a successful construction company for 27 years before falling ill with cancer. My father, the same man who came to this country in the 1970’s with a fourth-grade education, a suitcase, no knowledge on the English language, and a dream, was part of a percentage benefiting the future work-force of RI. This made me think of others in the state with the same impact but who might have had a different immigration road to travel. http://www.golocalprov.comhttp://beta.golocalprov.com/theresa-agonia-rhode-island-underestimates-its-latino-community