not only bag bnb. so i want everybody to know, to be aware.e in the city. >> bag bnb says it requires travellers to show their receipt i know what a photo, i, did before claiming their luggage and suggests the incident reinforces the importance of following proper procedure. >> they were grateful but i was even more grateful that i was in a position to do that. >> bag bnb launch ad year ago. now they are in countries all over the world. by the way, it, too, was compensating the travellers for the loss. i want to hear from you. my 7 on your side hotline, you know the number. 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on my facebook page and on abc7 news.com. >>> thank you. the bay area is a beautiful place and abc 7 viewers prove it every day. >> beautiful and chilly. jimmy posted this picture of the bridge. the nice thing about fog is that it will always lift. >> that's true. this picture has the #abc 7 now which helped us find it and put it on tv. >> spencer is back with an update on the forecast. >>> winter begins tomorrow morning. clear skies righ

not only bag bnb. so i want everybody to know, to be aware. that there are people like there in the city. >> bag bnb says it requires travellers to show their receipt i know what a photo, i, did before claiming their luggage and suggests the incident reinforces the importance of following proper procedure. >> they were grateful but i was even more grateful that i was in a position to do that. >> bag bnb launch ad year ago. now they are in countries all over the world. by the way, it, too, was compensating the travellers for the loss. i want to hear from you. my 7 on your side hotline, you know the number. 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on my facebook page and on abc7 news.com. >>> thank you. the bay area is a beautiful place and abc 7 viewers prove it every day. >> beautiful and chilly. jimmy posted this picture of the bridge. the nice thing about fog is that it will always lift. >> that's true. this picture has the #abc 7 now which helped us find it and put it on tv. >> spencer is back with an update on the forecast. >>> winter begins to

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. >>> san francisco-based air bnb has made a big move. >> air bnb is teaming up with a miami-based developerh a brand of apartment buildings for home sharing. a building is already under construction. this will be part of the future of housing in florida and across the country. >>> 125 preorder trucks. pepsi 100, anheuser-busch 40, walmart reserved 15. palo alto based tesla unveiled it last month. >>> is this the future, a hamburger chain is now allowing you to order with facial rebbe nigs. these kiosks were added to stores. the first time customers use the kiosk they're prompted to attach their face to an account or a picture of their face. the system will be able to up the frequent orders. you can pay with your face, too. how often are you going to the burger joint that you need to do that? >> how much is your face worth? >> i don't know. >> these are all unknowable. let's talk about this craze that's sweeping on. tiny fairy doors are popping up. >> 10-year-old serena and her grandfather started making these whimsical tiny doors. they gave some away and hid others around town. now the move

air bnb is thinking bigger. >>> >>> the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. download the app now. >>> check out the calendar. we've been keeping track of those dry days and, sure enough, it's finally over as we had measurable rain in the north bay last night. you can see even the south bay is starting to clear out from steady rain to scattered light rain and showers. we'll talk about our chance of rain christmas day and beyond coming up next. >>> thank you. now to a baby sea turtle on a baby treadmill. this unusual test trying to study hatchling disorientation. they make it to the ocean in a mad dash that takes a few minutes. what happens when they become disoriented. city lighting can lead them in the wrong direction and that can lead to more exposed time looking for the surf. one was outfitted with a special swimsuit in its journey in the lab. it's very cute regardless. >> most of them never make it. >> way to bring us way down, reggie. >> that's nature. it's the circle of life, kids. welcome t

air bnb and netflix also criticized the fcc's decision.n response to that move, state senator scott wiener says he will introduce legislation to make net neutrality the law in california when the legislature reconvenes in january. >> net neutrality is so important for a free and open internet. without net neutrality, we can have a situation where it's easier to access website that pay money and harder to access website that don't pay money. >> wiener says his proposed legislation will regulate telecom businesses to preserve equal access. he says he will work with the aclu and the electronic frontier foundation to craft the bill. >>> meantime the gop tax package may be in jeopardy tonight. at least one new republican senator is saying that he will vote no. abc news reporter chuck severson has the late development. >> reporter: republicans spent thursday putting the final touches on their tax plan with hopes of voting on the bill next week and giving president trump his first major legislative victory. >> we're doing very well on the tax fro

. >>> air bnb has made a big move to change the apartment rental business. they've launch ad brand of residential complexes specifically designed for home sharing. as reported by our media partner, the mercury news. a 432 unit building is already underway. construction in florida. they said this will be part of future of house go. not only in florida but across the country. >>> if you've ever been given a parking ticket at a meter that was not work, you can rest eaeaa supporters say it will give cities an incentive to fix broken meters. >> if you're unfortunate enough to see an empty parking space, you pull in, you get all your stuff out. you go to the parking meter and it is broken. and you go, what do i do now? find another place to park is this you can park there legally. >> starting january 1st, drivers will be able to park at broken meters without penalty for up to just the posted time limit. you still have that. >>> an oakland man is collecting books for this unique group of firefighters. carlos explains what sparked his interest in this book drive. >>

air bnb and netflix also criticized the fcc's decision.n response to that move, state senator scott wiener says he will introduce legislation to make net neutrality the law in california when the legislature reconvenes in january. >> net neutrality is so important for a free and open internet. without net neutrality, we can have a situation where it's easier to access website that pay money and harder to access website that don't pay money. >> wiener says his proposed legislation will regulate telecom businesses to preserve equal access. he says he will work with the aclu and the electronic frontier foundation to craft the bill. >>> meantime the gop tax package may be in jeopardy tonight. at least one new republican senator is saying that he will vote no. abc news reporter chuck severson has the late development. >> reporter: republicans spent thursday putting the final touches on their tax plan with hopes of voting on the bill next week and giving president trump his first major legislative victory. >> we're doing very well on the tax fro

. >> reporter: bay area companies opposed to the repeal including netflix, twitter, google, and air bnb. the appeal will not take effect for another couple months. veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> tomorrow the public will be able to pay their respects to san francisco mayor ed lee who died suddenly two days ago. flowers, cards, and candles line the steps of city hall tonight. and flags continue to fly at half staff. tomorrow, his body will lay at the rotunda in city hall. there will be a public viewing and then on sunday, there will be a celebration of life at 3:00 p.m. also at city hall. >>> a somber procession in southern california tonight for a firefighter killed while battling the thomas fire. 32-year-old cory iverson was from san diego. he leafs behind a young daughter and pregnant wife -- leaves behind a young daughter and pregnant wife. no details on how exactly he died. >>> the thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire ever in california. nearly 250,000 acres have burned and only 35% contained. and more than 700 homes are destroyed. meantime tonight, top artists are bannin

. >>> up next at 11:00, a hidden camera in an air bnb rental. and the warning police want everyone to hear. >>> we have jimmy. >>> john cena is my guest tonight. we have music from beck. it is a great show. stay tuned. john cena. >>> happening now, san francisco super visors are preparing for a community meeting. the focus is on a gas line explosion that occurred last month. we'll have update osour website. major new laws take effect. tomorrow: the change for buses - that could impact your commute. and - we )ll follow overnight developments in southern california, as fires continue to burn. b )n )b renter will want to hea. a woman in new york finds a hidden camera in her bathroom. >>> troubling story every airbnb host will want to hear. a woman in new york found a camera hidden in her bathroom positioned to her toilet. she said she found it after renting it to a man. he has since been arrested. >>> do you like where you work? if not, get a job at facebook if you can. according to a survey by glass door, facebook is number one on the list of plac

at&t, air bnb, ron calloway, san francisco giants, barberie coast, alex turk and ground floor public affairs. and our elected family as well. mayor ed lee, mark farrell, fiona ma, malia cohen, district supervisor, who will speak right now because she's giving me the look. ladies and gentlemen, malia cohen. [applause] >> thank you. i want to recognize councillor safai and jeff sheehy. local 78 has been incredible, whether they're fighting fires or collecting toys or making chili, they know how to have a good time. i want to recognize the board members that are here. i think we have jill running around. and we have sally running the program. and i want to give a shoutout to clinton park also, and if there is any other staff persons that i missed, i apologize. it's just wonderful. thank you for giving us a reason to come out here to district 10. thank you for giving us a reason to bring a gift and to remind you, this is not the only opportunity. when you see a red barrel across the city, please, please donate a present. and also want to remind you to come on down to city hall because we

well, air bnb is dealing with troubling privacy problem. in rentals, new york post reports happened twice since october, one case turned on twitter when a guest found a camera and a motion detector and other air bnb have found cameras and ban account use to install cameras in home, company added cameras are never allowed in bathrooms and bedrooms an guest must be told about any other cameras ahead of time. well, it looks like it's farewell to frank. >> you can't win without me. >> i would rather have a spin less as my president than a woman held elected office. >> you are lose to go a woman who has never held elected office. >> you don't deserve it. cheryl: well, netflix announcing she's kind of getting the job anyway. house of cards is going to resume next year for sixth and final season without frank underwood. spacey's costar robin wright will return for final season and not known how it would be worked out in the script. a lot of speculation online, of course, many think that will kill underwood. he has won the internet. ♪ ♪ cheryl: wel

and air bnb's founder tweeted a open internet ises ensures widespread access to economic empower men. here's abc7 news reporter chris nguyen. >> reporter: in the heart of silicon valley there are concerns over the fcc's decision to repeal net neutrality. >> we depend on free and open access for start-ups, for innovation, economic growth. >> reporter: james williams is preparing to file a lawsuit against the commission. >> the need for the rules increased in the last couple of years. we are going to challenge that action as violating the laws under custom the fcc is required to operate. >> reporter: this san jose computer science professor says the fcc's aircraft for a free market made sense during the infancy of the internet in the early '90s but that times have changed. >> new entrepreneurs and new innovators, they really need to have their share of free internet so that they can contribute to the growth, the technology growth, of the internet. >> reporter: bay area based small internet services provider sonic is also concerned saying the decision puts more power i the hands of the b

. >> san francisco based air bnb making some efforts to increase diversity. the report released this morning shows 11% of the home sharing websites come from underrepresented populations. that's described as nonwhite and nonasian. that's just a 1 percentage point increase from last year. it jumped from 35 to 102 employees. >> online retail giant amazon is building a mega campus. it has been previously reported that amazon is leasing office space in the south bay. that includes locations in sunny veil, east palo alto and san jose. some of the office there's house the amazon subsidiaries. the new sunnyvale campus under construction, can hold up to 5,000 workers. amazon has leased at least three others in sunnyvale. >> next up, if the weather cooperates, a world famous surfing come petitin will be back with a twist. >> this is a really exciting moment. >> also, robot fired. why a nonprofit has fired its crime fighting security guard. >>> and later, the suv mystery. tricked out yams special sensors. jonathan bloom investigate what's these vehicls are doing. >>> a

other bay area tech giants including air bnb and netflix criticizing the fcc's decision. >>> state senator weiner -- >> net neutrality is so important for a free and open internet.iener -- >> net neutrality is so important for a free and open internet. we could have a situation where it's easier to access websites that pay money and harder to access websites that don't pay money. >> wiener says his propose ed legislation will work with the aclu to craft the bill. >>> net neutrality can be a little confusing. we have a video that helps explain it. it does it in 60 seconds. you'll find it on our website abc7news.com. >>> recreational marijuana licenses are out and a south bay pot shop is one of the first to get one. >> matt keller is live for us in san jose. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning. we're here on north 10th street in san jose. this is an industrial area. buddies let us know they received their license from the cell. the state bureau says by handing out licenses now businesses will be on new year's day. they legalized marijuana in california. they posted the licensing ap

. >>> airbnb is making reservations easier for bnbs.t will partner with two groups to make it easier for bed and breakfasts to post available rooms on airbnb. >>> pandora, based in oakland, is letting users unlock premium features, that includes music on demand. listeners will have to view a 15-second video ad. pandora says the premium session will last longer than just a song or two. >>> nasa came out with an out of this world announcement today. >> researchers discovered an eighth planet orbiting a distant star. and while this is a milestone in space exploration, it's the technique used to make the discovery that's making waves. >> that's right. abc 7 news reporter carlos s salcedo has more. >> reporter: this summer's total solar eclipse captivated the nation. and today, nasa announced the discovery of an eighth planet in the kepler 90 system. >> a star system that has as many planets around it as ours and there's every reason to think there are stars with even more planets than ours. >> reporter: the classification was made possible

. >>> airbnb is making reservations easier for bnbs.t will partner with two groups to make it easier for bed and breakfasts to post available rooms on airbnb. >>> pandora, based in oakland, is letting users unlock premium features, that includes music on demand. listeners will have to view a 15-second video ad. pandora says the premium session will last longer than just a song or two. >>> nasa came out with an out of this world announcement today. >> researchers discovered an eighth planet orbiting a distant star. and while this is a milestone in space exploration, it's the technique used to make the discovery that's making waves. >> that's right. abc 7 news reporter carlos s salcedo has more. >> reporter: this summer's total solar eclipse captivated the nation. and today, nasa announced the discovery of an eighth planet in the kepler 90 system. >> a star system that has as many planets around it as ours and there's every reason to think there are stars with even more planets than ours. >> reporter: the classification was made possible

completely unoccupied since it was purchased last june, 2016, and there are temporary, maybe vrbo or air bnb, but nobody's there. it's vacant. it's a facade. >> commissioner richards: thank you. >> president hillis: when we had this hearing and now, have you met with the neighbors on capp street that have had concern about this project? >> i have not. i called them and emailed them and they were unable to meet in the short time window we had between the two hearings. the neighbors i had contact with, the building across the street, the immediately adjacent structure, and one other reside resident has given me support and nobody that showed up opposes the project. i've talked with them but they have not made the time to meet me. >> president hillis: are you willing to meet with the project sponsor? >> for us, it was too little, too late. myself and i believe two other residents got phone calls yesterday asking if we could meet late last night or early today. they have known of us. we put up fliers. it's not a movement. it's a community. and they wait until the 11th hour to try to strike a dea

. >> reporter: he tells us for three years he ran a successful air bnb out of his home. >> every pin is a group of guests. >> reporter: those guests have been scared off. coughlin insists, as the neighborhood's grittiness tipped into full blown chaos. after the city's cleanout of the drug market on the conrail tracks. >> when they closed down the tracks, basically everything moved west over to here. almost overnight. >> reporter: just about a mile from there, we caught up with dennis, he lives across the street from the emerald city, a tent city under the conrail tracks that he says grew far larger after the top was cleaned. >> the neighborhood changed. i would say 100%. >> reporter: 100% changed? >> yeah. for the worse. >> reporter: the tracks are now fenced on every side, a visual side of major change here. but we took the new concern for neighbors straight to city leaders. there are people who say you cleaned up the train tracks, but you've dumped the problem in our laps. what's your response? >> i think overall, the impact has been positive. >> reporter: philadelphia managing dir

ride sharing app lift revealing its most popular pick, pick up and drop off spots in the dc >> and air bnbe things to avoid being caught on a hidden camera that's coming up after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> facing first and second degree murder charges in connection with the unjust shooting of suicide at man. now, we do want to warn you, the body camera footage you're about to see contains graphic video and/or audio, may be offensive. >> put it down. put, put it down. >> put it down. drop it. drop it right now. >> put it down. >> (shots heard). >> sergeant keith sweeney accused of faithly shooting 29 year old dustin pigeon last month after the victim called 911 threatening suicide. police say when officers got there, they found pigeon fluid and a lighter, threatening to set himself on fire. two officers tried to talk him down. one of them fired a bean bag round at the victim, but second later, sergeant sweeney opened fire, hitting pigeon multiple times. investigators say he was unarmed, and did not pose a threat to the officer when he was shot. >> air b and b

finally getting to a place where you walk into the boardroom and say are you threatened by amazon, air bnb uber? i think it's going to be interesting over the next few years to see what happens as they incubate these companies in the silicon valley to disrupt from the inside. it's going to be a phenomenal couple of years. >> larry, real quick, we're out of time, but if you want to add your thoughts. >> making content is hard. netflix just released a movie called "bright," it got a 28 rating on meta critic. that would correlate to $5 million opening at the box the expression my friend manny gerard would say on this movie, it didn't open >> but the audiences apparently love it, their own ratings are high >> if they would let me see, i would accept that. i have learned to believe what i can see. i like ten qs, i like cash flow. >> thank you so much appreciate your time and your insights to both paul and larry. happy new year >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> still ahead, more reaction to the corporate tax bill. why netflix, speaking of which, is upping its pay and goldman is cutting i

. >> and some air bnb guests are finding hidden cameras in rental homes. since october two reports this happening. other people reported finding hidden cameras in smoke detector. company says they're not allowed in bathrooms and bedrooms and users have to tell about any other cameras in advance. >> dockless bikes convene new transportation burden on -- c. streets. we've heard complaints from viewers that live in city and people that commute in about the bikes tossed aside in parking lights, sidewalks, and lawns. >> during a town meeting d dot took comments and planned to work to regulation if they plan to move forward with trial bikes. final decision will be made in may. >> all right. coming up on "fox news morning" a clothing retailer plans to take legal action against president trump. >> and mike peps is getting heat for becoming a tattle tail. >> going to break right now. 5:11 is the time. 48, back in a moment. ♪ music ♪ i was diagnosed with hiv in 2016, but i didn't want my life to just...stop. i wondered if starting treatment would put my life on hold

looking at 2018, what are the expectations in terms of what we could get going public next year air bnbother things? and how important given the valuations we have seen in the tech sector so far is profitability going to be? >> three big buckets in tech, application, software, infrastructure, and consumer, as well when you look at those buckets, there's a good pool and a lot of demand for the companies to go public our point of view is you want to go public fora couple reasons, one, that liquidity. think about how facebook was able to buy what's app, because it was a public company able to do that. two, liquidity for your employees, as well and three, added layer of discipline when you're public. we think that sets up well for 2018 to your point on valuations, what i think has changed here that's incremental is the absolute values, the multiples, have gone up, but when you look at them relative to growth, they've stayed about the same. there hasn't been that much of a multiple inflation relative to growth and with technology you have to look at it relative to growth >> you talked about

the cameras are never allowed in bathrooms or bedrooms and air bnb members must disclose any on the camerasests ahead of time. >> u.s. airline companies expected a record 51 million passengers to hit the skies this holiday season. from december 15th to january 1st airlines will offer an additional 91,000 seats a day. analyts say the increase in air travel can be credit to do lower fares and a growing economy. >>> all right. soursops little behind schedule making deliveries aft last week surge online orders. the company is acknowledging that it's delivering small percentage of packages a day or two late this week. this of course as ups workers work to clear a cyber week backlog. company spokesperson says delivery should be back on track by the end of today. ups predicts it will deliver 750 million packages when all is said and done between thanksgiving and christmas. >>> still ahead of us, you having a hard time get your hands on hot holiday toy one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. so i tried always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core tur

and then there's air bnb, as well i think it's cyclical in that matter, money gets flooded in, and theylly retrench and that goes away over time >> speaking of stupid ideas. remember the app yo, where you would just -- >> yeah, say yo. >> say yo to somebody, they'd say yo back. >> that was the peak >> right >> i also just wonder if some of this money, and i know we have to go, but roger if you have thoughts on this quickly, some of this money is going to, you know, seeding companies that aren't technically tech, like space. we're seeing a lot of money going to space start-ups right now. >> i think that's a really good point. i think that you're seeing two things a move out of classic tech, and secondly, attempts to disrupt gigantic established markets like automotive, like energy, like health care, like space and some of that's going to work and i'm actually very excited about some of those deals individually i think the rule in venture capital is 95% of the businesses don't amount to anything, and so whenever you get a huge pile of money going in, the percentage lost is always going to

bnb and uthe shared economy existed and we're buying a new tax code literally. we're going out and paying for one. then the thing we're getting is we're getting a more robust economy. my friends on the other side will criticize that and say it's just all pixie dust and nonsense don't think so. i think that what is actually happening here is we're making differences. we're learning from some of the tax debates of the past and saying, we're laying the seeds and the foundation for real growth. not to go back to the tribune editorial again are but they make this point and say, look, you like the way your 401(k) is right now? the 01k value have tax reform cooked into them of the. what to take away from that? walk away from tax reform and see a different enterprise. so, dr. burgess, yes, we're at really a pivotal point and i think what i'm encouraged by is is think the majority in this case has recognized it and said we're going to do this and the difficulties of the health care debate chastened us and formed us as a group, and we recognized we ought not and we can't

. >>> here at home, air bnb announcing it's planning to bring an apartment project the residential complexespecifically designed for home sharing the first is under construction in kissimmee, florida, and plan to build three others in the southwest. >>> students at the university of nebraska saying good-bye. take a look at that, there they go, to their oldest high rise dorms. the implosion knocked all 13 stories down they were open in 1963, but they concluded that renovating them would be too costly. they're going to start from scratch. melissa, back to you >> thank you, sue. >>> let's get to bob at the new york stock exchange for a long-time trade tradition when the traders sing >> some traditions never die, thank heavens. this is one of them. began in the 1960s with quartet but one thing never changed. the old guys and the old women and the friends of the exchange come down here and they sing wait till the sun shines arthur here for this great tradition. arthur ♪ wait till the sun shines nelly ♪ ♪ down wait till the sun shines nellie when the clouds go drifting by ♪ >> so many of the old f

worldwide that stock is up 38% so far this year and in an effort to stay ahead of the crowd and air bnb company is looking to go high tech. seema modi is with the ceo of hilton seema, take it away. >> michelle, thank you so much we are at the newly launched innovation gallery that serves as an incubator for hilton to test how now products and joining us is chris aceda, thank you for joining us today what is the multimillion dollar project? >> here's the thing, in the dna of this company is innovation. if you think of hilton as almost a 100-year-old company or 99 years old, we invented a lot of what you think of in the hotel business today that you take for granted. somebody had to invent the first airport hotel and the first full service hotel and the first reservation system for that matter, someone had to invent the brownie or pina colada i am proud to say that our company did all of those things and so innovations built into the dna of the company what innovation is about for us is about technology, but it's really holistic innovation and it's the blend of innovating with products an

americans who under our law can travel to cuba, can spend money in cuba, and they'll have to stay in an air bnb, or private home or if the cuban government allows it a hotel that's owned by a private entity. or they cannot. or they cannot in places controlled by the cuban military or companies controlled by the cuban military. the second foreign policy issue that we were able to get involved in is another tragedy in our hemisphere, and that is what is happening in venezuela. to cut to the shays, you have a tyrant. the tyrant lost control of the national assembly, which is the legislative body. what does he do? he basically figures out a way to create an alternative congress called a constituent assembly, basically modeled after the fraudulent cuban constituent assembly-like model. what it basically does is it guarantees that certain sectors in society have seats of representation. instead of seats in congress by a district or state, they are represented by different sectors, labor, electricians, you name it. but here's the funny part about it. the only people that can run for it are the people

bnb and uthe shared economy existed and we're buying a new tax code literally. we're going out and paying for one. then the thing we're getting is we're getting a more robust economy. my friends on the other side will criticize that and say it's just all pixie dust and nonsense don't think so. i think that what is actually happening here is we're making differences. we're learning from some of the tax debates of the past and saying, we're laying the seeds and the foundation for real growth. not to go back to the tribune editorial again are but they make this point and say, look, you like the way your 401(k) is right now? the 01k value have tax reform cooked into them of the. what to take away from that? walk away from tax reform and see a different enterprise. so, dr. burgess, yes, we're at really a pivotal point and i think what i'm encouraged by is is think the majority in this case has recognized it and said we're going to do this and the difficulties of the health care debate chastened us and formed us as a group, and we recognized we ought not and we can't

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over 800 business leaders from companies like air bnb, amazon, facebook, google, lyft and microsoft have signed a letter to congress, as you have heard, urging legislatures to pass the dream act. the value dreamers add to our economy is apparent to religious groups and advocacy organizations all across the nation. what is it congress is missing? why are some members of this body unable to see all of the contributions that these kids make? and you know, this is also a moral crisis. we cannot turn our backs on dreamers. we must embrace them. they are living examples of what america stands for as a nation, built throughout the sweat and hard work of generations of immigrants. immigrants are a fundamental part of our communities. they always have been. they have built our railroads, our cities, our highways. they have founded businesses, invented groundbreaking technologies and discovered lifesaving cures. blue jeans, hamburgers, catsup, uber, apple, even our national parks, these are iconic american inventions and yet they were all created in whole or in part by immigrants. immigrants have