Immigrants Contribute to the NFL Economy

With the NFL playoffs beginning, let's take a look at how much immigrants of all kinds (including legal immigrants) are contributing to the economy, well the NFL economy.

Taking a look at the San Diego Chargers, which had the best record in the regular season, let's congratulate the 3 foreign-born Chargers out of the roster of 53 players at the end of their season:

Bhawoh Jue, safety with 6 years of NFL experience, born in Monrovia, Liberia (came to the US when he was a year old).

Roman Oben, tackle with 11 years of NFL experience, born in Cameroon (came to the US when he was 4 years old and has visited Cameroon several times, including to visit schools and an orphanage that he helped support).

Igor Olshansky, defensive end with 3 years of NFL experience, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (came to the US when he was 7 years old and speaks fluent Russian).

Yes, immigrants are contributing to all areas of American society and our economy, including in the NFL...