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Mayor Bloomberg and fashion industry bigwigs like Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg have teamed up to promote immigration reform. Oscar was born in the Dominican Republic, and DVF grew up in Belgium, but it's not just foreign designers who make up the local fashion business—according to International Business Times, 31% of manufacturing jobs in NYC are performed by undocumented immigrants. [IB Times]