Saturday, April 30, 2011

Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Leaving the U.S.

Many countries are offering better opportunities to immigrant entrepreneurs than we are. We must keep them here, we need them here. - - Donna Poisl

By Vivek Wadhwa

In a speech last week to Facebook employees, President Obama discussed the role immigrant entrepreneurs play in U.S. economic competitiveness. "We want more Andy Groves here in the United States," he told the crowd, touching on the Hungarian-born entrepreneur's startup success. "We don't want them starting Intel in China or starting it in France."

Sadly, our President didn't back his words with action. He simply said he would support "comprehensive immigration reform," which is legislation that has no chance of passing. This is because it tries to fix all the problems with immigration at the same time.
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