immigrants attending the Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit are all in business or interested in starting one. - - Donna Poisl
Dan Winters, Reporter
Forty-percent of America's current Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or their children.
Our state is leading the way to encourage the next US immigrant success story.
Richard Herman says America's future is certain. "We gotta sell in china. We gotta sell in India. We gotta sell in Latin America."
But the way we will approach it is still up for grabs. "And these are the folks that can help us do that."
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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