Thursday, December 29, 2011

Immigrants Founded Half Of The Top U.S. Start-Up Ventures

Another group, venture capital investors, are pushing for immigration reform. I hope the government listens. - - Donna Poisl

Written by Amanda Peterson Beadle

Studies continue to show the important economic impact immigrants have on the national economy as well as states, be it the millions in losses Alabama faces after passing a draconian immigration law to the number of jobs immigrants help create.

Now venture capitalists are arguing for immigration reform for the sake of the economy after a study showed that immigrants founded almost half of the U.S.’s top 50 start-up companies and are vital management or development employees at roughly 75 percent of the nation’s leading cutting-edge companies.
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