{"id":33506,"date":"2018-06-02T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=33506"},"modified":"2018-06-02T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T15:41:09","slug":"infographic-immigrants-boost-high-value-u-s-start-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=33506","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Immigrants Boost High-Value U.S. Start-Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Origin of immigrant entrepreneurs starting new companies valued at $1 billion or more. Click on image for full-size view. (Statista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2 June 2018. The Department of Homeland Security this week proposed ending the International Entrepreneur Rule<\/a> that allows immigrant entrepreneurs to start new businesses in the U.S. The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, whether illegal or not, alarms our top universities where foreign-born researchers conduct much of their science, as we’ve reported in Science & Enterprise<\/a>, and now that crackdown is being extended to people starting new businesses.<\/p>\n

This weekend’s infographic, from our friends at Statista<\/a>, shows the potential impact of this action. Based on data from 2016, about half — 44 of 87 — U.S. start-ups valued at $1 billion or more were founded by immigrants, with India providing the largest number of these entrepreneurs. The National Foundation for American Policy<\/a> that prepared the report says each of these new enterprises creates some 760 jobs. While this issue may not have the emotional pull<\/a> of other Trump immigration policies, it suggests factors other than good business sense are at work.<\/p>\n

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