How important are immigrants to the entrepreneurial landscape? Given the furor around changing the visa requirements for even the most skilled immigrants, you might think this would be a tough question to answer.
It's not. Instead, it's abundantly clear that entrepreneurs and those who support them have an unusually high stake in immigration reform. Allowing skilled immigrant entrepreneurs to more easily enter America, where they can create good jobs and pay taxes, is the closest thing to an economic free lunch that we are likely to get. In the words of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, we are committing "economic suicide" by making it hard for skilled immigrants to stay in the U.S. and contribute to our economy.
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