Do Highly Educated Immigrant Entrepreneurs Help the U.S. Maintain Its Edge?
Knowledge@Wharton, 6/27/07 Based on a survey of 28,000 companies, a new study found that immigrants in the U.S. who are creators of companies combine entrepreneurial drive with strong educational backgrounds, especially in the so-called “STEM” areas (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). View article White House Report Lauds Immigrants’ Positive Effects. New York Times, 6/20/07 Hoping to influence Congressional debate, the White House issued a report on Tuesday saying, “Immigration has a positive effect on the American economy as a whole and on the income of native-born American workers.” View article On the Fence: Are Illegal Immigrants Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy? Knowledge@Wharton, 6/13/07 A clash of faiths in the U.S. Senate last week led to the collapse of the country’s first major immigration reform bill in two decades. On one side were the pragmatists, backed by the Bush administration, who say the country needs to accept that its estimated 12 million illegal r
