Research: Immigrants founded a quarter of technological startups in the United States

The founders of about a quarter of technological startups in the United States are immigrants, this was discovered by the authors of the new study "New Entrepreneurs-immigrants of America: then and now." According to the study, immigrants were among the founders and played a key role in the development of 24.3% of engineering and technological startups in the United States. Scientists paid special attention to Silicon Valley - of 335 startups here, 43.9% are based at least one immigrant. “Highly qualified immigrants will remain a decisive asset to maintain US competitiveness in the global economy,” said researchers, the sponsor of which was a non -profit organization for support for entrepreneurship Kauffman Foundation. One of the authors of the study calls to introduce visas for entrepreneurs: “If we had a startup visa, we could have tens of thousands of new startups throughout the country.” In addition, scientists found that startups throughout Silicon Valley began to grow like mushrooms, when it became easier for entrepreneurs to access “sowing” capital. Opponents of mitigation of immigration legislation, in turn, argue that immigrants supplant highly paid American workers in key technological professions, such as, for example, software development. The issue of immigration is one of the key during the current election campaign in the United States, depends on the position of candidates how the Americans will vote in Latin American origin. Obama recently stated in an interview that he considers the lack of comprehensive immigration reform to the “biggest failure” of his first term. Mitt Romni promised to introduce an immigration reform system, according to him, the Republican Party is a “full house” of Latin American voting. According to the latest census, about 40 million living in the United States - 13% of the population - were born outside the country.