As we wait to see how Congress will deal with the possible end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and restrictions on immigration become more stringent than they’ve ever been, we are beginning to wonder how different our country’s future may be.<\/p>\n
The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) \u2013 a non-partisan, non-profit focused on policy research \u2013 published a brief<\/a> last year showing us why current policies on immigration are bad business for America.<\/p>\n We’ll try not to get too bogged down with statistics, but there are a few that we think are important to grasp. Immigrants have spearheaded more than 50% of our biggest startup companies, creating approximately 760 jobs per company. That statistic throws the ‘immigrants are taking our jobs’ rhetoric on its head.<\/p>\n The collective value of those 44 companies equals about half the stock markets of Russia or Mexico. This isn’t a drill \u2013 America’s bones are made of immigrants.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n