Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Startups

Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by klipt on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:11AM (#11309826)

> If you want to expand immigration, a simpler, faster path to permanent residency is essential.

Comprehensive immigration reform was supposed to do that, adopting a more streamlined points system like Canada and Australia, but of course the bill ended up covering amnesty for undocumented immigrants too and the whole thing got shot down.

Unfortunately for most people an H1-B is the best path to a green card, and only once you have a green card are you free to be an entrepreneur etc.

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by ori_b on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:18AM (#11309863)

Yes, as a Canadian working in the USA on an H1B, I am painfully aware of this fact.

The point remains: Increasing the number of H1Bs will not have a great impact on the number of founders, especially not in the short term, because the vast majority of them will end up shackled to an employer for years.

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by davidw on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:49AM (#11309991)

The real reform would be to unshackle H1B's. Sadly, in today's political climate, I don't think that's likely.

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