February 7, 2019
Maybe We Should Build A Wall To Keep Immigrants In
It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to rewrite the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty to read: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to . . . become entrepreneurs.”
In the midst of overheated debates about immigration and an ugly upsurge in nativism, it’s worth reminding ourselves that entrepreneurial immigrants make an outsized contribution to new business creation. And new and young companies are the primary source of job creation in the American economy.
