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…immigrants are critical to the country’s long-term economic health. Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley’s technology companies and contributed to more than 25% of our global patents. They make up 24% of the U.S. science and engineering workforce holding bachelor’s degrees and 47% of science and engineering workers who have PhDs.
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Just like any company, our country’s long-term success relies on talent attraction and we need to step it up. Something to keep shouting as the recession elevates unemployment and hardens views on US citizen job retention.
