Helping Immigrant Entrepreneurs Create Good U.S. Jobs

The government is doing several things to help entrepreneurs come to this country and start businesses. - - Donna Poisl



by Karen Mills and John Doerr



In 1873, German immigrant Levi Strauss made the first pair of blue jeans. In 1968, Hungarian-born Andy Grove founded the world's largest computer chip maker, Intel. They're just two examples of a longstanding American tradition of immigrants who come to our country, start a small business, and create millions of jobs.



Unfortunately, due to an outdated visa system, too many of the world's brightest entrepreneurial minds aren't here. Some have come to the United States, received training at our excellent universities, and then been forced to leave. Others simply haven't been able to find a path here in the first place.

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