"Why should we care? Because 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."
Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the US
by Vivek Wadhwa
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20090303/bs_bw/feb2009tc20090228990934
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