Anti-immigrant rhetoric this U.S. election season often paints immigrants as straining resources, but a recent analysis shows that immigrants started new businesses last year at more than double the rate of U.S.-born citizens. trib.al/2wpSppO
@axios We are talking about illegal aliens, you know, lawbreakers. The great majority of Americans have legal immigrants in their families. Shove this dishonest talking point where it belongs.
@axios Those are legal immigrants only in that graph who legally presented themselves at ports of entry and followed the legal immigration process. Illegal immigrants are the problem. Why lie?
@axios Illegals starting new businesses? Like drug dealing? Theft rings? Oh ok 👌
9,000,000 illegal migrant people came in in 3 yrs. This chart is not about them. And how about the 1,000,000 Got A Ways ? Those are the people strangling the system and aide centers. You do know that over 150 different countries were in those numbers as well . So it isn’t just Hispanics coming in illegally.
What Matters: % Started vs % that have Subsequently failed or are failing? Then: What % of them failed vs the baseline of non immigrants? Then: What % of them that were given govt loans defaulted vs % that kept up with payments, vs % that are succeeding? Then: What % of this group of immigrants are now beholden to debt because they accessed capital rather than bootstrapped with their own hard earned cash. Then: What % of that group succeeded or failed? It all matters, vs this @Axios puff piece. Those that run businesses understand all this better than anyone.
@axios Yea I’ve seen some of those businesses. They’re selling BBQ rats now in NY. Fine dining has arrived.
@axios "New businesses" aka selling oranges at a stoplight or candy bars on the subway.