Immigration and the American Economy  High-skilled immigrants
have provided one of America's greatest competitive advantages.
Their education and skills, their hunger to share in the
American dream, their knowledge of world markets, their
entrepreneurial drive, and hundreds of thousands of jobs created
as a result all have fueled growth in the American economy. Yet
their contributions have not been well-documented.  To fill the
void, the Kauffman Foundation has funded a series of studies
based on an initial report by Duke University researcher Vivek
Wadhwa called America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs. The studies
look at the economic contributions of skilled legal immigrants
in the United States, what is different about them, what
obstacles they face with the U.S. immigration system and why
tens of thousands of skilled immigrants and would-be immigrants
are heading back to their home countries and what the
implications are for the United States.  Studies in the
Immigrant Entrepreneurs series:  America's New I