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by Cakez0r 2 hours ago
> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States.

I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create

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If anything they would love to stick it to them and maybe even steal a bit of those billions for themselves.
beyond not caring. that little factoid would turn a lot of people into xenophobes.
I think they would likely use it as further evidence
You use Elon Musk as argument there and everyone left of center will join call for retroactive immigration restriction.