[omonra]

I'm an immigrant - but this is nonsense.

Out of the top 10, only Google (1 out 2 confounders) and Qualcom (1 of 7 cofounders) I'd count as companies that were built by real immigrants.

Incidentally both are Jews whose families left persecution in Europe (Italy and USSR).

[gwern]

So this chart strongly suggests that we should seal the borders and chose only from the Chosen as the optimal immigration policy?

[omonra]

That's a logical fallacy.

Failure to demonstrate X does not necessarily imply that -X is true :)

I just hate BS - and this chart is mostly BS (ie Jobs is as much of a 2nd generation immigrant as Obama :)