Immigrants: Engines of Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Economic Growth    

Immigrants have been central to building America. Opportunity-seeking, energetic, entrepreneurial and freedom-loving, these new "transplants" drawn by the magnet of American opportunity have helped make the United States the most prosperous country in the world. Indeed, Abraham Lincoln gave thanks to God for the contributions of immigrants when proclaiming the second Thanksgiving holiday.

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