Immigrants play an increasingly pivotal role in the U.S. economy. While there is contentious political debate regarding if immigrants are taking away jobs from the locals, there is little discussion about how immigrants could contribute to job generation and economic growth.

In this study, we explored the immigrants' entrepreneurship activities in the last decades by looking at their geographical and industrial distribution. And we argue that a startup visa could create a pathway to draw foreign-born founders to the US and improve its competitiveness when other countries are launching more start-ups.