Fact-50% of all technology companies in Silicon Valley and 25% of all technology companies in the United States were founded by immigrants. This book will be both a toolkit and motivational call to action for Americans to reconnect to the entrepreneurial survival skills first honed by its immigrant forefathers. It will reveal the unique entrepreneurial skills of the unsung immigrant small business owners in urban centers as well as the immigrant entrepreneurial...

"Emilo Estefan, empresario y mogul de la música, personifica para muchos el sueño americano. Llegó a los Estados Unidos como refugiado cubano y se convirtió en uno de los productores más exitosos en la historia de la música ..."--Dust jacket.

From America's leading immigration economist, a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration on migrant and nonmigrant workers.

"This book looks at the role illegality or undocumentedness plays in our society and economy. It shows how the status was created, and how and why people, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, have been assigned this status. The first three chapterslook at the histories of social exclusion. One looks specifically at the Mexican and Guatemalan contexts to understand why such large numbers of people from these countries enter the United States...