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On immigration, the evidence is overwhelming; the best way forward is clear.
The forlorn pundit doesn’t even have to make the humanitarian case that immigration reform would be a great victory for human dignity. The cold economic case by itself is so strong.
Increased immigration would boost the U.S. economy. Immigrants are 30 percent more likely to start new businesses than native-born Americans, according to a research summary by Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney of The Hamilton Project. They are more likely to earn patents. A quarter of new high-tech companies with more than $1 million in sales were also founded by the foreign-born.
A study by Madeline Zavodny, an economics professor at Agnes Scott College, found that every additional 100 foreign-born workers in science and technology fields is associated with 262 additional jobs for U.S. natives.
David Brooks on immigration. Compare and contrast with the state of things 100 years ago. (via explore-blog)
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as a college student (third from left), and today, on the campus of his alma mater Johns Hopkins University. According to the New York Times, Bloomberg (full disclosure: my former boss) is the biggest university donor in the United States, at over $1 billion over the past four decades.
![In Focus: The 2nd Inauguration of Barack Obama in Photos
Hundreds of thousands attended the public swearing in of President Barack Obama for his second term, and more attended the Inaugural Parade and dozens of related parties, balls, and concerts around the area. Photos [above] cover the entire event, from the long preparation, through the ceremony, to the Inaugural Balls.
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![In Focus: The 2nd Inauguration of Barack Obama in Photos
Hundreds of thousands attended the public swearing in of President Barack Obama for his second term, and more attended the Inaugural Parade and dozens of related parties, balls, and concerts around the area. Photos [above] cover the entire event, from the long preparation, through the ceremony, to the Inaugural Balls.
See more. [Images: Getty, AP, Reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/16083ad010f05205c8c5f7dd8343e709/tumblr_mh1plufOzm1qcokc4o2_500.jpg)
![In Focus: The 2nd Inauguration of Barack Obama in Photos
Hundreds of thousands attended the public swearing in of President Barack Obama for his second term, and more attended the Inaugural Parade and dozens of related parties, balls, and concerts around the area. Photos [above] cover the entire event, from the long preparation, through the ceremony, to the Inaugural Balls.
See more. [Images: Getty, AP, Reuters]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/e88897f93912cce38d844d3003d1afa1/tumblr_mh1plufOzm1qcokc4o3_500.jpg)
![In Focus: The 2nd Inauguration of Barack Obama in Photos
Hundreds of thousands attended the public swearing in of President Barack Obama for his second term, and more attended the Inaugural Parade and dozens of related parties, balls, and concerts around the area. Photos [above] cover the entire event, from the long preparation, through the ceremony, to the Inaugural Balls.
See more. [Images: Getty, AP, Reuters]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/f53040a753baad361c8406b94055c061/tumblr_mh1plufOzm1qcokc4o4_500.jpg)
In Focus: The 2nd Inauguration of Barack Obama in Photos
Hundreds of thousands attended the public swearing in of President Barack Obama for his second term, and more attended the Inaugural Parade and dozens of related parties, balls, and concerts around the area. Photos [above] cover the entire event, from the long preparation, through the ceremony, to the Inaugural Balls.
See more. [Images: Getty, AP, Reuters]
