I challenge Lou Dobbs...

...to mention this study, commissioned by the National Venture Capital Association, which shows the market cap of public companies founded by immigrant (to US) entrepreneurs exceeds $ 500 billion. It is chock full of other stats on immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals.

Fair is fair, Lou. You lead the negative talk around immigration. Share the positive news also.

Of course, some folks (including immigrants) will use this as justification to say only white collar, high value immigration should be allowed. May I remind folks that the dirt poor, mostly blue collar Irish, Italians, Jews who came in the last century made their own huge contributions.

As Oscar Handlin, The Uprooted - winner, Pulitzer Prize in history, 1952 wrote

"“Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history."

As I have said before Immigration is a US core competence. The Europeans, Asians have not learned how to leverage it. It will continue to be our competitive edge.