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Click to view larger version. Credit: Mary Meeker<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

The U.S. tech landscape would look very different without immigrants, according to a new internet trends presentation by Mary Meeker<\/a>, an influential tech analyst and venture capitalist. Of the top 25 tech companies (by market capitalization), 60% have founders who are immigrants or have at least one immigrant parent.<\/p>\n\n

The chart uses a broad definition of first- or second-generation immigrants, but it brings a fresh perspective and analysis to how we typically think about the impact of immigrants to the United States. Meeker\u2019s list includes some of the biggest names in tech: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (son of a Syrian immigrant, but raised by U.S.-born adoptive parents),\u00a0 Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin (Brazilian immigrant) and Google co-founder Sergey Brin (Russian immigrant).<\/p>\n\n

For years, the nation\u2019s biggest technology companies have lobbied<\/a> to increase the number of skilled immigrants allowed to legally work in the United States. The Obama administration earlier this month announced plans<\/a> to let spouses of some highly skilled immigrants work. But an immigration reform bill that would affect both low- and high-skilled immigrants has stalled in the House<\/a> since its passage in the Senate last year.<\/p>\n\n

There is some support for the move among the public. Roughly half of Asian Americans (47%) and Hispanics (52%)<\/a> said giving more temporary work visas to high-skilled workers would help the U.S. economy \u201ca great deal,\u201d according to an October 2013 Pew Research Center survey. Less than one-in-five Hispanics (19%) and Asian Americans (17%) said doing so would not help the economy.<\/p>\n\n

In 2012, the top countries<\/a> of birth for recipients of H1-B visas issued to high-skilled workers are, in descending order: India, China, Canada, Philippines and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n

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The United States is by far the world\u2019s top destination<\/a> for immigrants. The U.S. has more than 40 million immigrants, accounting for 13% of the population \u2013 about the same percentage as a century ago<\/a>. Today, one-in-four of the U.S. population<\/a> are either immigrants or have at least one immigrant parent.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s worth noting, however, that none of the tech executives listed in Meeker\u2019s chart have roots in today\u2019s top countries sending immigrants to the United States. Of all immigrants, 29% (or 11.7 million) were born in Mexico. Other top countries, in descending order are: China, India, Philippines and Vietnam.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. tech landscape would look very different without 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