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As discussed in earlier columns, America does not have a true entrepreneurs visa or a line for entrepreneurs to get in to start a business and create jobs in America. This past week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, the service part of the late INS) sought to loosen some of the federal government’s policies aligned against foreign-born entrepreneurs. But rather than “Let a thousand flowers bloom,” the new policy could perhaps be called, “Let one or two flowers bloom.”

Let’s not be mistaken: Anytime an immigration agency is interested in being more welcoming toward legal immigrants it deserves attention. And one can hope the new policy will help a number of people. The problem is that the new policy does not go very far and is constrained by previous agency actions.

 

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Author:Stuart Anderson