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Proposal would benefit immigrant entrepreneurs – Plan would reward startup efforts with green cards

With more foreign-born students now returning to booming economies in countries such as China and India, the local tech community has hopes for a proposed bill that pitches a let’s-make-a-deal plan for immigrant entrepreneurs: Want a green card? Start a company.

Legislation soon to be reintroduced in Congress is designed to stop the brain drain suffered by Pittsburgh and other cities from spilling over the coasts and into foreign countries.

The StartUp Visa Act targets startup efforts across all sectors, but enthusiasm for the bill is especially acute in tech communities like Pittsburgh that see an outsize number of foreign-born students who want to stay and develop a company.

By Erich Schwartzel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Full Story: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11051/1126728-28.stm

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