trackitt: latest U.S. immigration news

- A study of some 2,000 engineering and technology companies created between 1995 and 2005 found that in 25% of these companies, either the chief executive or lead technologist was foreign-born. In 2005, these 2,000 companies alone produced $52 billion in sales and employed 450,000 workers.

- That is why getting immigration reform right is essential to keeping U.S economy growing. Today, nearly 60% of Ph.D.s and 40% of master's degrees in engineering from U.S. universities are awarded to foreign nationals.