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How Immigration Hurdles Derail Startup Success

Today he funds or supports 22 American companies, but entrepreneur Manu Kumar was once almost deported. Here’s why he supports March for Innovation.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

More people mean more job creators and more employee’s to contribute to the economy.

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Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers – The Sacramento Bee

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

First the U.S. exported manufacturing jobs, now the U.S. is exporting harvesting jobs.

 

The U.S. is growing more dependant on foreign countries to feed itself.

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Tainos

“The Taínos (tah-EE-noes), commonly called the Arawak Indians, were the main people who lived in the Caribbean when Columbus arrived in 1492. They are the ones he called “Indians”, thinking he was in Asia.”

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“Spanish genocide and disease wiped out 85% of the Tainos. It shocked Europe, even back then. And yet, despite all that – or, rather, because of all that – the Spanish debated whether the Tainos had souls in the Valladolid Debate (1550-1551).”
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Family In Protest

Explore Think Mexican’s photos on Flickr. Think Mexican has uploaded 49 photos to Flickr.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

Does it make a difference in the immigration debate if we view those of Mexican heritage as Native American?

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