They are looking for a better life.

mmigrants own 900,000 small businesses in the U.S., or 18% of the 4.9 million businesses with fewer than 100 people working for them, according to a report released Thursday by the Fiscal Policy Institute. The study, “Immigrant Small Business Owners: A Significant and Growing Part of the Economy,” found that the percentage of immigrant-owned small businesses is higher than the immigrant share of the population (13%) and the labor force (16%).

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