The new AS/COA-Fiscal Policy Institute study reveals that while immigrants make up 16 percent of the U.S. workforce, 18 percent of them are business owners.

The new report by AS/COA and the Fiscal Policy Institute found that immigrants are crucial for Main Street businesses, which are key to neighborhood growth and vitality.

Between 2000 and 2013, immigrants accounted for 48 percent of overall growth of business ownership nationally, according to a new AS/COA and Fiscal Policy Institute report.

Los inmigrantes representan el 28 por ciento de los dueños de negocios de las calles principales en los vecindarios y generan alrededor de 50.000 millones de dólares al año, apunta un reciente reporte de AS/COA y el Fiscal Policy Institute.

A new AS/COA-Fiscal Policy Institute report finds that immigrant owners of Main Street businesses help to make neighborhoods economically viable and safe.

Between 2000 and 2013, immigrants accounted for all Main Street business growth nationally and in 31 of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to a new AS/COA-Fiscal Policy Institute study.

La Presidenta y CEO de AS/COA, Susan Segal, afirmó que el informe confirma que los inmigrantes son cruciales para la vitalidad económica y el éxito de las ciudades en Estados Unidos.