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July 2016

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Immigrants keep America great

What do Google, PayPal, eBay, WhatsApp, Tesla, SpaceX and Uber have in common? All were started by immigrants, as Sheryl Winarick, a US immigration lawyer, points out. She urges us to examine how contributions of migrants and refugees keep the American spirit and economy thriving, as they have throughout history.

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What do Google, PayPal, eBay, WhatsApp, Tesla, SpaceX and Uber have in common? All were started by immigrants, as Sheryl Winarick, a US immigration lawyer, points out. She urges us to examine how contributions of migrants and refugees keep the American spirit and economy thriving, as they have throughout history.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Sheryl Winarick

Sheryl Winarick is an immigration lawyer