> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States.

I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create

If anything they would love to stick it to them and maybe even steal a bit of those billions for themselves.

Yeah, I don't think people of any country would appreciate being told that foreigners are better than them in some way, and that's why they should be brought in. I think most people would not assume that successful companies would be much rarer without those people - only that other people would be founding them.

beyond not caring. that little factoid would turn a lot of people into xenophobes.

I think they would likely use it as further evidence

You use Elon Musk as argument there and everyone left of center will join call for retroactive immigration restriction.