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I though immigrants got tax breaks and other loan incentives when it came to businesses? I remember someone mentioning that when a friend mentioned why all the burger kings, mickie d's and convience stores in my area are owned by middle eastern men.
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There are a few reasons it seems all stores are owned by immigrants. I was visiting the INS website recently and one of the types of visa you can obtain is a business visa, where you can take a closed or failing business, if you raise the productivity 20% then you keep the visa but Im at the INS webpage now and I can't find where it says that anywhere and I'm starting to think I dreamed it.
Another reason you see alot of immigrants owning retail stores in inner cities is because the cheap land and buildings and little compitition from large store brands.
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http://opus1.org/others/killerapps/i...nt_stores.html