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:In light of this information deficit, growing concerns over the future of entrepreneurship have been amassing, as demonstrated at the Kauffman Foundation's 2016 State of Entrepreneurship [http://www.gvhlive.com/gvh-daily/2016/2/23/is-entrepreneurship-at-risk-in-the-2016-election Address]. While specific candidate platforms have not been announced in regards to entrepreneurship, three of the main policy areas discussed in the election; Health Care, Immigration, and Economic Regulation, all directly relate to the prosperity of an American entrepreneurship ecosystem. Through an analysis of Clinton and Trump's statements in these three topic areas, a better understanding of the potential post-2016 futures of entrepreneurship may come to light.

:Immigration has been highlighted by the [http://sbecouncil.org/2014/07/21/entrepreneurship-immigration-reform-and-the-economy/ Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council] as a key issue in small business and entrepreneurship. The council cites a 2012 [https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/rs396tot.pdf report] from the [Small Business Administration] that reveals higher rates in business ownership, business formation, business exportation among the U.S. immigrant population as compared to the non-immigrant population. The council further quotes a 2014 Kauffman Foundation [http://www.kauffman.org/~/media/kauffman_org/research%20reports%20and%20covers/2014/04/kiea_2014_report.pdf report] in saying that "Immigrants were nearly twice as likely to start businesses each month as were the native-born in 2013," as well as [https://www.sba.gov/blogs/nation-immigrants-and-entrepreneurs Karen Gordon Mills], the former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, as saying: “In 2011 alone, immigrants started 28 percent of all new U.S. businesses, despite accounting for only 13 percent of the U.S. population." The array of above testimony seems to imply that a healthy intake of immigrants is an important component in a healthy entrepreneurship ecosystem.