Immigration: Legislative Issues on Nonimmigrant Professional Specialty (H-1B) Workers
Description:
The economic prosperity of the 1990s fueled a drive to increase the levels of
employment-based immigration. The nation enjoyed its longest economic expansion,
and the unemployment rate had remained low. Both the Congress and the Federal
Reserve Board then expressed concern that a scarcity of labor could curtail the pace
of economic growth. A primary legislative response was to increase the supply of
foreign temporary professional workers through FY2003. The 108th Congress now
weighs whether to …
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Date:
May 16, 2003
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
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