Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Current Policy and Related Issues
Description:
U.S. employers in various industries argue that they need to hire foreign workers to perform lower-skilled jobs, while others maintain that many of these positions could be filled by U.S. workers. While the discussion of current guest worker programs in this report focuses on the H-2A and H- 2B visas, it also covers the Summer Work Travel (SWT) program, the largest of several programs under the J-1 visa for participants in work- and study-based exchange visitor programs. The SWT program is part…
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Date:
March 20, 2012
Creator:
Bruno, Andorra
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department