Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers : Current Policy and Related Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law.

Students, Foreign.

Emigration and immigration.

Migrant labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (42 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses existing visa programs for temporary lower-skilled workers, including H-2A visas, H- 2B visas, and J-1 summer work travel program for participants in work- and study-based exchange visitor programs. Reviews regulatory changes since 2008, and covers legislative efforts to reform current programs and to create new guest worker visas. Identifies and explores key policy considerations to help inform Congressional action on guest worker programs. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers

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