Daniel Costa
Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
U.S. Immigration Law and Policy • International Labor Migration • Humanitarian Affairs
Biography
Daniel Costa is an attorney with a background in immigration law and policy. His current areas of research include a wide range of labor migration issues, including the management of guestworker programs, both high- and less-skilled migration, and immigrant workers’ rights. He has been quoted by a number of news outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Associated Press, Reuters, NPR, and The Guardian. He previously worked on developing the legal and normative framework for disaster response and humanitarian relief operations with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, Switzerland, and as a policy analyst at the Great Valley Center, a University of California think tank, where he managed an immigrant integration program. Previous to that he interned overseas with the State Department and was selected by the United Nations to participate in the International Law Commission’s seminar for young scholars and practitioners.
Education
LL.M. International and Comparative Law, Georgetown University Law Center
J.D. International Law, Syracuse University
B.A. Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley
Publications by Daniel Costa
Blog
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June 13, 2013 | J-1 exchange visitors deserve labor rights and human trafficking protections
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May 13, 2013 | Senate immigration bill’s key innovations for high-skilled workers are in jeopardy
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April 2, 2013 | New hope for workers in immigration deal between AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce
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March 15, 2013 | CEOs explain how H-1B visa hurts U.S. competitiveness
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Feb. 4, 2013 | Immigration reform should invest in labor standards enforcement and electronic employment verification—not more border security
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Feb. 1, 2013 | Immigration system should meet labor market needs and reform guest worker programs
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Jan. 23, 2013 | Huge disparity in funding for immigration enforcement vs. labor standards
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Dec. 24, 2012 | Litigation reveals extensive abuse of guest workers in the U.S.
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Dec. 18, 2012 | On International Migrants Day, remember that guest worker programs aren’t the solution for immigration reform
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Dec. 17, 2012 | American Immigration Council is wrong about H-1B fraud rules
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Oct. 26, 2012 | Outcome of presidential election will impact judicial review of vital federal regulations
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Aug. 14, 2012 | The State Department just created about 4,000 jobs in Alaska
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Aug. 9, 2012 | DHS initiative for young unauthorized immigrants is cost-effective and benefits American workers
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July 26, 2012 | Investigations reveal forced labor of immigrants but Congress won’t allow the Labor Department to combat it
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April 5, 2012 | Business groups lobby to relax rules on much-abused guest worker program
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March 19, 2012 | State Department right to ban Alaskan fish processing jobs from J-1 visa Summer Work Travel program
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Dec. 8, 2011 | Vast majority of public supports a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants
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Dec. 5, 2011 | The J-1 and H-2B guest worker programs hurt young people’s employment prospects
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Nov. 9, 2011 | Arizona’s message
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Nov. 7, 2011 | The link between joblessness and social unrest
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Oct. 6, 2011 | The H-2B guestworker program puts downward pressure on American wages
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Sept. 23, 2011 | State Department’s review of J-1 program sponsors leaves much to be desired
Report
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Nov. 19, 2012 | STEM labor shortages?: Microsoft report distorts reality about computing occupations
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July 14, 2011 | Guestworker diplomacy: J visas receive minimal oversight despite significant implications for the U.S. labor market
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Aug. 13, 2010 | Abuses in the L-Visa Program: Undermining the U.S. Labor Market
Economic snapshot
Testimony
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Sept. 7, 2012 | EPI public comments on Labor Department’s proposed revisions to H-1B Labor Condition Application
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July 10, 2012 | EPI public comments on State Department’s changes to J-1 visa Summer Work Travel program
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July 14, 2011 | Guestworker diplomacy: J visas receive minimal oversight despite significant implications for the U.S. labor market
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May 17, 2011 | EPI experts submit public comments supporting the Department of Labor’s sweeping changes to H-2B guestworker program
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Nov. 15, 2010 | EPI experts submit public comments on proposed changes to H-2B guest worker program
Commentary
June 1, 2012 | Alabama law becomes even more anti-immigrant while doing nothing to create jobs
May 16, 2012 | A bold step forward: Assessing the State Department’s new J-1 Summer Work Travel regulations
March 26, 2012 | EPI open letter to USCIS Director Mayorkas on L-1B ‘specialized knowledge’
March 6, 2012 | Employer criticisms of new immigration rules are not credible
Feb. 10, 2012 | EPI applauds new Labor Department immigration rules that protect U.S. and foreign workers
Jan. 20, 2012 | UK debate sheds light on the impact of immigration on the economy
Oct. 6, 2011 | H-2B employers and their congressional allies are fighting hard to keep wages low for immigrant and American workers
Sept. 9, 2011 | Delegation of legal experts finds credible accounts of J-1 abuses at Hershey
Aug. 17, 2011 | Hershey Co. strike highlights abuses in the J-1 program
Oct. 1, 2010 | Another step towards immigration reform