Areas of expertise
Offshoring • High-skilled immigration • STEM • Innovation and competitiveness
Biography
Ron Hira, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, is an associate professor in the department of political science at Howard University. His book, Outsourcing America, was one of the first to examine the economic and policy implications of the offshoring of high-skilled jobs. It was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin awards in the best business book category. Hira has testified before Congress on offshoring and high-skilled immigration. He is frequently interviewed by the media about his work, which intersects STEM labor markets, immigration, globalization, and competitiveness policy. He is a licensed professional engineer.
Education
Ph.D., Public Policy, George Mason University (2002)
M.S., Electrical Engineering, George Mason University (1992)
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University (1988)
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Tech and outsourcing companies continue to exploit the H-1B visa program at a time of mass layoffs: The top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023
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Biden can fix the anti-worker H-1B immigration visa scam
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The Biden administration can stop H-1B visas from fueling outsourcing: Half of the top 30 H-1B employers were outsourcing firms in 2021
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New evidence of widespread wage theft in the H-1B visa program: Corporate document reveals how tech firms ignore the law and systematically rob migrant workers
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EPI comments on DOL Request for Information on determining prevailing wage levels for H-1B visas and permanent labor certifications for green cards
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The H-1B visa program remains the “outsourcing visa”: More than half of the top 30 H-1B employers were outsourcing firms
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EPI comments on USCIS preference allocation system for H-1B visas by prevailing wage level
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H-1B visas and prevailing wage levels: A majority of H-1B employers—including major U.S. tech firms—use the program to pay migrant workers well below market wages
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Testimony to the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee on HB 1366
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Top H-1B employers use visa program for temporary labor—not as bridge to permanent immigration
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Top 10 H-1B employers are all IT offshore outsourcing firms, costing U.S. workers tens of thousands of jobs
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Congressional Testimony: The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers
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The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed STEM OPT extension fails to protect foreign students and American workers
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Former Disney IT workers claim discrimination
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Disney H-1B Scandal in Spotlight Again: Meet The American Workers Whose Jobs and Careers Were Destroyed by the H-1B Program
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New Scandals Revealed by the New York Times: How the H-1B Visa is Used to Ship American Jobs Overseas
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Disney Reverses 35 Layoffs, but No Fairytale Ending for Thousands of Others Displaced by H-1B Visa Program
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The tech worker shortage debate
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TiSA: A Secret Trade Agreement That Will Usurp America’s Authority to Make Immigration Policy
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Et Tu, Mickey Mouse? Disney Pads Record Profits by Replacing U.S. Workers with Cheaper H-1B Guestworkers
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Congressional Testimony: Immigration Reforms Needed to Protect Skilled American Workers
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New Data Show How Firms Like Infosys and Tata Abuse the H-1B Program
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Congress and President Obama Cannot Sit Idly By While Companies Use H-1B Guestworkers to Replace American Workers
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Bill Gates’ tech worker fantasy: Column
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Brookings H-1B Report’s Flawed Analysis & Flawed Process
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Testimony regarding the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S.744
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Does the Immigration Innovation Act Help Offshore Outsourcing Firms? Financial Advisory Firm Says Yes
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Top 10 users of H-1B guest worker program are all offshore outsourcing firms
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EPI public comments on Labor Department’s proposed revisions to H-1B Labor Condition Application
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EPI open letter to USCIS Director Mayorkas on L-1B ‘specialized knowledge’