Report | Immigration

Bridge to Immigration or Cheap Temporary Labor? The H-1B & L-1 Visa Programs Are a Source of Both

Briefing Paper #257

Download PDF

Press release

American employers often claim they use the H-1B and other skilled guest worker visa programs to attract talented foreign workers and help them remain permanently in the U.S. But new evidence shows these programs are mainly a means to help outsource U.S. jobs or recruit cheap temporary labor.


See related work on Immigration | Trade and Globalization

See more work by Ron Hira