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Third International Metropolis Conference, Israel, November 1998
COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH TEMPORARY WORKERS:
THE UNITED STATES*

by B. Lindsay Lowell
Director of Research
Institute for the Study of International Migration
Georgetown University, Box 579400
Washington, DC 20057-9400
(202) 298-0208, -0210, fax: 333-4340
email:lowellb@gunet.georgetown.edu 

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ADMISSION CATEGORIES:

Temporary Classes of Admission
- Work Authorized
- Students and Exchange Visitors

Permanent Classes of Admission
- Family Based
- Employment-Based

COUNTING TEMPORARY WORKING MIGRANTS

- State Visa Issuances
- Nonimmigrant Admissions
- Person-year Population

Occupations of Temporary Speciality Workers (H-1B)

Adjusters From Temporary to Permanent Status

Occupations of Status Adjusters and the Immigration Act of 1990

TEMPORARY WORKERS AND THE U.S. LABOR MARKET:

Foreign Students and Higher Education

Non-Academic Labor Markets

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

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