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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