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Examining H-1B Visas & High-Skilled Asian Immigration
Sloan West Coast Program on Science and Engineering WorkersFriday, January 30, 2009,
UCLA, Young Research Library, Library Conference Center
The US high-tech industry is a rapidly moving economic machine, providing millions of jobs for Americans. However, the last decade has witnessed the increase of high-skilled immigration to fill jobs in the industry through the H-1B visa program. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, India, Japan, and China are among the top 10 countries sending workers to the US through the H-1B visa program, with India as the nation with the highest number overall.
This trend of high-skilled immigration has become a controversial issue within the US high-tech industry and has received growing attention in the fields of immigration and labor studies, as well as public policy discourse. This seminar will explore the economic and policy implications of high-skilled immigration policy and the H-1B visa in both Asia and the US.
The seminar is organized by the MRP with the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and cosponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA School of Public Affairs, and the UCLA Canadian Studies Program.
This event is by invitation only and participants must RSVP: http://www.spa.ucla.edu/up/visasregistration
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