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Beside the Golden Door - U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization (Hardcover)
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Beside the Golden Door - U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization (Hardcover)
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"I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"-the last line of Emma
Lazarus's famous poem invites immigrants to enter a land of
economic opportunity. Many have accepted that invitation; today,
foreign-born workers make up nearly 16 percent of the U.S.
workforce and account for almost half of workforce growth over the
last decade. Rather than capitalizing on these gains, however,
recent immigration reforms have resulted in an inefficient,
patchwork system that shortchanges high-skilled immigrants and
poorly serves the American public. Beside the Golden Door: U.S.
Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization proposes a radical
overhaul of current immigration policy designed to strengthen
economic competitiveness and long-run growth. Pia M. Orrenius and
Madeline Zavodny outline a plan that favors employment-based
immigration over family reunification, making work-based visas the
rule, not the exception. They argue that immigration policy should
favor high-skilled workers while retaining avenues for low-skilled
immigration; family reunification should be limited to spouses and
minor children; provisional visas should be the norm; and quotas
that lead to queuing must be eliminated. A selective immigration
policy focused on high-skilled, high-demand workers will allow the
United States to compete in an increasingly global economy while
protecting the interests of American citizens and benefiting
taxpayers. Orrenius and Zavodny conclude that "while not all
potential immigrants who knock at the golden door should be
admitted, the door should swing wide open to welcome those who
desire nothing more than the opportunity to work for the American
dream."
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