Immigration and the Tech Industry: As a Labor Shortage Remedy, for Innovation, or for Cost Savings?
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The two main reasons cited by the U.S. tech industry for hiring foreign workersremedying labor shortages and hiring "the best and the brightest"are not supported by the data, even after excluding the Indian IT service firms. Instead, the primary goals of employers in hiring the foreign workers are to reduce labor costs and to obtain "indentured" employees. Current immigration policy is causing an Internal Brain Drain in STEM.
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Immigration and the Tech Industry: As a Labor Shortage Remedy, for Innovation or for Cost Savings?
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