02347nam 2200517 a 450 991078129550332120200520144314.01-283-02942-197866130294230-8447-4371-2(CKB)2550000000031397(MiAaPQ)EBC667136(Au-PeEL)EBL667136(CaPaEBR)ebr10454811(CaONFJC)MIL302942(OCoLC)709551246(NjHacI)992550000000031397(EXLCZ)99255000000003139720100603d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRegulating low-skilled immigration in the United States[electronic resource] /Gordon H. HansonWashington, D.C. AEI Pressc2010vii, 47 p. ill0-8447-4370-4 0-8447-4368-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Immigration policy regimes : the United States in international perspective -- Policy options for regulating low-skilled immigration -- Conclusion and recommendations for Congress.With 11.9 million undocumented residents in the United States and illegal entrants accounting for nearly half of the low-skilled foreign workforce, there is widespread agreement that the current U.S. immigration system is broken. Past reform agendas haveemphasized strengthening border security, increasing the number of visas for foreign guest workers, and defining a path to legal residence for illegal immigrants already living in the country. When the Obama administration addresses immigration reform-asit has promised to do before 2012-should it pick up where previous reform proposals left off.Foreign workersGovernment policyUnited StatesUnskilled laborUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationForeign workersGovernment policyUnskilled labor325.73Hanson Gordon121226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781295503321Regulating low-skilled immigration in the United States3713217UNINA