TY - JOUR
T1 - The Politics of Skilled Immigration
T2 - Explaining the Ups and Downs of the US H-1B Visa Program
AU - Kennedy, Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The United States has long been a magnet for skilled immigrants, but its openness to these immigrants has varied considerably over time. Focusing on the H-1B visa program, this article explains why the program’s annual cap has risen and fallen from the mid-1990s to the present. Whereas recent studies of skilled immigration policy have focused on struggles between capital and labor, this article contends that US policy also reflects a struggle between capital and citizen groups — one that has changed considerably over the past two decades. The findings challenge recent work on skilled immigration and US immigration policy.
AB - The United States has long been a magnet for skilled immigrants, but its openness to these immigrants has varied considerably over time. Focusing on the H-1B visa program, this article explains why the program’s annual cap has risen and fallen from the mid-1990s to the present. Whereas recent studies of skilled immigration policy have focused on struggles between capital and labor, this article contends that US policy also reflects a struggle between capital and citizen groups — one that has changed considerably over the past two decades. The findings challenge recent work on skilled immigration and US immigration policy.
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U2 - 10.1177/0197918318769312
DO - 10.1177/0197918318769312
M3 - Article
SN - 0197-9183
VL - 53
SP - 346
EP - 370
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
IS - 2
ER -