On today's Your Call, we’ll discuss the impact of immigration on the tech sector. A Senate bill could result in a huge influx of highly-skilled, foreign-born workers. What does an increase of immigrant tech workers mean for those already here? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why are tech companies lobbying for more migrant workers? What will this mean for the state’s unemployment rate and economy? It’s Your Call, with Hana Baba, and you.
Guests:
Gordon Hanson is a professor of economics at UC San Diego and holds the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations.
Ron Hira has been studying high-skill immigration for over a decade. He is an associate professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and research associate of the Economic Policy Institute.
Links
Mother Jones: How H-1B Visas are Screwing Tech Workers
NPR: Who's Hiring H-1B Visa Workers? It's not Who You Might Think
Denver Post: High-tech Industry Big Immigration Bill Winner
Brookings Institute: H-1B Visas and the STEM Shortage
