Ron Hira

Economic Policy Institute

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Professor of public policy at Howard University and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, which gets some of its funding from organized labor; author of Outsourcing America: The True Cost of Shipping Jobs Overseas and What Can Be Done about It

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The  H-1B Visa  program, begun in 1990, is designed to fill jobs requiring advanced science or computer skills — but only when American workers can't be found.

Are H-1B Visas Costing American Jobs?

The H-1B Visa program, begun in 1990, is designed to fill jobs requiring advanced science or computer skills — but only when American workers can't be found.

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