Fixing the border is necessary but will be insufficient without creating legal avenues to fill some of the labor needs that businesses face. The Migration...
People arrived before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami in 2018. The Migration Policy Institute is proposing a bridge visa would therefore facilitate valued workers’ ability to stay permanently in the U.S. workforce, avoiding the sometimes decadeslong backlogs that some migrants face today, write Julia Gelatt and Andrew Selee.Most immigration debates today focus almost exclusively on the U.S.
At the same time, U.S. unemployment has been at sustained low levels in a pattern unseen since the 1960s, with anywhere from, suggesting that immigrant workers could benefit the economy. This tight labor market has emerged partly due to strong economic growth since the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because the native-born population is aging, and as a result slowing labor force growth. In fact, today,But while the U.S.
The bridge visa would therefore facilitate valued workers’ ability to stay permanently in the U.S. workforce, avoiding the sometimes decadeslong backlogs that some migrants face today. It would also facilitate circular migration for workers who wish to stay in the country only temporarily. Such workers could return as many times as desired on a future bridge visa if they followed the law and had an employer sponsor. Circularity, which once was a much more common feature of migration to the U.S.
The initial cap on the bridge visa could be set to be roughly aligned with the number of foreign-born workers added to the U.S. economy annually in recent years but then adjusted up or down over time by the independent body of experts. To ensure that bridge visa holders would not be used to replace U.S. workers or undermine wages and working conditions, labor market testing would happen up front.
A visa of this kind would help fill in-demand roles in today’s labor market, provide flexibility to address emerging and future needs, and help bring greater order to the U.S. immigration system. It could also help the United States remain competitive at a time when countries around the world are vying for top global talent and for workers needed to complement their own aging populations.
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