But increasingly. U.S. firms are also turning to temporary foreign workers. Yet. this little known aspect of our immigration laws includes few protections for U.S. workers. Current laws governing permanent immigrant workers require employers to try to recruit U.S. workers first. The Department of Labor must certify that efforts for such recruitment have been carried out before an employer can sponsor an immigrant worker. This process has some shortcomings. but it is intended to guarantee that immigrant workers do not displace American workers. A serious problem is that our laws governing temporary foreign workers contain no such requirement. They are based on the outdated view that because they enter only temporarily. few protections for U.S. workers are required.
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