Americans out of Work but 700,000 Guest-Worker Visas Issued in 2012 NumbersUSA

700,000 Guest-Worker Visas Issued in 2012

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 11:23 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA

 yes, 136,000  Indian and Chinese Nationals were imported to the US in 2012 to do jobs Americans could and would do, under the  notorious H1-b Visa. Guess what? India and China do not accept any deported citizens back, so once they are here we are stuck with them.

A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies has found that the United States issued nearly 700,000 guest-worker visas in 2012. This weekend, labor and business groups agreed on terms that would create a new low-skill, guest-worker program, creating up to 200,000 new temporary work visas each year. Business groups claim the U.S. doesn't issue enough guest-worker visas, specifically low-skill worker visas.

CIS found that two-thirds of the visas issued required certain skills or education, while the remaining third were for unskilled workers. The data comes from the State Department Non-Immigrant Visa Issuance Report for 2012 and does not include any additional visas that may have been issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Temporary Work Visas Issued, 2012
Visa CategoryType of WorkerSkilled or UnskilledNumber
ETreaty WorkerSkilled11,000
FStudent WorkerSkilled70,000*
H-1BProfessionalSkilled136,000
H-2AAgricultureUnskilled65,000
H-2BSeasonalUnskilled50,000
JExchange WorkerBoth175,000
LCompany TransferSkilled62,000
OSpecial AbilitySkilled16,000
PEntertainersSkilled25,000
QIrish Exchange WorkersSkilled2,000
RReligious WorkersBoth4,000
TNNafta ProfessionalsSkilled75,000
Total691,000

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