Guest Worker Programs and Policies

Philip L. Martin, J. Edward Taylor

This paper outlines the decisions that would be integral to the development of a guest worker program that would allow Mexicans to work legally on a temporary basis in the United States. Topics covered include a rationale for importing workers, managing inevitable migration, regional labor agreements, labor certification, labor importer-exporter arrangements, recruitment, and workers' rights. An appendix provides a discussion of current guest worker proposals.

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