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What it takes to work in America

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder

Dec 12, 2023

Pathways for highly educated immigrants or seasonal workers can be scarce, and for other jobs they're practically nonexistent.

"We are stuck with an inflexible system where we rely on Congress to change the caps and categories for immigration," said Julia Gelatt of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute.

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