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dc.contributor.advisorGarnett, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSadeghi, Saman
dc.date2013-05-03
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T18:42:49Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T18:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier111en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/7336
dc.description.abstractIn light of the broken immigration system and anemic forecasts of future economic growth, this study considers and defends employment-based immigration reform as a proper course of action for the United States. The central question for this study is whether employment-based immigration reform offers a rational alternative to the dysfunctional U.S. immigration system by providing a framework that would regulate immigration flows in a manner most conducive to the long-term economic prospects of the U.S.? In addressing the research question, the study will examine a policy proposal by Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny as a prototype for employment-based immigration reform--to allow for a process of selecting the most valued immigrant workers and allocating visas efficiently among applicants. Subsequently, the study provides an extensive defense through a virtual dialogue between popular critics and proponents of employment-based immigration reform. The following criticisms are considered and defended: (1) the nationalist criticisms (conservative and liberal) that such an approach will reduce native workers' employment and earnings, exacerbate income inequality, and place undue fiscal burdens on federal and state governments; and (2) the libertarian criticisms that such an approach results in a violation of free-market principles and an unwarranted abridgment of the individual human right to migrate. Finally, the conclusion affirms the study's question and provides significant implications for the current immigration debate.
dc.titleA Rational Defense of Employment-Based Immigration Reform
etd.degree.departmentEconomics
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.collegeJohn V. Roach Honors College
local.departmentEconomics


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