Simon Hankinson & Brent Orrell: Should the U.S. Rethink the H-1B Visa Program?

About this episode

The episode discusses differing viewpoints on the U.S. H-1B visa program with experts Simon Hankinson and Brent Orrell.

On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about the country’s H-1B visa program. First on the show is Simon Hankinson, Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at the Heritage Foundation. Later, we hear from Brent Orrell, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. You can find Simon on X @WatchfulWaiter1 and AEI at @AEI. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Simon Hankinson, Brent Orrell

Topics covered

• H-1B visa program
• immigration policy
• economic impact
• labor market
• political viewpoints

Keywords

• H-1B visa
• immigration
• visa program
• labor market
• economic policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Simplecast, AdsWizz

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