"If we increase the number of H-1B visas that are available to U.S. companies, employment of U.S. nationals would likely grow as well. For instance, Microsoft has found that for every H-1B hire we make, we add on average four additional employees to support them in various capacities."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.
and Congressional Testimony 
"Opening the World of Export Opportunity to U.S. Small Businesses," June 20, 2008.
"The Large Stake of U.S. Small Business in an Expanding Global Economy," June 13, 2007.
"Trade, Democracy and Peace: The Virtuous Cycle," April 20, 2007.
"The Best 'Anti-Sweatshop' Policy: Expanding U.S. Trade with Developing Countries," February 14, 2007.
"The Competition for World Resources: China's Demand for Commodities," February 8, 2007.
"The Future of NAFTA: "Hecho en China"?" November 15-17, 2006.
"Four Decades of Failure: The U.S. Embargo against Cuba," October 15, 2005.
"Mexican Migration, Legalization, and Assimilation," October 5, 2005.
"The Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Serving Our National Economy," May 26, 2005.
"Making the Case for Free Trade," October 30, 2004.
Cato University Fall Seminar 2004; Remarks of Don Boudreaux and Dan Griswold, October 30, 2004.
Cato Policy Forum: Down on the Farm? Assessing the Prospects for Global Agricultural Trade Liberalization; Transcript, June 8, 2004.
"Securing Our Borders Under a Temporary Guest Worker Program," April 1, 2004.
"America's Win-Win-Win Trade Relations With China," October 31, 2003.
"The Prospects for American Workers: Immigration's Impact," October 30, 2003.
"Measuring the True Cost of Protectionism," December 4, 2001.
"Blame Domestic Slowdown, not Trade, for Manufacturing Slump," June 21, 2001.
"Multiple Levels of Policy: International, National, State -- Or None of the Above?," by Solveig Singleton and Daniel T. Griswold, White Paper, September 13, 1999.
"The U.S. Trade Deficit: A Sign of Good Times," August 19, 1999.
"Counting the Costs of Steel Protection," February 25, 1999.
"America's Misunderstood Trade Deficit," July 22, 1998.
"The Causes and Consequences of the U.S. Trade Deficit," June 11, 1998.
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