Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged to clamp down on the "457" temporary work visas.

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The United States has nearly doubled the annual quota of temporary work visas it grants to foreign professionals--to 195, 000, from 115, 000.

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One option would be to grant them temporary work visas with a longer-term path to citizenship and a higher tariff rate.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged to clamp down on the "457" temporary work visas granted to skilled migrants eager to share in the country's mining boom that has helped power more than two decades of annual growth.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged to clamp down on 457s, the temporary work visas granted to skilled migrants eager to share the spoils of the country's mining boom, which has helped power more than two decades of uninterrupted annual growth.

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Firms apply for more employment based green cards and temporary high skilled work visas when the economy is thriving.

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Simply put, by, in effect, prohibiting foreign-born individuals from coming to America to work legally on temporary visas to fill lower-skilled jobs, the federal government is imposing the type of policy he decries in other areas.

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