2013 Immigration and Workforce Study
An online survey of 300 small business owners across the U.S. by the National Small Business Association revealed that while the majority of small business owners don't employ immigrant workers and have not applied for a temporary work visa recently, almost half said they rely on highly skilled workers with a STEM background and one-third say the quality and education of the current workforce is not meeting their needs. In fact, there was majority support for the creation of a new visa category for students in the STEM fields and for the creation of a new visa category for highly skilled immigrant entrepreneurs who start a company in the U.S. Additionally, 76 percent of respondents either don't use the controversial E-Verify system or have never heard of it.
The report also covers areas such as union relations, background checks of employees and other recruitment practices.
National Small Business Association. (2013). 2013 Workforce and Immigration Study. National Small Business Association: Washington, D.C. Retrieved from https://www.nsba.biz/docs/Workforce-Immigration-Survey-2013.pdf