"Business leaders often say that there is a "shortage" of skilled workers, and so they argue that immigrants need to be brought in to do these jobs. For example, an AP article entitled "New York farmers fear a shortage of skilled workers," pointing out that a special U. S. visa program, the H-2A program, "allows employers to hire foreign workers temporarily if they show that they were not able to find U. S. workers for the jobs." (Source: Thompson, Carolyn. May 13, 2008. N. Y. farmers fear a shortage of skilled workers Associated Press.) How do unregulated markets cure a "labor shortage" when there are no immigrants to boost the labor supply?