Temporary Labor Temporary labor means that they have no intentions in permanently staying in the United States. They were only there to work for a bit and then migrant back to where they came from. The United States encouraged temporary labor because as a capitalist economy, they want to be able to get the cheapest labor possible. To many Asian immigrants, this was a chance of opportunity because many of them wanted to make a living, “Asian immigrants came to the United States primarily to earn a living” (Chan, 25). By taking the chance in travelling to the United States, Asian immigrants also had to sacrifice leaving their families. Recruitment of temporary labor lead to a split family because for the Asian immigrants it was their way of