The United States should expand its working holiday program beyond the small pilot exchanges with Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea that have “onerous application processes,” writes Ayden Fabien Férdeline, an Australian currently on working holiday in Canada, in the New York Times:

“Working Holiday programs were created to foster youth mobility, but they also encourage the exchange of cultural values. Participants serve as ambassadors for their home country and gain a greater appreciation for their host. And participants, like any tourists, contribute to the economy; Working Holiday travelers spend about $1.2 billion annually in Australia.