{"id":29284,"date":"2024-12-29T00:33:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/trump-says-he-is-a-believer-in-h-1b-visas-for-skilled-migrant-workers-as-right-spars-on-immigration-report\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T00:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:33:05","slug":"trump-says-he-is-a-believer-in-h-1b-visas-for-skilled-migrant-workers-as-right-spars-on-immigration-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/trump-says-he-is-a-believer-in-h-1b-visas-for-skilled-migrant-workers-as-right-spars-on-immigration-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he is a ‘believer’ in H-1B visas for skilled migrant workers as right spars on immigration: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

President-elect Trump appeared to agree with Elon Musk<\/a> in support of H-1B visas for skilled workers in the U.S., as the right spars on the ongoing immigration debate.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That\u2019s why we have them,” Trump told the New York Post<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n

Trump said that he recognizes the visas on his properties, saying, “I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It\u2019s a great program.”<\/p>\n

MUSK INFLAMES X WITH PROFANE MOVIE QUOTE IN DEFENSE OF H1-B VISA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump’s comments come as the right clashes over immigration and the place of foreign workers in the U.S. labor market.<\/p>\n

Musk\u00a0and Vivek Ramaswamy,<\/u><\/a>\u00a0who have been tapped by Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued earlier this week that American culture has not prioritized education enough, and therefore that foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk\u2019s SpaceX and Tesla.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One such critic, Laura Loomer, set off a firestorm on X when criticizing Trump\u2019s selection of Sriram Krishnan, an Indian American venture capitalist, to be an adviser on artificial intelligence policy.<\/p>\n

MUSK AND RAMASWAMY IGNITE MAGA WAR OVER SKILLED IMMIGRATION AND AMERICAN \u2018MEDIOCRITY\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In a post, she said she was concerned that Krishnan, a U.S. citizen, would have an influence on the Trump administration\u2019s immigration<\/a> policies.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s alarming to see the number of career leftists who are now being appointed to serve in Trump\u2019s admin when they share views that are in direct opposition to Trump\u2019s America First agenda,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

Musk has doubled-down on his position, taking to X on Friday to blast a user who showed a video of him discussing SpaceX processes to go after the billionaire\u2019s stance on the visa program. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“The reason I\u2019m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,” Musk wrote on X.<\/p>\n

He then went on to quote the 2008 action-comedy movie,<\/u><\/a> “Tropic Thunder,” which was a box office hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Take a big step back and F— YOURSELF in the face,” Musk railed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ramaswamy has similarly been pro-H-1B visa, writing: “American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump Transition Team for comment.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President-elect Trump appeared to agree with Elon Musk in support of H-1B visas for skilled workers in the U.S., as the right spars on the ongoing immigration debate. “I\u2019ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That\u2019s why we have them,” Trump told the New York Post Saturday. Trump … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}