The US President-elect Donald Trump (78) has sided with the billionaire and tech entrepreneur in a public dispute over the use of the H-1B visa Elon Musk (53). “I have many H-1B visa holders in my properties. “I have always been a supporter of H-1B,” Trump told the New York Post on Saturday (local time). “I used it a lot. It’s a great program.”
U-turn to 2020
Trump, who sought to limit the use of visas in his first term, has now said he fully supports the foreign skilled worker program, although some of his supporters oppose it.
Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX, spoke out in several posts on social media. He announced late Friday that he would go to “war” to defend the visa program. Musk, who was born in South Africa and is now a US citizen, himself had an H-1B visa. His electric car maker Tesla received 724 of these visas this year, which are usually valid for three years. Holders can have it renewed or apply for a green card.
One personality caused the line of conflict to break down: Trump nominated the – in India born – entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan (41) as his advisor on the future topic artificial intelligence
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Ultra-right activist Laura Loomer called reports “deeply disturbing.” from CNN
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the calling. It is in irreconcilable contradiction to the agenda for which Trump was elected. Namely: to reduce immigration and give jobs in America to Americans first.
Loomer, a racist influencer in the orbit of the Trump movement “Make America Great Again” (“MAGA”), is said to have convinced Trump to campaign with the horror (false) report that immigrants from Haiti were eating the pets of good American families .But in this case she encountered resistance.
Immigration opponents among Trump’s supporters are increasingly pushing to abolish the H-1B program. Immigration is a threat to Western civilization. Musk and many other tech billionaires, however, emphasized the difference between legal and illegal immigration. Trump has promised to deport illegal immigrants and severely limit immigration.