A recent flare-up over visas for tech workers revealed a rift among Republicans on immigration.   Steve Bannon, once President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist, termed the H-1B visa program a “total and complete scam.
"Why is this being suppressed? I talked to a bunch of mainstream media. They go, we've not heard of this. We haven't heard of the murder."
B visa program, designed to provide U.S. companies with access to specialized foreign talent, has become a focal point of political and cultural conflict. Advocates like President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk argue that it is indispensable for fostering innovation and maintaining America’s competitive edge.
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The GOP has recently faced infighting concerning H-1B visas, which are offered to college-educated foreign professionals. Changes to these visas could affect the career plans of international students and scholars at Yale.
Then, on Inauguration Day, he promised to sign an executive order by February 1 that imposes 25 percent tariffs on all good imported from Mexico and Canada, and now has expressed an intent to put a 10 percent tariff on imports from China.
Trump ally Steve Bannon attacked Elon Musk and said he would “do anything” to keep the world’s richest person out of the White House in a new interview with an Italian newspaper, weeks after Bannon publicly derided Musk for his defense of a skilled visa program.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAGA figure Steve Bannon has reignited the debate over ... with Musk—who has long supported the H-1B visa program—at the center of the storm. Musk, who used the H-1B visa ...
It's a positive sign that Trump is listening to Musk when it comes to attracting top-flight scientific talent. But he has a very long way to go in
The row over so-called H-1B visas is pitting Silicon Valley-aligned Trump allies like X CEO Elon Musk, who favour the program, against opponents like former White House strategist Steve Bannon, many of whom want curbs on overall immigration levels - legal and illegal - with Trump's return to the office.