Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Face Backlash from MAGA Movement for Not Only Backing But Offering More Visas to Foreign-Born Skilled Workers

[Toro]

This is Elon on those criticizing him for his views on immigration

 

[initforme]

I agree. I was being sarcastic.

Understood. We have plenty of skilled workers here in america. Hardest most productive workers on the face of God's earth.

 

[dudmuck]

Let's face it, mass deporting everyone isn't a realistic objective.

Deport

1. the criminal illegals already in prison/jail/indicted
2. the 20k Chinese military aged men
3. the gangbangers
4. those convicted of serious crimes in their country of origin.
5. those let out of a mental institution in their country of origin


The ones behaving, doing their jobs, not threatening Americans.... they are NOT a priority.

did you forget what Steohen Miller plans to do.

 

[Moonglow]

I did not vote for president elect Musk to run the govt.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Nope. I just know his interests lie in NOT doing that, just pretending to. I am very much for border enforcement, changing the law related to refugee status, and pursuing those who have overstayed visas / court cases etc.

However it’s ALL A JOKE if E Verify and felony penalties are not enforced against employers. NEITHER PARTY wants to cut off the low wage cocaine high.

/—-/ He did it during his first term. He’ll do it again.

 

[Billiejeens]

Flooding the US with low wage foreign tech workers is not putting Americans first.

Stop the hyperbole of "flooding"

We need the best and brightest minds here, legally.

 

[NetJedi]

H-1B visas mean cheap foreign labor to the tech industry. It will be interesting to see what Trump does with this dispute.

So what? H-1B Visa holders are working in country legally, as far as I'm aware the issue is with illegal immigrants not the legal ones.

 

[Billiejeens]

So what? Pay american citizens more to do the same exact work. As it should be.

Most of them can't do the exact same work.

 

[initforme]

Stop the hyperbole of "flooding"

We need the best and brightest minds here, legally.

Do you actually believe we don't have enough skilled workers already here?

 

[initforme]

Most of them can't do the exact same work.

They could so very easily be trained to. Let the company foot the bill for that training.

 

[Billiejeens]

Do you actually believe we don't have enough skilled workers already here?

This level skill, yes.

 

[initforme]

This level skill, yes.

Then the company should move overseas. We can cheer.

 

[toobfreak]

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Face Backlash from MAGA Movement for Not Only Backing But Offering More Visas to Foreign-Born Skilled Workers​

Wait a minute. What is the dispute? Both of them are foreign born skilled workers! They make some of the best workers we have. The point is that they are SKILLED labor, so long as they are interested in being Americans and living and working here for the betterment of America, I am missing the problem.

If you'd rather hire natural born Americans, I understand, just so long as they can prove themselves as good or better.

 

[NetJedi]

Do you actually believe we don't have enough skilled workers already here?

We don't, that's why the technology industry perennially has a deficit of workers even with the H-1B program and technology companies sponsoring training programs for Americans wanting to get into tech careers.

The primary driver of this situation is the fact that our education system sucks.

 

[YoursTruly]

H-1B visas mean cheap foreign labor to the tech industry. It will be interesting to see what Trump does with this dispute.

Trump isn't anti migrants. Even if the end result is the same. Cheap foreign labor, that devalues the labor rates for Americans.
His resorts are full of them. And he said he couldn't get Americans to fill those positions. lol

He's a con artist. A great one though,

 

[okfine]

/——/ There definitely a shortage of qualified tech workers in the US. Secondly, foreign workers will accept lower wages than US workers. It’s a tough situation.

MAGA

HAH HAH HA!

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Laura Loomer and far right activists clashed on X with Sriram Krishnan -Trump's new pick for AI and Vivek over increasing H1B visas and plans by DOGE to increase the numbers. Apparently the tech side want to substantially increase the number of H1B visas, whereas other MAGA activists view this as foreigners reducing salaries and taking US jobs. Thoughts?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/27/h-1b-visas-elon-musk-trump-immigration/

Loomer is insane

 

[Zincwarrior]

/—-/ He did it during his first term. He’ll do it again.

He did no such thing.

 

[initforme]

We don't, that's why the technology industry perennially has a deficit of workers even with the H-1B program and technology companies sponsoring training programs for Americans wanting to get into tech careers.

The primary driver of this situation is the fact that our education system sucks.

Well why don't yhe company's just relocate overseas? Let em go.

 

[BrokeLoser]

H-1B visas mean cheap foreign labor to the tech industry. It will be interesting to see what Trump does with this dispute.

As the demography of America has shifted the size of our pool of highly intelligent, highly innovative has shrunk…I’m good with merit based / needs based immigration so long as birthright citizenship isn’t in play and voting rights will never be had. If we can’t/don’t implement those guidelines with imported labor then we should just suffer and do the best we can with our own people.