Trump Sides With Musk as H1-B Visas Roil MAGA Camp
The New Indian Express Thrissur|December 30, 2024
The prez-elect's position is in contrast with his earlier calls for immigration curbs

DONALD Trump weighed in on Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons such as Elon Musk, saying that he backs a special visa programme that helps highly skilled workers enter the country.

"I've always liked the (H1-B) visas, I have always been in favour of the visas, that's why we have them" at Trump-owned facilities, the president-elect told the New York Post in his first public comments on the matter since it flared up this week. An angry back-and-forth, largely between Silicon Valley's Musk and traditional anti-immigration Trump backers, has erupted in fiery fashion, with Musk even vowing to "go to war" over the issue.

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