Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : In a rare moment of agreement, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) came out in support of Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy.
64% : "I've always liked the visas," Trump said.
60% : I have many H-1B visas on my properties.
43% : Trump, who decried this particular visa in 2016 as "substituting" Americans with "cheap labor," said over the weekend that he supported the H-1B visa program, claiming that he had many of these types of workers on his properties.
41% : The debate has put the Republican Party on a collision course as it mulls immigration reform and border security funding in the early part of 2025, possibly triggering a "civil war" within the party until it can align its messaging on the visa issue.
37% : That would have barred 90% of recipients from the program, according to Forbes. Several months into the pandemic in 2020, Trump signed an executive order that denied admission to H-1B visa holders outside of the food supply network.
27% : On Saturday, Trump broke his silence and told the New York Post that he had never wavered from the H-1B visa despite his previous statement.
21% : Incoming Department on Government Efficiency co-Chairman Vivek Ramaswamy, a technology businessman and co-Chairman billionaire businessman Elon Musk, a former H-1B visa holder himself, have backed Trump and subsequently been blamed by some for pushing Trump further to the center on the issue.
10% : Loomer declared that Krishnan's appointment was a bad idea because he opposed what Trump stood for regarding protocols for visas.

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