US President Donald Trump strikes a balanced stance on the H-1B visa program, highlighting the importance of attracting skilled professionals while addressing concerns about job displacement. Speaking at the White House,
US companies use the H-1B visa to employ tens of thousands of foreign expertise each year, the lion's share coming from India
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.
While President Trump welcomed skilled immigrants, he also opposed birthright citizenship for children born in the US to parents with temporary visas, including H-1B holders.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he likes both sides of the argument on H-1B foreign guest workers' visa, noting that he likes "very competent people" coming into the country.
Donald Trump has officially taken office as the President of the United States once again, a development that has raised apprehensions among H-1B visa holders and Dreamers. Many fear a return to stricter regulations on foreign workers, a hallmark of Trump’s previous administration.
President Donald Trump has declared that unless at least one parent of a newborn in the US is an American citizen or a green card holder, the child will not be an American citizen — a right that all those born in the US have enjoyed for much of the country’s history.
The scenario remains to be a cause of concern for those on student, work and other temporary visas because Trump 2.0’s interpretation of the Birthright Citizenship seeks to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the US whose parents lack legal immigration status or are present in the country on a temporary visa like H1-B.
With the numerous changes in the administration policies, it is believed that Trump's administration may go back to stricter regulations on foreign workers and a curb on immigration levels
Despite his support for H-1B visas for skilled workers, Trump has benefited more from the H-2B visa program. According to CNN, most of the foreign guest workers employed by Trump’s businesses have come through the non-agricultural worker program.
Vivek Ramaswamy has said that Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday will bring the "dawn of a new Golden Age."