For decades, people on both sides of the aisle have argued over the merits of immigration visas like the H-1B, citing concerns over worker pay and the green card backlog. The H-1B visa program, which countless tech companies and other large employers rely on to recruit highly skilled talent from abroad,
Tesla founder Elon Musk is a vocal proponent of H-1B visas, and his company's use of the program jumped sharply this year.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is doubling down on his attacks against tech billionaire Elon Musk over H-1B visas, telling him he’s “dead wrong” about the employment visa. In an op-ed published
Created in 1990 and intended for skilled foreign workers, the visa had until recently remained little known outside Silicon Valley, where technology companies use it to employ tens of thousands.
It's perfectly logical for Donald Trump to support securing the border and to promote legal migration through H-1B visas.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is softening his tone on Trump campaign financier turned adviser Elon Musk ... words against Musk in recent weeks stemming from the South African immigrant’s vow to support the H-1B visa program.
Days after fawning over what tech magnate Elon Musk’s deep pockets could do for the MAGA movement, Steve Bannon went berserk on the world’s richest man and vowed to limit his White House influence.
Tesla laid off roughly 6,600 workers. According to labor statistics, it filed about 1,300 H-1B visa applications around the same time.
As newly inaugurated President Donald Trump readies his immigration crackdown, his allies in his Republican Party have splintered over policies surrounding U.S. worker visas intended to go to specialty occupations like the tech industry.
Trump praised the use of H-1B visas, in an interview with the New York Post, for bringing skilled foreign workers to the US, stating, “I have always liked the visas, I have always been in favour of the visas.