Days after Elon Musk defended the H-1B visa, he shifted his stance, calling the program "broken" and calling for major reforms, including higher salaries and additional costs to make hiring ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over the use of the H-1B visa.

Trump's remarks followed a series of social media posts from Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who vowed late Friday to go to "war" to defend the visa program for foreign tech workers.

Does the H-1B visa take away American jobs? Supporters say the H-1B visa encourages innovation and fires up the American economy. Detractors say the program takes jobs from Americans.

Trump Backs H-1B Visa Program After Elon Musk Vows ‘War’ During Fiery Online MAGA Debate The Tesla CEO and his DOGE counterpart Vivek Ramaswamy rose to the defense of Trump AI policy adviser ...

Currently, the annual cap is 65,000 new H-1B visas and an additional 20,000 for foreign professionals who graduate with a master’s degree or higher from a US university.

Elon Musk and Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have recently clashed with supporters of Donald Trump over the issue of immigration and H-1B visas.

Unverified federal election filings that name Vaibhav Taneja as treasurer of the Musk-backed America Party highlight tensions ...

Calls for his deportation grew louder as his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump splintered in June 2025.

The tech right and MAGA populists were always going to have a blowup thanks to their disagreement on whether immigration or the federal debt was central to Trump’s political movement.

Vaibhav Taneja, an Indian-origin executive and Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer, has been named by Elon Musk as the treasurer ...