This week, a division opened up in the MAGA coalition around H-1B visas, which are temporary visas given to high-skilled immigrants. In 2023, the US government granted 755,020 H1B visas to mostly tech workers from China and India.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, leaders of the new Department of Government Efficiency DOGE, say that these high-skilled workers are needed in the tech industry because there aren’t enough hard-working programmers in America. Other Trump allies, like Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon, want to turn off all immigration and say that American tech firms should hire Americans. It has sparked a disturbing debate around “good immigrants” and “bad immigrants.”
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