Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy face criticism from some Trump supporters for their support of H-1B visas, sparking a debate about the role of foreign workers in the US tech industry.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy , the leaders of President-elect Donald Trump 's new 'Department of Government Efficiency,' have found themselves at odds with some of Trump's far-right supporters over their support for H-1B visas. H-1B visas allow foreign skilled professionals to work in America.
A conservative social media figure, who faced criticism when she traveled with Trump on some campaign stops, criticized Trump's appointment of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as his senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence. Criticizing a post from Krishnan where he advocated the removal of country caps for green cards, Loomer called the appointment 'deeply disturbing,' prompting an online battle between the business leaders who say the work visas are essential to employing high-qualified foreign workers and Trump supporters who argued it was a way for business leaders to have cheap labor rather than provide job opportunities for Americans. Both Ramaswamy and Musk made numerous posts on X claiming H-1B visas are essential because American culture doesn't prioritize success in science and engineering careers compared to other countries. 'Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn't start in college, it starts YOUNG,' Ramaswamy posted on X. 'A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers,' he added. Musk, who has said he once worked in the United States on an H-1B visa, said he has depended on these work visas for the operation of his tech companies and that they are essential due to the number of skilled workers needed to handle the rise of new technologies
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