The elected US President Donald Trump advocated the issuance of special American visas to highly qualified specialists from other countries, thus supporting the position of Ilon Mask on this issue.
“There are many people with H-1B visas at my enterprises. I always liked visas. This is a great program,” Trump said in an interview with New York Post about H-1B visas, which allow American companies to hire professionals because line.
In his first presidential term, the politician limited visas for foreign workers and criticized the program.
Thus, the last statement by the President clearly set out his position on this issue, on which the Republicans were divided into two camps. The politician previously promised green cards to students who receive higher education in the USA.
In the ranks of Trump’s supporters there was a split due to disagreements in the views on the immigration policy of the future US administration.
, part of the Republicans, led by Musk, support the practice of issuing H-1B visas. Part of the more conservative supporters of Trump are more radical and accuse large technological companies of abuse of the immigration system.
This week, Ilon Musk said in X that the gap in positions requiring experience in technological companies in the United States cannot be filled with “local specialists”.
The billionaire emphasized that thanks to the same visa program, he was able to become the owner of large companies that today provide employment in the USA.
H-1B is a type of work visa issued by qualified foreign workers who are not citizens of the United States, usually for a period of three years, which gives the owner the right to apply for a green card at the end of this period.