Trump base splits over Musk and Ramaswamy's support for foreign worker visas - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "We've already started to see a problem where it looks like Musk is calling the shots like what we last saw last week with government funding," said a GOP Senate aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity in an effort to reflect candidly on the situation.
57% : During this past campaign, Trump appeared to be more open to allowing highly skilled foreigners to come work in the country.
57% : In an interview on the All In podcast over the summer, Trump said he would grant permanent residency to any foreigner who graduates from college in the U.S.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER"What I want to do, and what I will do is - you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country," Trump said at the time.
55% : Trump tasked Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.
42% : During his first term, Trump restricted access to foreign worker visas and previously criticized the H-1B visa program, which allows 65,000 highly skilled workers to immigrate to the U.S. each year to fill a specific job and grants another 20,000 visas to such workers who have received an advanced degree in the U.S.During the pandemic, Trump temporarily froze H-1B visas in an effort to try to help Americans dealing with job loss.
22% : "However, backlash came swiftly from MAGA supporters who want to see Trump take a hard-line immigration policy with a mass deportation of illegal immigrants instead of an expansion of the H-1B program.
12% : Musk and Ramaswamy's comments also drew criticism from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who called on Trump to prioritize American workers over foreign ones.

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