Trump defends foreign worker visas, siding with Musk amid MAGA backlash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "I have many H-1B visas on my properties.
55% : But during the 2024 campaign, Trump signaled openness to giving some foreign-born workers legal status if they graduated from a US university.
46% : That's why we have them," Trump told The New York Post on Saturday.
43% : Trump said in an interview with The New York Post that he's "a believer in H-1B," referring to the visas granted to thousands of foreign workers who immigrate to the US to fill specialized jobs.
42% : Trump has previously opposed the H-1B visa program as part of his platform to encourage US companies to prioritize American labor over hiring foreign workers.
42% : "In 2020, Trump restricted access to H-1B visas on several occasions, part of his administration's effort to curb legal immigration while responding to the changing economic conditions brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
33% : In his first term, Trump restricted access to foreign worker visas, and he has previously criticized the program.
31% : During his 2016 campaign, Trump accused US companies of using H-1B visas "for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay.
23% : Trump's comments to the New York Post on Saturday mark the first time he's weighed in on the H-1B issue since entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tapped to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, defended the foreign worker visa program, igniting sharp criticism from MAGA loyalists hoping to restrict immigration.
22% : Musk and Ramaswamy's defense of foreign worker visas has been met with strong pushback from the anti-immigration supporters in Trump's coalition.

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