What the visa feud says about the coming Trump administration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : That's why we have them," Trump told The New York Post on Saturday about the H-1B system.
43% : Trump opponents warn a MAGA civil war has broken out Liberal social media pundits delighted in highlighting a "civil war" in the MAGA movement.
42% : Trump has now made clear he agrees with Musk and said he'd sometimes used H-1B visas in his businesses, although he's more frequently employed temporary part-time foreign workers on H-2B visas at his golf resorts and hotels.
39% : " The visa issue erupted into a full-blown storm following comments by Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk's co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, which Trump has set up to slash the size of federal operations.
38% : Earlier this month, for example, Musk came out ahead of Trump and used his platform to help tank a bipartisan funding bill in the House, sending the government perilously close to a shutdown.
36% : How long will Trump tolerate Musk's capacity to dominate political debate in a way that only he can match?
35% : But someone as social media savvy as Trump, who's spun falsehoods into a reality to which millions of Americans are committed, would surely balk at making an enemy of the man who controls X. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com
34% : But nearly two decades of bipartisan attempts to overhaul and solidify the H-1B program have largely failed, often as broad immigration reform plans foundered on the polarization of immigration politics that Trump used to fuel his rise to power in 2016 and again in 2024.
30% : Trump, for instance, often seems to invite conflict among his aides.
29% : Musk's zeal for defending H-1B visas appears to be a signal that he will not shirk from aggressively pushing his agenda when Trump is president.
21% : And Trump defies patterns by acting on his gut and keeping opponents off-balance, so it would be risky to see the H1-B visa issue as a wider metaphor for how the administration will unfold.
20% : But a deeper reality may postpone a possible schism between Trump and Musk.

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