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Friday, December 27, 2024

H1-B Visa Debate Heats Up

Enlightened nationalism understands the need for immigrant talent

The Visas Dividing MAGA World Help Power the U.S. Tech Industry
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/the-visas-dividing-maga-world-help-power-the-u-s-tech-industry-93b77afe
H-1B program lets companies fill roles for software developers, engineers, other tech jobs.



Putting America First Requires H-1B Visa Reform
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/putting-america-first-requires-h-1b-visa-reform-skilled-labor-policy-5c9c66a6
Vital but far from perfect, the program needs a new method for selecting who gets in and who doesn’t.

 
 
Musk and Ramaswamy defend foreign worker visas, sparking MAGA backlash
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-foreign-worker-visas/index.html

MAGA vs. Musk: Immigration Fight Cracks Populist-Tech Bro Alliance
https://www.wsj.com/tech/maga-vs-musk-immigration-fight-cracks-populist-tech-bro-alliance-ae93cb03
Tesla CEO’s argument to welcome high-skilled immigrants stokes worries about foreigners taking American jobs.

 
US culture breeds ‘laziness’ and ‘mediocrity’, says Vivek Ramaswamy as he backs migrant-hiring
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/us-culture-breeds-laziness-mediocrity-says-vivek-ramaswamy/ 

Tech Makes an Economic Case for Skilled Immigrants. Will Trump Bite?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/economy/trump-tech-h1b-visa.html
Silicon Valley hopes that tech giants like Elon Musk could help to push the incoming Trump administration toward offering more visas to highly skilled foreign workers. 

What will Donald Trump do about legal immigration?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/11/18/what-will-donald-trump-do-about-legal-immigration
Highly skilled workers are already preparing for the worst.

Attracting entrepreneurs and the highly talented is a worthy goal – but the US and UK schemes are broken
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/31/skilled-migration-worthy-goal-open-borders-racket/

How Thousands of Middlemen Are Gaming the H-1B Program
New data reveal how companies that farm out IT workers exploit flaws in the visa lottery while other US businesses and talented immigrants lose out.
 
The H-1B Lottery Is Too Easily Gamed. Here’s How to Fix It
The visa should be allocated by merit, not luck.