Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’

https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/

34 comments

  1. Of course, he hates immigrants unless they cut his grass

  2. Sounds like he’s improperly obtaining H-1B visa’s…

  5. And he chose poorly.

    This has the energy to turn the MAGA crowd off him. One could hope anyway.

  6. As if Trump’s workers are documented. That way he can pay them less.

  7. The H-1B fiasco has exposed that the “tech right” is just the 2020s version of the neocons: a small group that is trying to co-opt the right for their own benefit

  8. Trump’s golf courses also employed undocumented workers during Trump’s first term.

  9. You have many illegal immigrants working on them too.

  10. So the Indian MAGA voters were playing 4d chess all along ???? 

  11. Trump’s chosen how he wants to get his donations in the future, and it’s from billionaires.

  12. Will the MAGA crowd now say it’s good to have the *smart* brown people here, which will force them to admit that *some* brown people are smart, or will they actually disagree with Trump?

    So juicy.

  13. There is nothing done on Trump’s properties that would qualify for an H1-B – as usual, Trump is committing fraud.

  14. Yeah, of course Trump was gonna fall in line behind President Musk

  15. >President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers

    >“I have many H-1B visas on my properties.”

    What highly skilled workers does he have ‘on his properties’? How can he say he supports it for highly skilled workers and then heavily imply his cleaning staff are on H-1Bs?

  16. Knew it, he picked money over voters he no longer needs.

  18. He doesn’t call them “immigrants”, he calls them “H-1b visas”. MAGA is too dumb to know that those are the same thing.

  19. Wait! Donald is hiring many H-1B visa holders with high-tech skills to work on his properties because he can’t find American workers with those specialty skills? No, Donald is inadvertently demonstrating how H-1B visas are abused by employers in this country. Rather than hiring workers with specialty skills that they can’t find from American workers, employers like Donald are abusing the H-1B visa system to import foreign labor at lower cost than they would have to pay American workers for those jobs.

  20. It’s wild to see all these people treat other humans as slaves
    And then justify their actions

    As if it doesn’t make it any more deplorable

  21. My dad called this yesterday. He doesn’t need the votes of his dumb and poor supporters anymore so of course he’s going to side with the billionaires that can still give him money.

  22. So in other words, they only like the immigrants who actually do take good american jobs.

  23. Why do people think this will change any conservative minds?

    If they were smart enough to process basic information that conflicts with their beliefs they wouldn’t be conservatives.

    They will write this off as a joke, a hoax, or a conflated effort by trans antifa Jews to gaslight them.

  24. They won the election on anti-immigrant TV ads and now they’re very much in love with immigrants. Absolutely fucking cynical.

  25. Corporate America is what’s wrong with America
    MAGA you voted against the constitution
    MAGA you voted against America
    MAGA you voted against freedom
    MAGA you voted against your children’s future
    MAGA you voted against Healthcare
    MAGA you voted against yourselves

  26. the whole rightwing narcissim in one quote: immigrants are bad except those that work for me lol.

  27. Can’t wait for Fox News to do cartwheels reversing on their prior anti-immigrant stance.

  28. Trump is bending the knee to President Musk it would appear.

  29. Of course he did. VP Trump’s role is to parrot support for President Musk’s position.

  30. Trump just threw his base under the bus. “America first” 

    Will be interesting to watch. He doesn’t need them anymore and now can cater to the billionaire class

  31. Knowing Trump, he probably thinks they are referring to the Credit Card. Exactly what “specialized knowledge and skills” are needed to work on any of Trumps properties takes predence over hiring a US citizen to perform the same occupation?

    *For the record,

    H-1B visa holders are subject to several regulations, including:

    Employer sponsorship

    The employer must petition for the H-1B visa through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

    Specialty occupation

    The position must require specialized knowledge and skills, and at least a bachelor’s degree in that specialty.

    Wage

    The employer must pay the H-1B employee the prevailing wage or the actual wage, whichever is higher.

    Working conditions

    The employer must provide the same working conditions to the H-1B employee as to similarly employed U.S. workers.

    Notice

    The employer must notify U.S. workers of their intent to hire an H-1B worker.

    Employment

    The H-1B employee can only work for the employer and in the position for which their H-1B status was granted.

    Changes in employment

    The H-1B employee must report any proposed changes in employment conditions to their office in advance.

    Visa duration

    The initial duration of an H-1B visa is three years, which may be extended for a maximum of six years.

    Change of status

    The H-1B employee may request to change to another nonimmigrant status while within the United States.
    Congress has limited the number of H-1Bs made available each year to 65,000 visas, with an additional 20,000 for foreign professionals with a master’s degree or doctorate from a U.S. institution.*

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-spacex-discriminating-against-asylees-and-refugees-hiring#:~:text=The%20department's%20lawsuit%20alleges%20that,September%202018%20to%20September%202020.

  32. Trump stayed quiet this whole time?

    A guy that never shuts the fuck up about anything?

    Then comes out in support of Musk?

    Someone got a talking to by his handler

  33. lol LMAO my coworker supported Trump because his son is in computer science and there are too many immigrants competing for his job. 

  34. Trump: openly admitting he won’t hire Americans. That’s the message people need to be hammering out.

    We already knew it, but conservatives always said it wasn’t true. Make them explain why they think they aren’t good enough for Trump to hire to do work around his resort.

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