WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, vowed to go to "war" to defend the H-1B visa program for foreign tech workers late on Friday amid a dispute between Presiden
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk , who supports Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump , speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, US, Oct 17, 2024. for foreign tech workers late on Friday amid a dispute between President-elect Donald Trump 's longtime supporters and his most recently acquired backers from the tech industry.
Trump has so far remained silent on the issue. The Trump transition did not respond to a request for comment on Musk's tweets and the H-1B visa debate.In the past, Trump has expressed a willingness to provide more work visas to skilled workers. He has also promised to deport all immigrants who are in the US illegally, deploy tariffs to help create more jobs for American citizens and severely restrict immigration.
The altercation was set off earlier this week by far-right activists who criticized Trump's selection of Sriram Krishnan, an Indian American venture capitalist, to be an adviser on artificial intelligence, saying he would have an influence on the Trump administration's immigration policies.On Friday, Steve Bannon, a longtime Trump confidante, critiqued"big tech oligarchs" for supporting the H-1B program and cast immigration as a threat to Western civilization.
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