Three weeks before the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected President Donald Trump in America, a debate has erupted over ‘H-1B’ visa, due to which differences have arisen in both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Indians are the main beneficiaries of the foreign guest worker visa ‘H-1B’ granted to highly skilled professionals.
Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of America on January 20. He has supported H-1B visa. Two of his close confidants – Tesla owner Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy – are also supporting H-1B. Both of them have been named to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.
“I’ve always felt that we should have the most capable people in our country,” Trump told reporters at a New Year’s Eve event. We need capable people. “We will have jobs that never existed before.”
Indian American Democratic lawmakers, including Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamurthy and Mr. Thanedar, have also come out in support of the H-1B visa.
Some of Trump’s supporters say that Americans are losing jobs due to H-1B visas, but both Musk and Ramaswamy have supported H-1B visas.
Influential Democratic senator Bernie Sanders also opposed the ‘H-1B’ visa.
“Elon Musk and many other billionaire company owners have argued that this federal program is vital to our economy because of the shortage of highly skilled American engineers and other technical workers,” Sanders said. I disagree with this.
Meanwhile, Sanders’s party colleague Raja Krishnamurthy supported Musk and Ramaswamy, saying, “The H-1B program attracts the best and brightest talent from around the world.
