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Elon Musk Says H-1B Visa System "Broken", Days After "Will Go To War" Promise
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Days after vowing to "go to war" to defend the H-1B visas, tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday said the system, which is used to bring skilled foreign workers to the US, is "broken" and needs a "major reform".
Mr Musk and Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have recently clashed with supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump over the issue of immigration.
Mr Musk and Mr Ramaswamy, who are set to be part of the incoming Trump administration, have backed the H-1B visa program.
In response to a post on X, the social media site he owns, Mr Musk said he has "been very clear" that the program is "broken" and "needs major reform". He was responding to a user who said the US needs to be a destination for the "world's most elite talent", but the H-1B program "isn't the way to do that".
Mr Musk, who himself migrated from South Africa on an H-1B, said the system can be "easily fixed" by raising the minimum salary significantly and adding a yearly cost for maintaining the H-1B, making it "materially more expensive to hire from overseas than domestically".
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-says-us-h-1b-visa-system-broken-days-after-will-go-to-war-promise-after-laura-loomer-vivek-ramaswamy-sriram-krishnan-7360679#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll_Imagetopscroll
On the other hand, you will find virtually no difference a MIT and IIT grad, in fact sometimes the later grads take precedence. Merit matters. So only tech workers, likha bhi toh h.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/trump-musk-h1b-visas