{"id":164742,"date":"2024-12-27T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=164742"},"modified":"2024-12-27T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T16:47:20","slug":"the-h-1b-skilled-worker-program-bringing-in-talent-or-displacing-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=164742","title":{"rendered":"The H-1B skilled-worker program, bringing in talent or displacing Americans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are championing the use of the H-1B skilled-worker visa programs to bring in talent. One argument they advanced is that we are competing against other countries in artificial intelligence development and in other technology arenas. To be able to compete with these other countries, one of the things we need to do is to bring in legal immigrants\u00a0 for skilled technology related professions. However, those who oppose this argument point to abuses of this program to bring in unskilled or mediocre skilled foreigners to do the jobs Americans are qualified to do.<\/p>\n

From The Washington Post:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As Trump previews a hard-line immigration policy including militarized mass deportation of illegal immigrants, many in the tech industry are pushing him to expand legal immigration for high-skilled workers. Some argue the shift is necessary for the United States to remain competitive with China.<\/p>\n

High-skilled immigration emerged as one of the top flash points between Trump and Silicon Valley during his first presidency. Although Trump at times acknowledged the need for American companies to recruit top talent, his administration limited the H-1B program. Stephen Miller, who helped craft some immigration policies during the first Trump administration, is returning to the White House as Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser.<\/p>\n

The online debate reverberated among Washington lawmakers, who have long pursued ways to improve the H-1B program. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley, defended Krishnan and said he supported reforming the H-1B program.<\/p>\n

“We should celebrate that immigrants like Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Sriram Krishnan choose to come to the United States,” he told The Washington Post. “This has fueled our economic and technology preeminence. I am glad Sriram is being appointed.”<\/p>\n

The restrictions of H-1B visas during Trump’s first term faced fierce opposition from major tech companies. During the pandemic, Trump temporarily froze H-1B visas in a move the administration said would help Americans experiencing job loss. That same year, the Trump administration also introduced new rules tightening eligibility for H-1B visas and requiring companies to offer higher salaries to people on the visas. A federal judge later rejected some of the rules, including the salary provision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verma, P. & Zakrewski, C. (2024, December 27). A MAGA ‘Civil War’ on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas. The Washington Post<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are championing the use of the H-1B skilled-worker visa programs to bring in talent. One argument they advanced is that we are competing against other countries in artificial intelligence development and in other technology arenas. To be able to compete with these other countries, one of the things we need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,503,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-science-and-technology","category-society"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-GR8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}