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There are two very good pieces of news to come out of Internal conflict over H-1B visas For skilled foreign workers in Trump World this week. The first happy accident is that tensions are actually beginning to ease, much to the dismay of liberals who had hoped to see a permanent division.
The second development, which is the best development, is that both sides of the heated debate listened and came up with a better and clearer set of positions that help the Republican Party move forward.
Along with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. (Getty Images/AP Images)
In the red corner, we had the heads of the Government Efficiency Administration, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who first came out to call for an expansion of the H-1B visa program that allows employers to use foreign workers when they cannot find qualified Americans. .
In the other red corner, we had Steve Bannon and a group of prominent America First figures calling for an end to the Skilled Foreign Worker Program, a policy that would undoubtedly cause a great deal of chaos and disruption.
on saturday, President-elect Trump intervenedHe told the New York Post that he likes the visa program and uses it himself, but does not support any expansion. This is of course the same as Trump Tennessee Valley Authority board members fired To use foreign workers over Americans.
By Sunday morning, as parents quietly sipped coffee and spied the news on their phones, and kids got more sleep before going to church, things had largely calmed down in this impromptu immigration debate.
For his part, Ramaswamy is yet to come X's post is ill-advised This week, he criticized American families for spending more nights at home and watching movies than their South Asian counterparts, and he backed down from his cultural high ground and redirected his sights to the real issue at hand.
The only real losers in the wake of this controversy are the Democrats and liberal spokesmen who were hoping to watch MAGA tear itself apart.
Meanwhile, Musk has arguably moved to the heart of the issue, posting late Saturday night that abuses in the H-1B visa program “can be easily fixed by significantly raising the minimum salary and adding the annual cost of H-visa maintenance.” 1B, making it financially more expensive to hire from abroad than to hire locally.”
Or as Musk's ally and head of Trump's Office of Artificial Intelligence In the words of David Sachs“Elon said that H1B must be comprehensively reformed, that it must focus on exceptional talent in high-value fields, and that scams and low-paying jobs must be put to an end. This does not mean that there are still differences but they are less than they first appeared. It's time to move forward as one team.
This is music to the ears of an America-first audience and great news for the young American architect or graphic designer who just wants a level playing field, where they don't lose time and time again to cheap foreign competition.
Meanwhile, the Banonistas, who have sided with Trump since the beginning a decade ago, are toning down their attacks on newcomers Ramaswamy and Musk, appreciating that they are all on the same team.
The only real losers in the wake of this controversy are the Democrats and liberal spokesmen who were hoping to watch MAGA tear itself apart. As Republicans work out their differences, instead of eating popcorn, the left is eating crow.
There are some lessons to be learned from recent unpleasant events. At one point, some in the H-1B crowd, some on the left, accused opponents of anti-South Asian racism, which is a terrible lie and an even worse message. Fortunately, this did not last long.
And it's important that the generally leftist tactic of pointing and shouting racism didn't work because these are exactly the fights that have our foreign adversaries drooling over their social media farms, and they've been working overtime to divide Americans this week.
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Fortunately, it failed.
In the end, nerves cooled and the discourse moved toward harmony and good faith. What remains for us is a fruitful and extensive discussion on a delicate issue.
Of course, the United States wants to attract the best and brightest to help chart a technological path forward, but we also don't want to tell a truck driver that the kid he sends to college will be overlooked by their cheaper foreign counterparts.
We have an opportunity to balance these concerns about attracting the best from elsewhere, while not burdening our citizens with their ability to deliver. Compromise is indeed possible. It may not always look like a church social, it can get a little rough around the edges, but as a wise man once said, “Politics is not a beanbag.”
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Trump takes office in about three weeks, and one thing that bodes well for his next four years as president is that those who serve and support can not only argue with clear force, but also come together with honest give and take when called upon.
The H-1B fight turned out not to be a crisis in MAGAland, but rather a roadmap to compromise and efficient governance.
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