Elon Musk vows 'war' over H-1B visa program amid rift with some Trump supporters

[Beachnutt]

Reuters
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 28 (Reuters) - 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 President-elect Donald Trump's longtime supporters and his most recently acquired backers from the tech industry.
In a post
Musk said "The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B."
"I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend," he added.
Musk, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in South Africa, has held an H-1B visa, and his electric-car company Tesla obtained 724 of the visas this year. H-1B visas are typically for three-year periods, though holders can extend them or apply for green cards.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-vows-war-over-h-1b-visa-program-amid-rift-with-some-trump-supporters-2024-12-28/

[Lovie777]

1. Americans are highly capable to do the task....

But musk does not want to pay the highly qualified wages with benefits and unions.

[Attilatheblond]

2. He spend a quarter of a billion dollars getting his puppet elected

Not gonna give up getting cheap high tech indentured servants for his investment.

Just wondering how much that imported labor will save him in the long run. Must be a pretty penny.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Also not foregoing tax cuts for billionaires. Democrats should incite maga civil war over that issue when time comes. nt

[Think. Again.]

3. Gee, I hope the magats won't feel betrayed.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Civil war between the MAGAs and billionaires?

I wonder who will win?

[hatrack]

7. My question is whether both sides can lose . . .

God, I hope so!

[Irish_Dem]

9. Both sides lose in wartime.

[Jim__]

6. I used to work for a software company with a lot of employees from South Africa on H1B visas.

The company was able to bring these people in on H1B visas because the job prerequisites were deliberately tailored for a specific person that they wanted to bring over from South Africa. The prerequisites were nonsense and almost all of these jobs could have been filled with residents of the US.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. This is not going to end well for him.

It's just going to open a can of worms when it gets more scrutiny and it becomes obvious that this isn't about training. It's about payment.

[notinkansas]

10. Go to war? Over H-1B visas?

You're on your own dude. Would be a pleasure seeing you go down!

[JoseBalow]

14. Well he DID warn us we "cannot possibly comprehend"

[MadameButterfly]

11. I'm curious about the mention of dumping Christmas trees

Is it related to the topic? Was this a typo?
Is there any post about this topic?

[customerserviceguy]

12. Musk and Trump have

the two biggest egos in the entire world. Inevitably, they would have a falling out over something. I'm just a bit surprised that it's this soon.

[uponit7771]

13. Trump Chose President Musk over MAGA