The recent kerfuffle within the MAGA world over a visa program for foreign workers has revealed an important distinction in the immigration debate: There is a huge difference between coming to this country legally and illegally.
President-elect Donald Trump won the election in large part over his promises to secure the border and deport millions of illegal immigrants.
But Trump angered his base last weekend when he sided with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in their support for H-1B visas that bring in highly skilled foreign workers.
Musk, a naturalized U.S. citizen from South Africa, is a particularly fierce defender of the program, as it has benefitted him personally and professionally, and he took to social media to broadcast his support in fairly colorful language.
Given Musk and Ramaswamy’s new “government efficiency” role in the incoming Trump administration, some have tried to show the H-1B visa dispute as an example of their outsized influence on the incoming president.
Yet, it’s perfectly logical for Trump to support the program, and it’s encouraging that he has done so.
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