Washington:
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he likes both sides of the debate over H-1B foreign guest worker visas, saying he likes “very capable people” coming to the country and using the program. .
“I like both sides of the argument, but I also like having very capable people coming into our country, even if it involves training them and helping other people who don’t have the same abilities as them. But I don’t want to stop. Wants – and I’m not just talking about engineers, I’m talking about people at all levels,” Trump said at the White House to Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and CEO of Open AI told reporters during a joint press conference with Sam Altman.
The President was responding to a question on the ongoing debate over H-1B visas within his support base.
While his close confidants like Tesla owner Elon Musk support the H-1B visa because it brings in qualified tech professionals, many of his supporters oppose it, arguing that it takes jobs away from Americans.
“We want capable people to come to our country. And H-1B, I know the program well. I use the program. The maitre d’, the wine expert, even the waiters, have high quality Vetter – You’ve got to have the best people like Larry, Masa needs engineers like no one has ever needed him,” Trump said. So, we need quality people to come will be. Now by doing this, we are expanding businesses and everyone is taken care of. So I’m on both sides of the argument, but what I really feel is, we have to let really capable people, great people come into our country and we do that through the H-1B program,” Trump said. Are.
