"telling the President, "If you want to raise wages for American workers you can't flood the country with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers." Trump responded, "I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent." To Ingraham's reply that America has "plenty of talented people," Trump said, "No, you don't. You don't have certain talents.""
"Peter Leroe-Muñoz, head of technology and innovation policy at the Bay Area Council, which represents businesses including Google, Apple and Meta, said of Trump's comments that "it's important that the administration recognized the key contributions of immigrants to our talent pipeline." The H-1B program, Leroe-Muñoz said, "is incredibly impactful in terms of helping to maintain and grow our tech leadership in Silicon Valley.""
President Donald Trump defended the H-1B visa as needed to bring in skilled foreign workers while acknowledging concerns about wage impacts. Fox News host Laura Ingraham warned that flooding the country with foreign workers could depress wages for American workers. Trump responded that the United States lacks certain talents and therefore needs to recruit skilled immigrants. Silicon Valley firms rank among the top direct H-1B recipients; Meta, Google and Apple received thousands of approvals this year. Research from the Economic Policy Institute finds many H-1B workers employed through staffing companies are paid below prevailing wages. The Bay Area Council highlighted immigrants' contributions and the program's role in sustaining tech leadership. Immediate conservative blowback followed the comments.
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