Background:
This started last Monday when Trump named Sriram Krishnan, a tech investor who
was born in India, as a senior advisor on AI. Laura Loomer, a Maga republican
who is controversial most of the time for her racial slurs blasted Trump for
this decision. Elon Musk and later Vivek jumped in support of hiring highly
skilled immigrants through H1B program. It has become viral in social media in
US resulting in ugly fight between MAGA supporters one side and Elon and Vivek
on the other side.
Laura Loomer compared to “termites” at
Mar-a-Lago; Musk caller her a “troll”
Trump weighed in later in an interview with
New York Post that he liked H1B Visa program, and he used this program on his
properties and hired several highly skilled workers. It seems Trump was
mistaken with H2 program which he had used for workers from Latin American
countries with H1B program. But this fight is not over and should wait and see
whether it creates further fissures in the Trump camp between ultra-right
wingers and Musk.
CMI (Connect my India) stand: Legal immigration made this country great and superior in
advancement of Science and Technology. It is able to attract the best talent in
the world and contributed immensely in creating wealth. More than 50% of
S&P 500 companies are found by immigrants in this country and is proof of
this country’s superiority in every aspect. It would have been like “old Europe”
had it been contributions from immigrants.