A recent flare-up over visas for tech workers revealed a rift among Republicans on immigration.   Steve Bannon, once President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist, termed the H-1B visa program a “total and complete scam.

A debate over the program for skilled foreign workers has pitted immigration hard-liners against some of President Trump’s most influential supporters in the tech industry.

In his post, Ramaswamy argued that American companies prioritise foreign-born engineers over native Americans due to a cultural veneration of mediocrity over excellence.

The H-1B visa debate intensifies under Trump, impacting tech growth and the Indian American community, with calls for stricter controls vs. global competitiveness.

The U.S. grants about 65,000 regular H-1B visas annually, plus 20,000 more for foreigners with a graduate degree from a U.S. academic institution. President Donald Trump strongly backs the H-1B program, as do Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other business leaders.

Sharing a selfie with Srinivas on X, Shivam Bhatia's post quickly sparked conversations about the notoriously long Green Card wait times for skilled workers from India

In a post on X, an Indian-origin techie shared a selfie with Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas. The selfie went viral because of its witty caption about the Green Card.

No amount of eye-scratching or corporate media chicanery can change the fact that during his speech at Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Elon Musk did the Sieg Heil. While many ‘news’

US government data shows that from 2008 to 2018, 84% of student visa holders who stayed in the US transitioned to H-1B visas, which require employer sponsorship

After Donald Trump won the November election, many U.S. universities took the proactive step of warning their international students against staying abroad for the holidays beyond Jan. 20, Trump’s first day in office, for fear that the students would have trouble returning to the U.S. under the new administration.

The Durham-Chapel Hill area is the 13th largest metro area for Immigrants with an H-1B visa from 2010-2016, and has only grown since then. The growth in the tech industries in places like Raleigh has occurred parallel to the rise in H-1B visa applications. But it’s not just the tech industry that draws H-1B visa applications.

In the months following the 2024 presidential election, policies and proposals have coalesced from the Trump administration, including some that have caused alarm across American universities for one particular group: international students.