Trump Is Right on H-1B Visas – WSJ

Donald Trump may be wrong in trying to save TikTok, but he is right to endorse the value of H-1B visas in the dispute between Elon Musk and Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump is choosing the side of enlightened nationalism, as opposed to the blinkered, declinist version.

The debate broke out late last week on social media as Mr. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy defended the legal, high-skill H-1B visa program from critics who want to sharply reduce even legal immigration. I have many H-1B visas on my properties, Mr. Trump told the New York Post. I ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It s a great program.

Mr. Trump may be confusing the H-1B program with the H-2B visas he has used for workers at his hotel properties. But the point is that both are legal programs that help to fill labor needs in the U.S. economy. Unlike illegal migration, these programs don t offend the rule of law or risk importing criminals.

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Trump seems basically right to me on this.