"maga hardliners may be apoplectic, but president-elect donald trump got it spot on when he embraced the kind of visa program used to bring highly skilled technology workers to this country  an article of faith for the tech bros who supported trump during his campaign. trump has throughout his years in government been firmly on both sides of the skilled immigration issue as represented by his stand on h-1b visas  the type that allow companies to bring skilled technical workers, including engineers, to this country for six-year stints. this is the type of visa once held by billionaire elon musk, a south african migr, who became a u.s. citizen in 2002. expanding the program, which is now capped at a piddling 85,000 (65,000 plus an additional 20,000 reserved for those who graduate from us universities with a masters degree or higher), is critical to the kind of economic growth and competitiveness that trump supported through his campaign. but for populists among his supporters  the ones who see every job that goes to someone not born on these shores as a loss  there is no middle ground. there is only them vs. us."
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