The United States must import talent from throughout the globe: Trump regarding the H-1B visa
The Trump government opened roughly 175 investigations last week into violations of H-1B visas, including poor pay, fictitious work locations, and the practice of "benching" workers.
U.S. President Donald Trump seems to defend the H-1B visa program, claiming that the country lacks "certain talents" and must import expertise from around the globe.
In response to a question in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News regarding whether the H-1B visa issue will not be a major priority for his administration and whether the country cannot be flooded with hundreds of thousands of foreign workers if one wants to raise wages for American workers, Mr. Trump stated, "I agree but you also do have to bring in talent."
Mr. Trump responded, "No, you don't, no you don't. You don't have certain talents. And people have to learn," to Ms. Ingraham's statement that "we have plenty of talent."
"You can't take people off the unemployment line and say, 'I'm going to put you into a factory, we're going to make missiles,'" Mr. Trump continued.
“In Georgia, they raided because they wanted illegal immigrants. They had people from South Korea that made batteries all their lives. You know, making batteries (is) very complicated. It's not an easy thing, and very dangerous. A lot of explosions, lot of problems,” he said.
“They had, like 500-600 people, early stages to make batteries and to teach people how to do it. Well, they wanted them to get out of the country. You're going to need that…I mean, I know you and I disagree on this.
What has the U.S. clarified on H-1B visas? | Explained
“You can't just say a country is coming in, going to invest USD 10 billion to build a plant and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven't worked in five years, and they're going to start making missiles. It doesn't work that way,” the President said.
The Trump administration has launched a massive crackdown to check abuse in the H-1B visa programme which is used by companies, particularly technology companies, to employ foreign workers in the U.S.
Indian professionals, including technology workers and physicians, are among the largest cohort of H-1B visa holders.
In September this year, Mr. Trump issued a Proclamation titled ‘Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers’ as an important initial step to reform the H-1B non-immigrant visa programme.
Under the Proclamation, certain H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025 must be accompanied by an additional USD 100,000 payment as a condition of eligibility.
In response to a question in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News regarding whether the H-1B visa issue will not be a major priority for his administration and whether the country cannot be flooded with hundreds of thousands of foreign workers if one wants to raise wages for American workers, Mr. Trump stated, "I agree but you also do have to bring in talent."
Mr. Trump responded, "No, you don't, no you don't. You don't have certain talents. And people have to learn," to Ms. Ingraham's statement that "we have plenty of talent."
"You can't take people off the unemployment line and say, 'I'm going to put you into a factory, we're going to make missiles,'" Mr. Trump continued.
“In Georgia, they raided because they wanted illegal immigrants. They had people from South Korea that made batteries all their lives. You know, making batteries (is) very complicated. It's not an easy thing, and very dangerous. A lot of explosions, lot of problems,” he said.
“They had, like 500-600 people, early stages to make batteries and to teach people how to do it. Well, they wanted them to get out of the country. You're going to need that…I mean, I know you and I disagree on this.
What has the U.S. clarified on H-1B visas? | Explained
“You can't just say a country is coming in, going to invest USD 10 billion to build a plant and going to take people off an unemployment line who haven't worked in five years, and they're going to start making missiles. It doesn't work that way,” the President said.
The Trump administration has launched a massive crackdown to check abuse in the H-1B visa programme which is used by companies, particularly technology companies, to employ foreign workers in the U.S.
Indian professionals, including technology workers and physicians, are among the largest cohort of H-1B visa holders.
In September this year, Mr. Trump issued a Proclamation titled ‘Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers’ as an important initial step to reform the H-1B non-immigrant visa programme.
Under the Proclamation, certain H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025 must be accompanied by an additional USD 100,000 payment as a condition of eligibility.
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