Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work?
Tech moguls Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy express support for the H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that has been criticized as too complex and vulnerable to abuse. Since then, he has faced a backlash within President-elect Trump's base. on the tech billionaire's social platform Rebellion grew within me. The debate […]
MAGA civil war erupts between Musk, critics over H-1B visas
A Trump World civil war is brewing over visas for high-skilled workers, with the president-elect's new tech allies like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on one side and anti-immigrant allies on the other. There is a MAGA base. The clash foreshadows the challenges in uniting the Trump administration as it implements the immigration policies that […]
Foreign tech workers on visas warned about Trump ‘storm’
Immigration lawyers are reportedly telling their clients who work in the tech industry and are in the US on visas to return home a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “There's a storm coming,” says Jason Finkelman, an immigration attorney in Austin, Texas. told Business Insideradded, “And this time we know exactly what it […]
We ‘Need Work Visas,’ We ‘Need to Encourage Legal Immigration’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that the U.S. needs “work visas” and “encouragement of legal immigration.” Jake Tapper: Do you think the American people would be ready if 20 million illegal immigrants were deported, whatever that might be? Do you think we're ready? It looks like 5 […]
Visa’s Flexible Credential Goes Live in US With Affirm and Cross-Border With UAE’s Liv – PYMNTS.com
6 months after release, visa flexible credential (VFC) Olive and Japan, visa We're bringing all-in-one payment credentials to two new use cases, both announced on Tuesday (November 12). According to the payment network, VFC is being rolled out in the United States; affirm card (already on the market), is a buy now, pay later (BNPL) […]
Mexican Immigration Officials Allegedly Selling Humanitarian Visas to Migrants
Mexican immigration officials are allegedly trying all they can to illegally make as much money as possible from migrants before the government puts their teams in leadership positions. The action comes as a new Mexican government is expected to take office next month. Breitbart Texas spoke with director-level officials at Mexico's National Migration Institute, who […]
Afghan family refused UK visas to join son, 13, evacuated from Kabul | Immigration and asylum
The Home Office has rejected the visa application of a family trapped in Afghanistan whose son fled to the UK when Kabul fell. Ahmad (not his real name) was brought to the UK aged 10 with his aunt and uncle during Operation Pitting in 2021, when around 15,000 British nationals and eligible Afghans were evacuated […]
GOP looks to revoke visas from participants in violent protests ahead of Netanyahu address
First appearance on FOXAhead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Republicans want to pass a bill to revoke the visas of people who took part in violent protests, such as the anti-Israel and sometimes pro-Hamas demonstrations that erupted on college campuses across the country earlier this […]
6 men allegedly staged armed robberies to obtain crime victim visas
Six men are accused of committing armed robberies in multiple states to obtain crime victim visas, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday. WBBM-TV report. The men are suspected of staging robberies in Chicago, Louisiana, and Tennessee between July 2022 and January 2024. The unsealed indictment states that after recruiting people to pose as robbers, […]
House GOP Presents Bill To Send Hamas Sympathizers With Student Visas To Gaza: ‘In Violation Of Your Visa’
Congressman Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and fellow Freedom Caucus member Congressman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) (left) speak to reporters. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke Mallory3:46 PM – Thursday, May 9, 2024 Tennessee Republican Congressman Andy Ogles on Wednesday introduced a bill that would force student visa holders who sympathize with Hamas to return home, recommending […]