Don Lee, Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 31, 2024
“Assist for retaining H-1B from Elon Musk, the incoming president’s new closest affiliate, has stirred rage by means of a lot of Trump’s MAGA base, which is towards immigration in virtually any type. However retaining the pipeline open for tech and different expert staff is seen by many enterprise leaders as important for the American financial system, particularly in California. … Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration expert at Cornell Law School, stated that regardless of the deficiencies in H-1B, he believes that “most employers attempt to comply with the principles. On the macro-level H-1B staff are serving to our financial system and creating extra jobs for U.S. staff.” Entrepreneurs, particularly, have talked about expert employee visas as being important for his or her development. Yale-Loehr additionally famous that latest adjustments have given U.S. immigration officers larger authority to tighten up the H-1B program, together with imposing penalties and inspections. That would strengthen enforcement and reduce down on abuses, if Trump truly follows by means of on his supportive remarks. “It’s too early to see. You’ve obtained some individuals within the administration like Elon Musk who need to protect the H-1B class and different individuals like Stephen Miller who need to prohibit all immigration, together with H-1B,” Yale-Loehr stated. “We’ll see which aspect wins over the 4 years of the Trump administration.” “
