'I Will Go To War On This...' Elon Musk Backs Sriram Krishnan, Slams MAGA Loyalists As H-1B Row Intensifies In US

Amid the high-pitch war of words over hiring H-1B visa-holders in America, tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been handpicked by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead his proposed Department of Government Efficiency, joined the debate Saturday morning with a strong comment. “Anything to remove country caps for green cards / unlock skilled immigration would be huge,” Sriram Krishnan had said in November, speaking in favour of bringing more skilled professionals to the US on H-1B visa. https://t.co/21toGtW5lS — Sriram Krishnan November 14, 2024 This hadn’t gone down well with anti-immigration MAGA loyalists, and a controversy broke out after his appointment to the White House, with right winger Laura Loomer criticising his stance to be “not America First policy”. https://t.co/fIGr45C3LD — Nikki Haley December 26, 2024 Meanwhile, batting for immigrants, Ashish K Jha, Indian-American physician and academic who was the White House Covid-19 response coordinator from 2022–2023, said: “.foreign medical graduates are also WAY more likely to practice in rural areas, practice in other underserved areas, and go into primary care.” He added: “So yes, they are filling a critical need…And they are good too.” There is good empirical data that if you’re hospitalized, having a foreign medical grad as your doctor gets you better outcomes than having a US medical grad Some folks see this as a critique of American doctors. Not at all I graduated from a US medical school and strongly… https://t.co/vwlD5ldbdj — Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH December 27, 2024 Here is a look at what others are saying: “Now that you’ve angered us, we shall march forth as a unified army to hand your country over to the communists.” is certainly one way to make your h1b visa argument.