Musk Vows to Defend H-1B Visa Program Amid Criticism

The H-1B visa program grants nonimmigrant worker status to up to 65,000 highly skilled individuals annually.
Musk Vows to Defend H-1B Visa Program Amid Criticism
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, attends a technology conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Elon Musk has pledged unwavering support for the H-1B visa program, vowing to go to “war” to defend it. He credited the program for bringing “critical” foreign-born, highly skilled workers to the United States—individuals who he said have played pivotal roles.

“The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla, and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,” Musk said in a Dec. 27 post on social media platform X, in response to a comment suggesting that the H-1B program should be “optimized” out of existence.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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