Online debate over high immigration between Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswami and MAGA evangelists reveals President Donald Trump’s Republican Party is grappling with growing pains as it prepares to take back the White House did.
Days after President Trump’s staunch allies in Silicon Valley took to social media to criticize American culture that emphasizes “mediocrity over excellence,” some A far-right member said: Such a policy would make America “look like India.”
Republican leaders such as Representatives will also appear. marjorie taylor green (R-Ga.) is attempting to bridge the gap within the party on key campaign issues for President Trump, even though the president-elect has yet to engage in a debate.
Everyone fighting for highly skilled immigrants is “working to save this country.” she wrote to x.
She continued: “There is a harsh reality among you. There are some loud MAGA voices throwing opinions on large social media platforms, but they are in constant need of thousands of skilled and highly trained I’ve never run a company that relies on workers.” They claim authority over the subject, even though they want reliable workers. ”
Her comments came as other Republicans publicly denounced calls by tech entrepreneurs for more high-skilled foreign immigration.
“More than 500,000 STEM students graduate each year in the United States. If we have a problem in the tech workforce, we need to address it at the education level, rather than bringing it home,” the congressman said. . mike collins (R-Ga.) Thursday in X Post.
A spokesperson for President Trump’s transition declined to comment, but told Politico: ×post Incoming White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller wrote Thursday, quoting President Trump’s speech from four years ago. “Above all, children in every community must be taught that to be an American is to inherit the spirit of the most adventurous and confident people who ever walked the earth.” Miller quoted President Trump’s July 3 speech. In 2020, a lecture held at Mount Rushmore cited many examples of American innovation.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer criticizes President Trump for appointing Sriram Krishnan, an Indian technology entrepreneur and investor who has advocated for lifting country caps on green cards, as a senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence. This is the latest chapter in the controversy that has erupted since then. , called him a “career leftist.”
Rumer wrote“We are replacing a Third World technological invasion with a Third World immigration invasion,” and then Subsequently“Highly skilled immigrants have no running water or toilet paper.”
musk hit On Christmas Day, he wrote that a “permanent shortage of talented engineering talent” was a “fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley” that could be addressed by increasing skilled worker visas. Ramaswamy followed up on Thursday with a condemning post. A culture that “worships Stephen more than Corey from Boy Meets World, or Zack and Slater more than Screech from Saved by the Bell, or Steve Urkel from Family Matters,” In other words, it is a culture that “prefers popularity over cleverness.” We don’t produce the best engineers. ”
This was quickly countered by conservative firebrand Nick Fuentes. who wrote it“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the latest push for H-1B visas actually has nothing to do with athletes or nerds or high school proms. It’s about whether we want other Indians to move here.”
The H1-B visa, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers short-term in high-tech and other professional jobs, has come under intense scrutiny, with hardline immigration advocates saying it lowers wages for U.S. workers. Targeted.
In the latest development, Loomer said Musk removed his X certification on Friday. Anti-Trump Outlet Meidas Touch. “So much for free speech. It’s totally totalitarian if you ask me.” Rumer wrote in the post.. A spokesperson for Company X did not respond to questions.
Some of the Republican Party’s new Silicon Valley MAGA converts are pushing industry-boosting immigration policies for a party that has built its brand on anti-immigrant sentiment.
Some recent converts hope to reframe this growing divide as a healthy, open conversation and a better alternative to how Democrats are handling the issue.
“MAGA debates are about people sharing their ideas and getting others to subscribe,” said Cameron Winklevoss, a technology executive who supported Trump. Post to X. “The left-wing debate is about people sharing the party’s talking points (usually wrong) and canceling out others who disagree with them.”
Democrats, on the other hand, praise immigration as one of the powerful drivers of American prosperity.
in washington post interviewCongressman. Ro Khanna The Democratic Party of California, which represents Silicon Valley, supported Mr. Krishnan and other tech entrepreneurs who chose to become American citizens.
he posted“It’s great that talent from all over the world wants to come here instead of China, and that Sriram can rise to the highest level. This is called American exceptionalism.”
And that has led some other Democrats to denounce the rift between the Republican Party and the entire Trump movement as racist.
“The far-right backlash against Indian immigration confirms what we as Democrats have known for years,” the congressman said. Richie Torres (D.N.Y.) said In the post of X. “The far right is relentlessly hostile to all forms of non-European immigration, regardless of legal status. It’s not about status. It’s about race. The far right prefers ‘purity’ to prosperity. .”
