President Donald Trump informed Fox News in an interview that aired Tuesday night time the United States doesn’t have talented employees to fill jobs wanted domestically, defending the H1-B skilled worker visa program.
Pressed by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on whether or not his administration would reduce H1-B visas over considerations it will depress wages for American employees, Trump informed Ingraham, “I agree — but you also do have to bring in talent.”
When the Fox host responded, “We have plenty of talented people here,” Trump replied, “No, you don’t, no you don’t … you don’t have certain talents, and people have to learn. You can’t take people off an unemployment line and say, ‘I’m going to put you into a factory where we’re going to make missiles.’”
The president pointed to the September ICE raid of a Georgia Hyundai facility, which noticed authorities arrest and deport a whole bunch of South Korean contractors over their immigration standing, as proof of the nation’s want for expert international employees.
“In Georgia, they raided because they wanted illegal immigrants out — they had people from South Korea that made batteries all their life,” Trump mentioned. “You know, making batteries is very complicated. It’s not an easy thing. Very dangerous, a lot of explosions, a lot of problems. They had like 500 or 600 people, early stages, to make batteries and to teach people how to do it. Well, they wanted them to get out of the country. You’re going to need that, Laura.”
The president’s feedback come simply two weeks after he informed reporters touring with him to South Korea that he was “very much opposed” to the raid carried out by federal officers as a part of his administration’s immigration crackdown at US worksites.
Trump signed an government motion in September to impose a $100,000 software price for H-1B visas. The transfer marked the most recent in a sequence of efforts from the administration to crack down on immigration and place sharp new limits on the sorts of foreigners allowed into the nation.
The H-1B visa is a piece visa that’s legitimate for 3 years and could be renewed for an additional three years. Economists have argued this system permits US firms to preserve competitiveness and develop their enterprise, creating extra jobs within the US.
In the primary a part of the Fox News interview that aired Monday, Trump took a swipe at the nation of France whereas defending the enrollment of Chinese college students at universities within the US.
“I actually think it’s good to have outside countries,” the president mentioned when requested about enrolling Chinese nationals at American universities.
“They’re not the French. They’re the Chinese. They spy on us. They steal our intellectual property,” Ingraham responded.
“Do you think the French are better?” Trump mentioned. Ingraham replied, “Yeah,” to which the president mentioned, “I’m not so sure.”