Overview
- In a Fox interview, President Trump said the U.S. lacks “certain talents” and defended bringing in some H‑1B workers despite Laura Ingraham’s pushback.
- Right‑wing influencers and media figures, including Steve Bannon, Benny Johnson and Matt Walsh, called the H‑1B program a scam and urged abolishing it.
- Ron DeSantis and allies pressed Republicans in Congress to move beyond rhetoric, with DeSantis saying the GOP majority could vote to eliminate H‑1B.
- Republican lawmakers escalated moves against the program, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announcing a bill to phase it out as others such as Sen. Jim Banks criticized it.
- Context from recent policy and scrutiny remains relevant, including a new $100,000 fee on certain H‑1B applications and Democratic pressure on corporate use of the visas, such as Senate Judiciary Democrats’ letter to Amazon.