Musk and Ramaswamy open rift with MAGA loyalists over skilled worker visas

A firestorm is brewing over comments from two of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming advisers regarding H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers. Adviser Elon Musk, who will co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, fueled the debate with a post on X, saying, “The number of super-talented and highly motivated engineers in the USA is far too low.”