• Silicon Valley vs. MAGA: Why immigration is splitting Trump's camp

  • Jan 8 2025
  • Length: 15 mins
  • Podcast

Silicon Valley vs. MAGA: Why immigration is splitting Trump's camp

  • Summary

  • Tech companies have long struggled to hire enough Americans with technical expertise, and to fill that shortfall, they’ve often hired immigrants with green cards or H-1B visas. Now, Silicon Valley leaders — with Elon Musk at the helm — see an opportunity to recruit even more foreign-born workers. But that doesn’t sit well with the immigration restrictionists in Trump’s camp, which amounts to a political showdown for Republicans, especially as Congress looks to tackle immigration when Trump takes office. Steven Overly sits down with POLITICO tech reporter Brendan Bordelon to break it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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