Trump Offers More Commentary on H-1B Visa Controversy: ‘We Need Smart People’

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday offered more commentary on H-1B visas amid an online debate between Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and conservatives on social media over the visa program. An H-1B visa is provided to highly skilled workers and is often used in the tech industry. Critics say the visa program needs to be overhauled, that it is being used to undercut American workers, and that companies are abusing the system. At Mar-a-Lago, Trump was asked by reporters on Tuesday night about his stance on the H-1B visa program and whether he had changed his view. Trump had criticized it during his 2016 campaign, notably releasing a statement saying that it has the “explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay.”...