Trump pointed out that—unlike his own preference of forcing employers to pay H-1B workers more, thus discouraging their hiring—Zuckerberg champions an increase in the number of H-1B visas available to tech employers. Trump also prefers that tech companies hire Americans first.
Trump wrote of his plan, “This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator,
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
80%
, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.”
Rubio, along with
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
52%
,
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
38%
,
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
2%
, Sen. Chris c00ns, and
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
4%
, brought the
Immigration Innovation bill (“I-Squared”), which would raise the annual cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 115,000. Zuckerberg joined Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to form
Fwd.us, which
pushes for more H-1B visas.
Trump believes that the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have enough Americans ready and able to fill the high-tech job industry.
Ron Hira, a Howard University public policy professor, unwittingly revealed the real reason companies like Facebook want an increase in H-1B visas when he stated, “I don’t think you should eliminate the H1-B program. The problem is it’s being abused and it’s a source of very cheap labor
he's more right than wrong on this one. they hire white guys from ivy league then skip southern schools with high black population to get H1B kids who went to some school in calcutta.