The U.S. government must let companies import “competent” people ranging from waiters to engineers, President Donald Trump said on his second day in office.
In a White House press event to showcase his meeting with three major investors, he was asked: “There’s been some debate within your orbit over whether or not to keep or eliminate H-1B visas … Do you want to keep H-1Bs or do you want to get?”
“I like both sides of the argument,” Trump responded, implicitly recognizing his supporters’ rising middle-class opposition to the H-1B and other white-collar migration programs. He continued:
But I also like very competent people coming into our country, even if that involves them training and helping other people that may not have the qualifications they do, but I don’t want to stop [bringing in people] and I’m not just talking about engineers. I’m talking…
