The longstanding spat between former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has continued, as the former ambassador attacked Ramaswamy’s pro-visa stance.
The selection of Siriam Krishnan as a senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy sparked a widespread debate over the H1-B visa program, which conservatives have railed as “abusive” and designed to undercut wages of white-collar Americans. Vivek Ramaswamy supercharged the debate when he claimed that America “has venerated mediocrity over excellence.”
Replying to Ramaswamy on Thursday, Haley wrote, “There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture. All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers.”