Trump holds 'nuanced and commonsense opinion' on H-1B visas, says White House

US President Donald Trump has a very nuanced and commonsense opinion on the issue of H1B visas and does not support American workers being replaced White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saidTo a question on American workers being replaced with H1B visa holders and Trumps position on it Leavitt said the Presidents stance on the issue has been mischaracterisedOn the H1B visa issue Leavitt said Trump has a very nuanced and commonsense opinion on this issue He wants to see if foreign companies are investing trillions of dollars in the United States of America and theyre bringing foreign workers with them to create very niche things like batteries he wants to see that at the beginning to get those manufacturing facilities and those factories up and runningShe said that ultimately Trump always wants to see American workers in those jobs and hes told foreign companies investing in the country that they better be hiring my people if youre going to be doing business in the United States So theres been a lot of misunderstanding of the Presidents positionLeavitt added that the President wants to see the American manufacturing industry revitalised better than ever beforeThats part of what hes doing with his effective use of tariffs and cutting good trade deals around the world Thats why hes recruited trillions and trillions of dollars in investments into our country Those are creating goodpaying American jobs right here at home she saidAmid backlash over the H1B visas by Trumps MAGA Make America Great Again supporters the President has said that he would welcome skilled immigrants into the country who will then teach American workers to develop complex products like chips and missiles acknowledging that he may take a little heat over this from his base which supports restrictions on immigrationTrump has said that a large number of plants including extremely complex ones are being built in the US now that will contribute significantly to the countrys economic growthHe added that given the complex nature of products that will be manufactured in these plants companies will have to bring in skilled workers from abroad who can then share their knowledge and teach American workersBut if you have to bring people to get those plants opened we want you to do that and we want those people to teach our people how to make computer chips and how to make other things Trump has saidTrump explained that the companies which are building massive computer chip factories for billions of dollars cant just hire people off an unemployment line to run itTheyre going to have to bring thousands of people with them and Im going to welcome those people Trump addedTrump has said that a company cannot open up a big computer chip plant with people that dont even know what a chip looks likeHe had defended the H1B visa programme saying America has to bring in talent from around the world as it does not have certain talents in the countryCompanies use visas such as H1B and L1 to hire skilled foreign workers for speciality occupations in the USThe Trump administration has launched an intense crackdown on illegal immigration and the Presidents supporters have also called for cracking down on H1B visas citing widespread abuse and fraud in the programme amid allegations that H1B visa holders are rendering Americans unemployedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever