{"id":2509853,"date":"2025-11-12T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-trump-need-to-expand-h-1b-visas-to-address-worker-shortage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:50:07","slug":"fact-check-does-trump-need-to-expand-h-1b-visas-to-address-worker-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-trump-need-to-expand-h-1b-visas-to-address-worker-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Does Trump need to expand H-1B visas to address worker shortage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-trump-need-to-expand-h-1b-visas-to-address-worker-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent statement admitting that the U.S. workforce lacks certain skilled talents, leading him to support expanding the H-1B visa program to bring in more foreign workers. This position has sparked debate among conservatives, with some arguing that increasing the number of foreign workers could harm American jobs, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-secures-3-billion-loan-amid-big-threes-tariff-struggles\/\" title=\"Ford secures  billion loan amid Big Three\u2019s tariff struggles\">amid challenges posed<\/a> by artificial intelligence. The H-1B visa program, established in 1990, permits U.S. companies to hire skilled foreign workers in specialties like IT, engineering, and healthcare, with caps on the number issued annually. Trump&#8217;s record on H-1B visas is mixed: he criticized the program in 2016 but later supported it, raised visa fees during his administration, and restricted some visa admissions during the pandemic. Critics say the program displaces American workers and is vulnerable to abuse, while supporters argue it brings valuable talent, foreign investment, innovation, and critical workers such as doctors. The debate continues as policymakers and stakeholders weigh the economic and labor implications of expanding or reforming the H-1B visa system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fact check: Does Trump need to expand H-1B visas to address lack of &lsquo;talented&rsquo; workers?<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2393549\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s <\/a>admission to Fox News host Laura Ingraham that the United States workforce lacks &ldquo;certain talents and people,&rdquo; and should therefore expand the H-1B <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/visas\">visa<\/a> program, has stirred a debate among conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>In an exchange that aired Tuesday evening, Ingraham suggested that bringing in more foreign workers would have negative consequences for American workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3885029\/new-york-last-competitive-taxes-report\/\">New York dead last in competitive taxes: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3884493\/pennsylvania-democrats-gop-fossil-fuel-regulation\/\">Pennsylvania Democrats concede to GOP on fossil fuel regulation as lawmakers look to end budget standoff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3883462\/trump-downplays-concerns-over-proposed-50-year-mortgages-not-big-deal\/\">Trump downplays concerns over proposed 50-year mortgages: &lsquo;It&rsquo;s not even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-eliass-tactics-helped-trump-this-election-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Marc Elias&#039;s tactics helped Trump this election - Washington Examiner\">big deal&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we have plenty of talented people here,&rdquo; Ingraham replied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, you don&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;No, you don&rsquo;t have certain talents and people have to learn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;I PRESSED President Trump on H-1B visas.&#128680;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you want to RAISE WAGES for Americans, you can&rsquo;t flood the country with THOUSANDS of foreign workers.&rdquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>: &ldquo;You have to bring in talent&hellip; You can&rsquo;t take people off the unemployment line and say, &lsquo;go make missiles.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lB4wWuRKGK\">pic.twitter.com\/lB4wWuRKGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IngrahamAngle\/status\/1988417984197534039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-h-1b-visa\">What is the H-1B visa?<\/h2>\n<p>The H-1B visa program was created in 1990 as a way for U.S. companies to hire up to 85,000 foreign workers for special occupations per year. At last count,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/reports\/USCIS%20H-1B%20Authorized%20to%20Work%20Report.pdf\">as many as 700,000<\/a>&nbsp;foreigners were approved to work in the U.S. in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The H-1B visa allows foreign workers with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent to work in the country for three years and can be extended for an additional three years.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the visas have largely gone to workers in information technology and computer sciences, systems analysts, engineers, university professors, and healthcare workers. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Corporations, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, and IBM,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/us-jobs-top-10-companies-sponsoring-h-1b-visas-in-2024\/articleshow\/115562331.cms\">ranked<\/a>&nbsp;in the top 10 of employers who hired the most H-1B visa recipients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>H-1B visa recipients must be paid at least $60,000, which is below the 2023 median U.S. household income of $80,600, according to Census Bureau&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2024\/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html\">data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS makes&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/temporary-workers\/h-1b-specialty-occupations\/h-1b-cap-season#:~:text=The%20advanced%20degree%20exemption%20is,H%2D1B%20category%20at%2065%2C000.\">20,000<\/a>&nbsp;of these visas available to recent U.S. master&rsquo;s degree or doctorate graduates and an additional 65,000 to workers overseas seeking admission.<\/p>\n<p>The H-1B and the H-1A visa, issued for hiring nurses, were born in 1990 out of the Immigration Act.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump&rsquo;s record on the H-1B visa<\/h2>\n<p>Several months into the pandemic in 2020, Trump signed an executive order that denied admission to H-1B visa holders outside of the food supply network.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/705624889282068480\">decried<\/a>&nbsp;this particular visa in 2016 as &ldquo;substituting&rdquo; Americans with &ldquo;cheap labor.&rdquo; He later changed his tune and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3271657\/trump-backs-musk-and-ramaswamy-on-h-1b-visas\/\">said<\/a> that he supported the program, claiming that he had many of these types of workers on his properties.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Billionaire businessman and the Department of Government Efficiency&rsquo;s former chairman, Elon Musk, was an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1850439863079678073\">H-1B visa recipient&nbsp;<\/a>and is believed to have impacted Trump&rsquo;s view on the visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In October, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3818853\/trumps-100k-h-1b-visa-fee-disrupts-business-immigrant-workers\/\">signed<\/a> a proclamation that raised the H-1B visa fee for companies to $100,000 per worker. The Trump administration has since been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3854767\/chamber-of-commerce-suing-trump-administration-hefty-h-1b-visa-price\/\">sued<\/a> by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-is-there-a-worker-shortage-or-not\">Is there a worker shortage or not?<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to Trump&rsquo;s latest admission, conservatives were already divided on the H-1B visa. The fallout over the program has grown overnight across social media platforms, where the debate was in full swing Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cortes, founder of the League of American Workers, said American workers were already being negatively affected by the growth of artificial intelligence and that bringing in more foreign workers would further risk jobs for citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Entry-level and junior white collar workers are seeing massive pain from AI, already,&rdquo; Cortes wrote in a post. &ldquo;This environment is NO time to allow millions of foreign laborers into America. We must phase out H1B and other abused worker visa programs!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Entry-level and junior white collar workers are seeing massive pain from AI, already.<\/p>\n<p>This environment is NO time to allow millions of foreign laborers into America. <\/p>\n<p>We must phase out H1B and other abused worker visa programs! <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8l9FqvUKXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8l9FqvUKXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1983178156535406623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Indiana state Rep. Andrew Ireland shared an example of an H-1B visa job that was unnecessary and an example of how the program was due for shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Indiana&rsquo;s own state government hired a foreign worker on an H-1B visa for a &lsquo;Database Administrator&rsquo; job this year. If we&rsquo;re serious about being America First, we cannot use tax dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-politicians-help-the-fortune-500-discard-gop-voters\/\" title=\"GOP Politicians Help the Fortune 500 Discard GOP Voters\">import foreign workers<\/a>,&rdquo; Ireland, a Republican, wrote on X Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; Indiana&#8217;s own state government hired a foreign worker on an H-1B visa for a &#8220;Database Administrator&#8221; job this year. If we&#8217;re serious about being America First, we cannot use tax dollars to import foreign workers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sRfMVxf2ez\">pic.twitter.com\/sRfMVxf2ez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Ireland (@AndrewIrelandIN) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewIrelandIN\/status\/1988618427225755656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, normally in lock-step with Trump, took a swipe at the program and said it was displacing Americans who needed jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress created the H-1B visa to bring a limited number of skilled, specialty workers to fill a need in the U.S. economy. Today, it serves to displace thousands of qualified American workers,&rdquo; Heritage wrote in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Heritage\/status\/1987926821992612276\">post<\/a> to X on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Labor made a case in late October that the H-1B visa be overhauled &mdash;&nbsp;not entirely in line with the White House&rsquo;s strong support for the program on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Young Americans have had the American Dream stolen from them, as jobs have been replaced by foreign workers due to rampant abuse of the H-1B visa. Under @POTUS and @SecretaryLCD&rsquo;s leadership, we&rsquo;re holding companies accountable for their abuse&mdash;and recapturing the American Dream for the AMERICAN PEOPLE,&rdquo; the Department of Labor said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USDOL\/status\/1983946546052780540\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Di Martino is a fellow&nbsp;at the Manhattan Institute and a PhD candidate in economics at Columbia University in New York who studies the impact of immigration policy on the economy and said doing away with it would be &ldquo;suicidal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is right about H-1B visas. America benefits from talented immigrants,&rdquo; Di Martino <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielDiMartino\/status\/1988428820861309258\">responded<\/a> on X. &ldquo;The visa isn&rsquo;t perfect but ending it is suicidal. It brings billions in foreign investment, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >retains talented foreign students<\/a>, boosts innovation, and brings foreign doctors who save lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3273171\/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies\/\">EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT THE H-1B VISA DEBATE SURROUNDING TRUMPWORLD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that Trump&rsquo;s plan was foolproof.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans can&rsquo;t have jobs with specific skill, because we haven&rsquo;t built ships in the U.S. for years. We haven&rsquo;t built semiconductors,&rdquo; Bessent told Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> on Wednesday. &ldquo;This idea of overseas partners coming in again, teaching American workers, then return home. That&rsquo;s a home run.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact check: Does Trump support expanding H-1B visas for talent?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2509854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24051788535515-scaled.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58708,3634,66983],"class_list":["post-2509853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-h-1b-visas","tag-trump","tag-worker-shortage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24051788535515-scaled.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509857,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509853\/revisions\/2509857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}