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Nick Fuentes has seemingly joined the conversation about immigration after several big tech heads clashed with right-wing supporters over H-1B visas, recently on X. The conversation over immigration began after Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American entrepreneur, was selected as President-elect Donald Trump's AI policy advisor.
This led to many concerns about Trump's administration being overshadowed by Silicon Valley's influence since Elon Musk was given a government cost-cutting role in the upcoming administration. Many right-wingers argued that the tech leaders were advocating for leniency in the H-1B visa process for countries like India to strengthen their workforce.
Meanwhile, Musk and others said they needed to employ the best engineers in the world for America to prosper. Nick Fuentes seemingly called out Elon Musk's stance regarding immigration in his recent posts on X on December 26. The right-wing activist said that he did not care about America's economy if it meant the country would look like India.
"I don’t really care about the economy that much I just don’t want to live in a country that looks like India," he tweeted.
Nick Fuentes alleged that "Tech Bros" were not "American Nationalists"
On December 26, Nick Fuentes went on a social media tirade while addressing the conversation surrounding immigration and H-1B visas on X. In one of his tweets, Nick Fuentes alleged that the "Tech Bro oligarchs" were not American Nationalists, being immigrants themselves. He further alleged they only supported Trump during the election so that he could make them richer.
"Remember that the “Tech Bro” oligarchs are almost all immigrants themselves. They are wealthy, pro-gay, atheist, cosmopolitan liberals who bought the dip when Trump was at his lowest so that he could make them richer. They were never American Nationalists," Nick Fuentes posted.
While Nick Fuentes did not mention Elon Musk by name, many took his tweets as targeting the Tesla owner, who immigrated to the US from South Africa. According to Newsweek, Tesla reportedly profited from lenient H-1B visa processes, having employed 724 H-1B workers in 2023.
In another post, Nick Fuentes added that the latest push for the H-1B visas was to allegedly move 500 million Indians into America for work.
In his latest post about the issue, Nick Fuentes alleged that Elon Musk was targeting the Republicans who spoke up against H-1B visas by removing their verification badges on X. Fuentes dubbed this as a "clear political retaliation," adding:
"I’ve seen a couple of prominent pro-Trump influencers report that their verification badge was removed by X after they spoke out against the H-1B immigration push. If true this is clear political retaliation and sets a terrifying precedent. Don’t say I didn’t warn you."
Elon Musk claimed there was a "permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent" in the US
Elon Musk is seemingly advocating for leniency in issuing H-1B visas for immigrant workers, claiming there was a shortage of "excellent engineering talent" in the US. On Christmas Day, the X owner took to the social media platform to defend his views about the debacle surrounding the H-1B visa.
"No, we need more like double that number yesterday! The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever they may be. That enables the whole TEAM to win," he posted on X.
When people pushed back against this narrative and claimed there were 330 million people to hire, Musk retorted that while he would prefer hiring Americans, there were fewer good engineers in the US. He explained the situation with a sports analogy, saying that a team needed to hire the top recruits irrespective of their background in order to win.
Elon Musk was not the only one calling for leniency in issuing H-1B visas. His sentiments were shared by politician and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who explained his opinion in a lengthy post on X.
Ramaswamy claimed that companies preferred to hire foreign workers over Americans due to a cultural difference, claiming the American culture "venerated mediocrity" over merit.
"Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG. A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers," he wrote.
It is unclear what Donald Trump plans to do about legal immigration or the H-1B visa process once he comes into power following his inauguration in January 2025.
