Indian workers seek Musk’s help with green cards

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A lobby group representing Indian H-1B contract workers is attempting to leverage the GOP’s anticipated 2025 reconciliation bill to secure expedited green cards for approximately 1.2 million Indian nationals currently residing in the United States.

This strategic push relies heavily on the potential influence of President Trump’s West Coast business allies to overcome mounting resistance from various quarters, including skeptical voters, GOP legislators, wavering Democratic lawmakers, and Trump’s America-first policy stance.

Rupert Lowe MP: “As long as illegal migrants believe they can achieve their aim of settling in the UK, they will keep coming. We need zero tolerance”.

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— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) September 16, 2024

During a Sunday night conference call hosted by Immigration Voice, immigration attorney Leon Fresco addressed Indian migrants, stating, “There’s a blank slate at the moment. We don’t know this could literally be the best of times, or this could literally be the worst of times.”

Immigration Voice president Aman Kapoor expressed optimism, declaring, “We believe that the time is now as the upcoming new administration takes over. There is new energy, there is now a desire to make changes, and we want to be part of that change.”

While media coverage has touched upon the emerging conflict between West Coast investors and Trump’s populist officials, it primarily highlights Silicon Valley investors’ smaller-scale demands for importing elite software developers to accelerate their startups’ path to Wall Street buyouts.

This arrangement presents a challenge for Valley investors, as experienced American software professionals typically seek equity shares from Wall Street buyouts. Rather than engaging in this market-driven exchange, many investors prefer to retain their shares by recruiting foreign experts who can be compensated with government-issued green cards and citizenship.

The Indian green card initiative stems from a different demographic – the million-plus Indian nationals brought in for routine corporate positions in technology, accounting, healthcare, recruitment, and management at major corporations and their contractors.

ELON MUSK: “We need to have things be what they should — Legal immigration of honest, hardworking, talented people is quick and easy and coming into the country is hard. That’s how it should be.” pic.twitter.com/SRoG7CyPpC

— America (@america) October 27, 2024

Immigration lawyer Greg Siskind tweeted on December 13, “If the US is to stay competitive, Elon must win this ideological fight [for migrants] over [Trump aide] Stephen Miller.”

Many Indian migrants look to Musk, a former H-1B visa holder himself, for support. However, Musk’s position fluctuates between favoring mass migration for economic reasons and preserving American entrepreneurial culture.

Kevin Lynn, founder of U.S. Techworkers, expressed confidence in blocking the initiative, telling Breitbart News, “If they attempt to do this once again in a reconciliation package, we’re going to beat them, and we’re going to beat them soundly.”