, president of visa american region and board member of visa europe, among other positions. the next witnesses linda kirkpatrick. thank you for being here. president of america's region for mastercard. she is responsible for overseeing mastercard's operations at the consumer facing activities in the united states, canada and latin america. she has been with mastercard since 1997 and has held various roles during her tenure. mix we are joined by roger alford, professor of law at notre dame where his scholarship focuses on antitrust competition, trade and other commercial law issues. professor alford previously served as deputy assistant attorney general for international affairs with the antitrust division of the u.s. department of justice. the final witness is. since 2020 went mr. kanter has served as general counsel for the national association of convenience stores. his organization represents 148,000 convenience stores. the organization represents -- employs more than 2.3 million people across the country. he previously practiced law where he served as counsel to the merc

, visa was a beneficiary. how is that possible? >> i don't think of visa as being a beneficiary of visa -- of inflation, excuse me. it's impossible for me to know the context within which vasant made that statement. >> to the extent there's inflation driving up ticket size, clearly it's beneficial to us, he said on behalf of visa, so net net, i mean, we are a beneficiary of inflation. so, while american families are struggling to survive against inflation, you're doing quite well as long as the ticket size goes up and your percentage applies, correct? >> i don't believe that inflation is good for our business or anyone's business. i think a healthy economy is best for the u.s. consumer, u.s. merchants and when u.s. merchants and u.s. consumers come together and transact, that drives transactions on our network. that's what we want. that's how we think about growing the business. >> i can tell you the cfo of your company january 27, 2022, had a different point of view and one that makes more sense. you're in a

hay 3 visas que no son muy comúnmente conocidas por los inmigrantes que se llaman las visas t, la visabeneficios, la visa then generalmente es una visa que podría llegar a obtener estatus permanente para los inmigrantes que son explotados en el ámbito laboral. esto podría incluir que su empleador los obligue a trabajar sin recibir un sueldo o si los amenazan de que los van a deportar o los intimidan físicamente o los obligan a laborar en horas o días de descanso. según nos explica el abogado, y también la visa u es para las víctimas de crímenes generalmente violentos. en mi experiencia, a las que se aprueban, pero también puede contar como abuso emocional severo. por ejemplo, amenazas muy, muy fuertes a muerte tienen que haber ocurrido en los estados unidos. las víctimas de los siguientes delitos pueden ser elegibles para la clasificación de visa u según la información que aparece en la página de internet de la agencia de ciudadanía y servicios de inmigración de los estados unidos. y también existe la visa vawa para víctimas de violencia doméstica. el agresor tiene que ser ciudadano de

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where do you think this h-1b visa issue is going, and i think enforcement of these visas when they expire you've gotta go home. it's going to be a big issue, right? >> yeah, the enforcement of the visas we're going to look at very seriously and i think it's a big part of illegal immigration, and overstaying the visas illegal and it'll be part of our operational plan. as far as h-1b visas the policies right now i'm not going to get ahead of the president on this but i can guarantee you when the president comes up with an immigration plan it will be good. during this last administration he based most illegal immigration, most legal immigration based on merit. he still had a cutoff for moms and dads, sons and daughter and family-type immigration but it wasn't about the lottery and stuff that was ridiculous parts of the immigration plan. his first immigration plan in 2016 i thought was a very good plan. of course that's with pushback on it because it wasn't giving away enough but i have total faith when the president sits down with his new immigration plan which i'm sure i'll be part of that

there is a storm brewing in trump world over a very specific type of visa, the h1b visa, a particularighly skilled employees from other countries. currently there's a hard cap of 85,000 new h1b visas that can be issued every year. a silicon valley venture capitalist would serve as his advisor. he's advocating for these visas for highly skilled workers. magas want a hardline approach to all forms of immigration. but tech entrepreneurs came out in support of h1b visas. their argument angered anti-immigration trump supporters even more. elon musk was one of them. he showed his support saying companies need these skilled workers, writing, the number of people who are super talented engineers and super motivated in the u.s. is far too low. then vivek ramaswamy musk's cochair of the incoming department of government efficiency blames the, quote, laziness and american culture for the need for foreign tech workers. the real story here is two of the would be maga darlings have attacked the myth of american exceptionalism. the h1b system is widely known to be misused. visa holders can only work

elyangÉlica: quÉ es una visa h1b, es una visa para profesionales, personas con un tÍtulo universitarios estados unidos la utilizan para poner extranjeros a trabajar aquÍ en los estados unidos, aproximadamente existen 65.000 visas para personas con tÍtulo universitario, y 20.000 adicionales para personas que hayan obtenido un posgrado una maestrÍa en estados unidos, es una visa para profesionales, aquÍ en estados unidos pueden traer ese talento trabajar por un mÁximo 2 aÑos. elyangÉlica: ¿por quÉ es importante que las empresas tengan este visado? >> aquÍ lamentablemente estados unidos a veces las empresas no encuentran empleados calificados para esta posiciÓn, pero es una visa muy comÚn, dirÍa que no es tan difÍcil de conseguir, el problema es que sÓlo tenemos 65.000 visas, anualmente aplican mÁs de 400.000 aplicaciones, ese es el problema, es un estilo loterÍa y sÓlo hay un cupo limitado. elyangÉlica: aparte de la controversial que existe en el paÍs, hay mucha gente buscando tiene para permanecer legalmente en estados unidos, hay una visa, una o de habilidades extraordinarias, y esta l

visas, i've always been in favor of the visas. >>> i have many visas on the property. many times. it's a great program. i want to get your reaction. the question is can we reform h1b visas so where they're not as punitive against the participant but also the company that hires them. meaning that these h1b visas should let the participants open themselves up to the free market, to competition versus sponsorship. that would be better for companies that are trying to compete for these hires. >> this is a very good point, cheryl. have you the richest man on the planets and the incoming president-elect both saying what, the immigration system regardless whether it's visas for nonimmigrants or immigration for people who are going to come and stay, that needs to promote american -- the american economy. it needs to promote american safety. and so both men are saying immigration into the united states is good, in general terms. but it needs to be on terms that benefit americans the most. so regularize the pay of people who are coming in so that there's not a real competition b

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he said, quote, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas. that's why we have them. he went on to say, i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i've been a believer in h-1b. i have used it many times. it's a great program. now, one thing just to clarify here is that donald trump was talking about having a lot of h-1b, h-1b visa workers on his properties. we actually dug into the data from the department of labor, and it shows that most of the workers on donald trump's properties who have these types of visas have h-2b visas, which essentially allow for jobs lik landscaping and hospitality. but all to say, this is different from what donald trump has said in the past. in the past, and during his first administration, the h-1b visa program actually saw a decline. and he also ran in 2016 on arguing that too many american companies don't prioritize american workers and criticized the h-1b visa program. but now he is saying that he is a supporter of it and really standing on the side of elon musk, despite many people in his party, a lot of the mag

do we know what donald _ these age b-1 visas. do we know what donald trump _ these age b-1 visas. thinks about these h one b visas who i guess we should say these are really reserved on day four, people with high skilled backgrounds. that is right. there is a relatively limited number of them and they are for skilled workers. that means a lot of those workers go to work in the tech industry and they work in silicon valley. we definitely know what donald trump thinks about them. he has usually sided with the anti—immigration crowd and he has been critical of these visas. under his previous administration he tightened up the criteria on the h one b visas. his vice presidentjd vance has been a fierce crack critic of the whole programme and has been pretty clear on the campaign trail stop when it comes to immigration, hejust wants less of it across the board, so this does not really appear — this does not like that might look like a arguments that vivek ramaswamy and elon musk are going to win. is part of that government department of government efficiency, not an official department,

from chile on a 90 day visa.ve returned back to chile in september but he's still here and he's committing crimes. the deceased suspect has been here since 2016. he's of mexican dissent, but he came through chile to get to the u.s. also should have been returned home several years ago, has committed several crimes here in the u.s. and was never deported. charlie: well, thank you very much, sheriff, for sharing all this and thank you for standing up for law and order and standing up for those who are willing to protect their homes. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you very much. appreciate you all. charlie: the new year is just around the corner and we're looking back at some of the worst media lies of 2024. to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms... ...with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after trying a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq works differently. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness,

he said, quote, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas.t's why we have them. he went on to say, i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i've been a believer in h-1b. i've used it many times. it's a great program. now, just to be clear here, donald trump is talking about h-1b visas, obviously, in this quote. but our colleagues actually dug into the data with the department of labor and found that most of the foreign workers at donald trump's properties are here with h-2b visas. those are, you know, allow for jobs like landscaping and hospitality. but all to say, the reason this is so notable is because one, as you mentioned, this issue over h-1b visas and whether or not there should be more highly skilled foreign workers in this country, as elon musk has been calling for, is something that has really caused a massive rift among his supporters. on the one hand, you have the maga faithful who many of them attracted to donald trump because of his hard line immigration policies. and then you have some of the, you know, silicon valley latecomer

he said, quote, i've always liked the visas, the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas.hat's why we have them. he went on to say, i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i've been a believer in h-1b. i have used it many times. it's a great program. now, to be clear, many of the workers that operate at donald trump's properties are actually here in the united states under the h-2b visa program. it's essentially a program that allows u.s. workers here for non for temporary jobs, including jobs like landscaping, hospitality, et cetera.. now we actually had our colleagues dig into the department of labor data that goes back to 2008, showing, you know, how many visas were granted to through donald trump's properties. now, when we looked at this data, it showed that donald trump's businesses requested and received government approval to hire foreign laborers for more than 2100 positions. and out of all of those, about only 70 of those positions were through or for high skilled workers, through the h-1b program. all to say that it seemed like he might have been mixing up the h

, trump dijo en una entrevista que Él es un creyente de estas visas y que ahÍ muchas de estas visas yden en que llevar a la prÁctica un plano deportaciÓn masiva es muy difÍcil. desde su punto de vista harÍa falta una inversiÓn millonaria. ademÁs, el efecto legal de univisiÓn nos explica si agente de migraciÓn puede ingresar a cualquier lugar que ♪ ♪ presentadora: seguimos hablandodel tps y deportaciones masivas y del posible uso de militares para el rol amando deportaciÓn. estefanÍa ochoa con los detalles. stephanie: deportaciÓn masiva desde el dÍa uno es lo que donald trump ha prometido para su administraciÓn. >> nuestros militares son capacitados para defendernos. >> fue usado la Última vez por el presidente eisenhower. reportera: en su primer mandato trump edificÓ parte del muro fronterizo. reportero: las formas —— las personas que estaban aquÍ posiblemente serÁn tomados en cuenta. reportera: el presupuesto podrÍa superar los $88,000,000,000 al aÑo. >> si nos mantenemos unidos, es posible bajar la cantidad de deportaciones. desde washington, estefanÍa ochoa, univisiÓn. presentadora

what we know is h-1b visas have been used to get cheap labor. so we understand the way trump has exploited it as a businessman in the way corporate america exploited it. that is what's driving the populist outcry alongside the over determined by these deep- seated nativist positions. trump is transactional. he has been throwing the emigration ball all of this time. this is -- he is in the crosshairs and it will be interesting how he navigates it. there's no resolution here. one side of his interest is exploiting it and the other side is his political cash. >> stuart stevens, elon musk lest anyone think he is enlightened on immigration, let me read this reporting. germany accuses musk of trying to influence the election by backing far right afd, germany's government accused elon musk of trying to influence the country's upcoming elections set for february after he wrote an opinion piece for german newspaper doubling down on his support for the far right alternative for germany party. the afd sort of popularity since its founding in 2013 largely b

they say he is he is h2b visas h2 eight on his truck properties but did not s set use of h1 b visa. i'm not sure that it's been clarified yet he has been critical about this pretty top undercutting the american worker there that seems to be the biggest argument against that. people brought over as foreign workers are necessarily supplanting american workers who may be qualified, may want these jobs. but the foreign workers are paid less. so, i want to talk to some possible legislative changes to this. the group that is a federation for american immigration has talked about things they want to see change. but possibly you and congress can tackle but not long h1 b visa to be a pathway to citizenship preventing employees and paying the foreign workers lessen americans in the same jobs, requiring proof of employers they first saw it and offer these positions to qualify americans and they went tougher enforcement mechanisms for random audits is that the kind of thing you think your colleagues whether it you as republicans are bipartisan we could get behind? >> i think there's been a lot

jaime: segÚn los abogados uno de los principales cambios es que estas visas h1b que anteriormente seel presidente joe biden le pidieron extender las visas de estudio. >> muchas organizaciones como facebook y amazon han hecho este llamado a la actualizaciÓn. >> para ser elegible necesitas buscar un empleador que estÉ dispuesto a ofrecerte un trabajo bajo la rama de estudio, la carta que se le presentÓ al presidente biden quiere abrir esos rangos. elyangelica: es triste lo que vive la ciudad de magdeburgo, donde se realizÓ una vigilia para recordar a las vÍctimas de un atentado terrorista que dejÓ siete muertos y cientos de heridos. entre las vÍctimas mortales se cuenta un niÑo de 9 aÑos y ahora se sabe que residÍa en el paÍs desde hace casi dos dÉcadas y ese mÉdico psiquiatra de arabia saudita y publicÓ opiniones anti islamistas. [habla en otro idioma] [habla en alemÁn] elyangelica: todavÍa se desconocen los motivos que tuvo el hombre para cometer este acto, pero se sabe que el responsable actuÓ solo, el hombre se definÍa a sÍ mismo como un activista crÍtico del slang aunque algunos d

to remove country specific caps on h-1b visas. tech industry leaders and trump advisors vivek ramaswamy and elon musk both made long posts on x on how their businesses rely on h-1b workers. ramaswamy pointed to the american culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad. maga supporter laura loomer tweeted, the h-1b program takes away jobs from american stem students. in a post, musk said there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in america. >> look at musk himself. he is one of the products of the h-1b visa. i mean, we don't have elon musk. you agree disagree with him. we're not going to have tesla. we're not going to have spacex x uh- starlink. >> abc seven news insider phil matier weighed in on musk's support for the visa program. >> he's not only in favor of these high tech visas, he's also talking about expanding them to where if someone completes from outside the country, comes to america and completes a four year college program, they should automatically get a green card that's b

i do think -- the importance of the h-1b visa program. it also does need overhaul.oster listening to ro khanna, it's very insulting to the american people, they are saying. they are saying don't give the low skilled jobs to the foreigners. the americans can do that. exceptional talent. it's not speaking -- the reality is this kind of reminds me of a little bit of affirmative action. right now company's can be incentivized to take these h1b visas because they can pay them less than they pay their american counterparts. they should not be incentivized to take a foreign applicant. what needs to happen is make it an even playing field, same pay, same everything. that will cause the americans okay, i'm going to up it? who's the better applicant? education. what do they do? do it merit-based. it's a meritocracy. >> tammy: this is a worthy conversation to have but now it became like a food fight. some people express themselves differently than others. the american people know what the problems are and i don't think they want to feel left behind in this. it was important fo

to remove country specific caps on h-1b visas. tech industry leaders and trump advisors vivek ramaswamy and elon musk both made long posts on x on how their businesses rely on h-1b workers. ramaswamy pointed to the american culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad. maga supporter laura loomer tweeted, the h-1b program takes away jobs from american stem students. in a post, musk said there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in america. >> look at musk himself. he is one of the products of the h-1b visa. i mean, we don't have elon musk. you agree disagree with him. we're not going to have tesla. we're not going to have spacex x uh- starlink. >> abc seven news insider phil matier weighed in on musk's support for the visa program. >> he's not only in favor of these high tech visas, he's also talking about expanding them to where if someone completes from outside the country, comes to america and completes a four year college program, they should automatically get a green card that's b

this all revolves around what's known as the h one b visa program which provides a temporary work visa and not immigration status to highly skilled workers from other countries. we see this used by companies and tech financing and supporters of the program say it helps united states keep an edge in those fields. but opponents believe it can actually undercut wages for americans. controversy grew in recent days when president-elect trump didn't interview with the new york post in which you said, quote, i have many h one b visas on by properties. i've been a believer in h one i've used it many times. it's a great program. a billionaire elon musk also voiced support for the program and said he'd go to war over the issue posting to axe the reason i'm in america along with so many critical people who built spacex, tesla in hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h one b. but like i said, we've seen not opposition voice, too. former presidential candidate nikki haley posted the acts. if the tech industry needs workers invest in our education system, invested or ame

ai advisor is too in favor of these visas. anita, griff. >> all right, matt finn live for us in palm beach, thanks for starting us off. >> all right, to capitol hill we go. the new year could bring a contentious house speaker vote and some are expressing doubts whether mike johnson should keep the gavel. and madeleine rivera, we may be in for fireworks. >> and house speaker mike johnson could have a hard way to go. and next congress will begin with 219 house republicans and 215 house democrats. johnson can only afford one republican defection if all democrats vote against him. he's on thin ice with the right flank of the republican conference after last week's messy fight. and more democrats passed the bill than republicans and the republicans say they want conversations with johnson ahead of the speaker's vote on january 3rd so they can iron out their issues with him. >> the spending bills are out of control. again, it gets down to communication. it's your ambassadors, you can't talk to every single dadgum member, but you've

the president- elect says he has always been a fan of the h1b visas.l that be enough to calm the waters with his base? >> no. because there will be business people who need farm workers to get their crops in. they will ask for that as well. donald trump speaks as usual in broad ideas and rhetoric when it comes to whatever policy he is discussing. but when it comes down to the depails because he doesn't understand or know the fundament halls, he finds himself having so make excuses. that is because he is dealing with a lot of republicans who have been there along time who think of themselves as somewhat principled. having the same type of votes over and over on the debt ceiling. just because donald trump says we're now the party about that, it just doesn't make it so. so i don't expect a lot to be done that can only pass with republican votes because all it take is a handful of people to say this is not for me. so there will be a lot more negotiation. and the visas are just the beginning of it. >> dana, this week, the trump team asked the supreme court

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this all revolves around what's known as the h one b visa program which provides a temporary work visa and not immigration status to highly skilled workers from other countries. we see this used by companies and tech financing and supporters of the program say it helps united states keep an edge in those fields. but >> opponents believe it can actually undercut wages for americans. controversy grew in recent days with president elect trump didn't interview with the new york post in which you said, quote, i have many h one b visas on by properties. i've been believer in h one i've used it many times. it's a great program. a billionaire elon musk also voiced support for the program and said he'd go to war over the issue posting to axe the reason i'm in america along with so many critical people who built spacex, tesla in hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h one b. but like i said, we've seen opposition voice too. former presidential candidate nikki haley posted the acts. if the tech industry needs workers invest in our education system invested or american

it is the visas.ity department came up with airport that people who overstayed their visas, guess what, elon musk came into this country in the '90s and overstayed his visa and was illegal as well. it was not just the brown this at the border. it is also the whiteness coming for those jobs. >> very quickly, there are 4.4 million americans who are born, naturalized americans, who are living with an undocumented president. so when you think about those 4.4 million people who are contributor to society and paying taxes and are actually stellar in whatever it is they are doing and trump is saying we are going to end this and push you out or alter your status so that you somehow become stateless. but, by the way, i am going to meet with all these billionaires. >> but, april, to pick up on that point, the undocumented who have relatives who are citizens, that is the big, big tension point here. because what we saw in the first trump administration was family separation. he let the kids stay but departed the

the h-1b visas. so i'm not sure that that's been clarified yet. but he's been critical about this. you talk about undercutting the american worker, and that seems to be the biggest argument against that is that people who are brought over as foreign workers aren't necessarily supplanting american workers who may be qualified, may want these jobs, but the foreign workers are paid less. so i want to talk through some possible legislative changes to this, because the group that is the federation for american immigration has talked about things they want to see changed that possibly you and congress could tackle not allowing the h-1b visa to be a pathway to citizenship, preventing employers from paying those foreign workers less than americans in the same jobs, requiring proof from employers that they first sought and offer these positions to qualified americans, and that they want tougher enforcement mechanisms, investigations and random audits. is that the kind of thing you think that your colleagues,

in favor of the visas that's why we have them i have many h1 b visas on my property. i've been a believer and h1 b i've used it many times is a great program. david marcus is out with a new piece for foxnews.com. maga h1 b civil war is how politics is supposed to work. here's what he writes, compromise is really possible and might not always look like a truth social and might be rough around the edges but a wise man once said politics being back, trump takes office in three weeks this discussion for the next administration as they argue those who serve and support cannot only argue with pointed bigger but come together with an honest give-and-take when called for. todd piro what is your reaction to this online debate does a racorrupted. >> everybody's right and everybody's wrong. here's how the wrong i disagree with marcus in the sense you don't have these fights even though democracy is messy even before the season, before every sport season every team thinks are going to win the championship and everything is positive. even my giant optimistic for the season begins,

a settlement advised me to apply for an artist visa. i discovered that i wasn't too good, nice as a business team. and according to the norwegian government, they listed me as a stimulus. how you have to go into the front left out of the less than the the less. yeah. and that's what i'm how is it was though. yeah, i mean, it's just, you know, as you had as well, because for me in the board to remain closed. many people were killing me to seek asylum, but they refused because they refused to give up my palace, damien identity, the. so you with a man i yeah. i live in was where the had to get my head to a new barely got it down. look the best. yeah, the news it a smart over these died to go look at the v vi and go look at the visa and they said that it was done well, as you might see, i guess the so not non done with that. if the legs off the sheer is best, sell it, and that according to the let's see. or because it shows me that the best thing us on that as an additional i guess can, can the guy, the service side guy will be done, cool b

visas in favor of visas i have many on my properties a great program what is your take on all of thishis argument that is kind of ruptured vivek ramaswamy has now jumped into. >> well it is an important debate what to do how we reform legal immigration, so that we encourage the best and brightest around the world to want to come and work in america. but right now we've got an open border, on our southern border with mexico illegal immigration, is the pressing issue right now we need to focus on that, like laserbeam very first tightening we want to do reconciliations is targeted bill to secure our border to provide, ice on national security agencies with support they need to make sure that they can stop the flow of illegals across the border yes, we will will have 2450 debate about illegal immigration how do we attract the best brightest make sure that we are only allowing those who are truly qualified to meet needs this country has when it comes to technology, when it comes to different high-tech industries while ensuring americans are the ones focused on ultimately. >> i think to you

trump says he backs the visa program. of his supporters took issue with the comments some resorting to racist language against immigrants of color. as you watch this unfold, do you think there is an opening here to push for more rational and humane immigration approach or is this just maga theater? >> it certainly is maga theater to a certain extent. we have a debate on how to dehumanize migrants. whether to take an exploitive point of view for people coming to work in specialized fields in the united states. my hope is that we center human rights and how we develop policies impacting migrants. those in the united states and those who are arriving, seeking asylum status that we center their basic protections and not get into a zero sum game about how, about which migrants merit status and which ones don't. which is a lose lose situation for everyone. >> pedro rios with american friends service committee. thank you for being here with us, up next, our final thoughts. stay with us. inal thoughts. stay with us. prilosec know

there was a still the close once again, my visa was about to expire. i had to apply for a new visa to keep working on the film. i was thinking of you all the time. okay. i'm new 2nd name of my how. so like i said, i'll go look at it. cuz then then when i feel of bias, i was i never intended to live outside of garza, but they felt it was important to be here to share my voice and our stories. the . it was 10 years old when is the 2nd intifada begin? it was the 1st time i saw a war claim. it was very loud, but look louder than our assistance. i grew up living through many important events in our palace team in life. 5 years of go to the end photo. we could finally move freely within that goes through my friends and i we were so excited to go and spend the, the whole of a how you look at my, why what joe? we are the weather system in duck. yeah. and the on the test and what is this is the standard that interests me. i say for the black show, you got the right, let's go with the shit. well, since you got the uh so if you do have uh you can add as much as t

in favor of the visas, that's why we have them.visas on my properties, i've been a believer, i've used it many times, it's a great program. charlie: this is, i think, as we talked about yesterday, such an important debate. it's happening entirely among republicans and within trump world. and, obviously, what he is talking about here is the fact that, you know, he's obviously defending the program. but what i also think is sort of interesting is that he put them into place in his first term, a lot of restrictions that protected the program, that reformed the program and, of course, one of the first things joe biden did including opening the border wide open to let lots andlots of unskilled labor into the country that we have no control over, also removed a lot of those reforms to the h-1b visa program so that it was open to widespread abuse. will: and, in fact, that's what stephen miller tweeted back in 2023 talking about the first trump term and his position. he said biden axes reforms which eliminatedded the use for cheap labor, r

in the 1990s, and overstayed his visa. in 2023, the biden administration homeland security department came up with reports saying there are three times more over stays of visas then there have been in the past. that is a problem, when it is black and brown at the border, that is the problem, but i'm going to welcome these visas coming from ukraine and all these other countries, for the people who look like him. there is the devil in the details, we are not talking about how this part is broken as well. >> i just want to underline what april just sad because often times when we are talking about immigration or any other issue, people say why do you have to bring race into it, race is always a part of the conversation, hello america, do we need to go back to the fundamentals of who built this country and what we were founded on? so, race is a part of this. and the demonization of people coming to the u.s.-mexico southern border, who are fleeing famine, terrible conditions in their home countries, just take a look at what is

on an h-1b visa. and it's his companies and those of other tech giants who've recently courted donald trump, which stand to benefit from more h-1b workers in the u.s., at least at this early stage. >> some of the tech leaders, including musk, who bet on a trump administration to deliver them policies that would be favorable to their industry and to their businesses, may be seeing some return from that. >> all right. well, my panel is back to discuss all this further. stephen, i want to start with you, because you had a big picture piece for cnn.com on this, where you write in the coming weeks, trump's ability to reconcile the differing interests among conservative budget hawks, hard line maga lawmakers and competitive moderates who may be vulnerable in the 2026 general election will dictate the fate of his aggressive legislative plans on immigration, budget trimming and tax cuts. so this is a test, right? >> i think this issue does show the fissures in the new trump coalition. it's very interesting th

, the individuals who overstays their visas.overstays. we have thousands of individuals who come here legally on a visa but then choose not to return back to their home country and overstay their visa. what we did in the trump administration. we increased the penalties for those. but the biden administration unfortunately reversed that really on day one. so, i think what this case really points, to brian, is the need for immigration enforcement, you need to go after those that overstay their visas, you need to go after those that come in the country illegally and i think we need to get serious, i know president trump and his team will, you get serious about actually enforcing emulation law and removing individuals that either overstay their visas or come into the country illegally. >> brian: look at the timeline in 2022 he went to small claims court because he failed to pay back a $10,000 loan. this year, february, he was caught speeding at 70 miles per hour. at which time they always say can i have your license and prejudice st

he said, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas.hat's why we have them. i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i have been i've been a believer in h-1b. i have used it many times. so just a couple things to note here. one, this is not true just in the sense of i've always liked the visas. i've always been in favor of the visas. is personal opinion. perhaps that is true. but if you look at what he did, his actual first term, they severely restricted these kind of visas. so clearly he has new voices in his ear. but the most important thing that this does is it goes to show you that there are going to be a lot of rifts in various policy proposals, particularly when it comes to something as difficult as immigration, something donald trump wants to handle on day one. and i would note that this is unlikely. the last we're going to hear about this, brianna, i think you are right. >> as usual, kristen holmes, thank you very much for the report. let's talk a little bit more now with democratic congressman gerry connolly of virginia. he's t

. >> the work visa debate out of silicon valley. why big names in tech and politics are now clashing on the issue. plus officer expansion in the east bay. the major change governor newsom is pushing for when it comes to police pursuits. and days after the partial collapse of the santa cruz wharf, leaders are now saying it might not be rebuilt. good morning everybody. it's saturday, december 28th, and we certainly use my windshield wipers this morning. >> yes. every time we're together here on the weekend, it seems like it's raining and we're starting out with some light rain across the bay area level one system. and as we head to live doppler seven, you'll notice most of the activity in extreme northern california. but throughout the morning hours and let's just call it the day, we'll see a level one system. but the morning activity here from the east bay, from oakland to san leandro, pushing out of san francisco and some wet roadways with mist and drizzle and light rain from lagunitas, mill valley and novato. so this level one syst

you had a previous discussion about the h1 b visa.here, contributed so much to our economy, they had kids here, they build families, they built tech companies here, they build businesses here and now they are converting so much and somebody says they are going to come in and reverse their citizenship, it's madness. >> talk to me about what a legal challenge looks like, because i guess we don't know what thing donald trump will do on his first day. i assume it's some kind of executive order if he does it. what does it look like and what does the response look like or is it too early to know that? >> it's not quite clear how they are going to try to pull this off and how they are going to hit us except to say that wong kim ark and the 14th amendment is so absolutely clear and the attack on people in connecticut, not just me but people that work, for example, at sikorsky, electric boat, which were found by immigrant entrepreneurs, people that come into connecticut and work, and contribute in so many different sectors in our economy, not

we're going to discuss it right now, which is on the h1 1b visa.lon musk and vivek ramaswamy say they believe this is the way to make america competitive in the tech world but a lot of other people saying wait a minute, the visa program has been abused. a lot of americans would like these entry level coding jobs that are going to a lot of people that are coming from other countries with the incentive that they eventually will get a green card and be able to bring family members over. people say these people are qualified, sure, but we have people here in america. donald trump weighed in on this which left a lot of people confused. he seemed to have been against some of the abuses of this program earlier in 2016 he weighed in ob on it. here he is saying to the new york post, i've always liked the visa, that's why we have them. i have the visas in my properties. i am a believer in h1b, i used it many times. it's a great program. what do you make of this? >> as you pointed out earlier, the idea of having a program that allows an elon musk to come into

he said, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas.hat's why we have them. i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i'm a i've been a believer in h-1b now. elon musk is also a believer in h-1b visas. these are these visas for high tech, educated, skilled workers that much of silicon valley relies on. a lot of the people around elon musk david sacks, for example, another person who donald trump is close to, they are all in support of this. but donald trump's hard liners on immigration, like steve bannon, they are not. so it was interesting to see how this plays out, but i would pretty much put money on the fact that i don't think this is the last time we're going to hear about this, wolf. >> i suspect you're actually right. kristen holmes, thank you very, very much. i want to turn now to cnn senior political commentator scott jennings for his analysis. here's republican congressman tim burchett, who is undecided on the speaker vote earlier today on fox. listen to this. >> i'll make up my mind friday or so. when we do the votes. i'll pra

matt, what do we know about the discussions going on when it comes to these visas?heryl, there's a lot of sensitive meetings going on right now here in west palm beach. president-elect trump essentially trying to get everyone on the same page but there was a bit of discourse and a flare-up inside the trump world regarding h1b visas. elon musk leading the charge saying he'll go to war defending them if people l like nikki haly and vivek ramaswamy are weighing in while president-elect trump settled the matter, telling the new york post he's in favor of the h1b visas. he says he's going to continue supporting them. the visas historically have allowed highly skilled foreign workers access into the u.s., an estimated 85,000 to 200,000 plus per year. some republicans and democrats are telling fox news that the h1b program is broken, its should only be used to attract brilliant foreign workers, should not give away everyday jobs that americans can fill. immigration is all around a major topic heading into the first 100 days. a judge ordered the biden administration to stop

we stopped thousands of people from getting a visa. the country, united states, like the terrorist of 911, did so vet them now and we went through the process. you don't a visa. we find derogatory information in your background. but what cares today is going to put himself in a position to ask for visa or ask for an airline ticket when he would simply go to mexico and be part of that to me and got away. i don't know how many terrorist crosses border in a joe biden. someday we're going to find out. there's going to be a bad day for america when that happens, we're going to have one bad -- president in the white house that john donald trump was going to make sure. we respond appropriately. people always me why i take this so seriously and people say, tom, i was a racist. tom, home is national. say whatever you want. i don't give a --. why do i care? i care because i sit in the back row tractor trailer in 1980 aliens that suffolk hate and big to death, including a five year old little boy that died in his father's arms, threw out my caree

under his previous administration he tightened up the criteria on the h—1b visas. to immigration, he just wants less of it, across the board, so this does not really appear = this does not like that might look like an argument that vivek ramaswamy and elon musk are going to win. they�*re part of that government department of government efficiency, not an official department, but they do and have the ear of the next president. it is interesting to see there is really also this argument playing out about more fundamental issues when it comes to american life. we heard from mr ramaswamy talking about what he called mediocrity, saying our american culture has venerated mediocrity over excellency. what is that argument all about? you know, it�*s very curious. in the post that kicked all this off, he talked about american culture and went on to mention prom queens and jocks and said americans lift those people up and instead they should celebrate maths champions, academic stars. 0bviously americans take great pride in education but i think a lot of them also take great p

the h-1b visa issue has been one for a long time.rst trump administration and these debates were alive and well then, as well. there are people who believe that it is important to put tech, business and entrepreneurship to ensure we're getting the best and brightest, but there are others who have pointed out that there are real abuses of the system. so this is just one area where we're seeing clashes over the specifics of immigration policy and we'll see that more when it comes to border policy and asylum policy when you get into the nitty-gritty of trump's issue, it can get complicated. >> maya, on christmas day trump made a series of posts suggesting it should take control of greenland, canada and the panama can ale. what is the strategy here, a loud bark, but don't bite? >> i mean, i was talking to some republicans about this and the main takeaway is that donald trump is back and so is his foreign policy style. we saw in the first time he can be confusing, free wheeling, you know, a bit unpredictable, and he will announce things a