Indian IT suffers another 'US visa blow'

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6.Slammed Facebook CEO for his demand to triple H-1B visas

Last year, Trump slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his demand to triple H-1B visas. "More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the programme's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80% for its bottom two," Trump's immigration policy paper said. "Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," the paper added. "This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favour of the H-1B programme. Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities," Trump's campaign paper further said.

7.I support people coming to America legally

Showing a flip-flop in his stance, Trump reportedly said in an exchange during the Republican debate on CNBC (October 28, 2015), “I’m in favour of people coming into this country legally. And you know what? They can have it any way you want. You can call it visas, you can call it work permits, you can call it anything you want. As far as the visas are concerned, if we need people, it’s fine. They have to come into this country legally. We have a country of borders. We have a country of laws. We have to obey the laws. It’s fine if they come in, but they have to come in legally.”

8.H-1B visas enable America to retain talent from overseas

According to a report in Wall Street Journal, in a debate hosted by Fox News in Detroit, Michigan in March this year, Trump said that the H-1B visas enable America to recruit and retain talent from overseas. “We need highly-skilled people in this country,” Trump said during the debate. "If we can’t do it, we will get them in," he added.

9.We need to keep brainpower in this country

During the Detroit debate, according to Fox News, Trump said "...he was now in favour of the H-1B visa programme - despite what his website still says." "One of the biggest problems we have is people go to the best colleges … as soon as they’re finished, they get shoved out. They want to stay in this country," Trump reportedly said at the debate. He further went on to add, as per the Fox News article, "They want to stay here desperately. They’re not able to stay here. For that purpose, we absolutely have to be able to keep the brainpower in this country." When asked about the stance given on his website, he reportedly said, "I'm changing it and I'm softening the position...."