Trump Says US Must Allow Skilled Foreigners Despite MAGA Uproar
An employee works on the production floor at a precision optics manufacturing facility in Ontario, New York.
Photographer: Lauren Petracca/BloombergPresident Donald Trump stood by his stance that immigrants with high-tech skills should be allowed into the US to support the expansion of advanced domestic manufacturing, despite mounting backlash from his conservative base.
In remarks in Washington on Wednesday, Trump singled out the workforce needs of new factories, including one being developed in Arizona by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a key partner in production of AI chips designed by Nvidia Corp.