The US's future president Donald Trump appears to have taken a stance on an issue concerning migrants that is dividing the Republicans. The bitter debate revolves around who should be allowed to obtain a visa to the US, where influential tech billionaires within the party, such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, advocate for educated workers to be granted permission to live and work in the US.
A significant portion of Trump's voters are in favor of a generally restrictive approach and want to reduce the number of legal migrants allowed to enter the US.
The dispute has come to focus on a visa form called H1-B, which provides an opportunity for sought-after workers to operate in the US.
I've always liked (H1-B) visas, I've always been in favor of them, that's why we have them, said Trump in an interview with the New York Post on Saturday.
Musk, who was born in South Africa but has become an American citizen, claims that the visa right is necessary "for the US to continue to win".
On the opposing side within the Republicans, where many have been part of Trump's support troops long before Musk's entry into the political arena, anger is growing.
"Looking forward to the inevitable divorce between President Trump and the big tech companies", writes Laura Loomer, who belongs to the far-right wing of Trump's movement Make America great again within the Republicans.
