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    5 months ago

    Trump has been pushing for more foreign student green cards since before 2016. He said numerous times that he wanted to raise the number of H1b visas.

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      5 months ago

      During his 2016 campaign, he claimed at different points that he opposed and supports H1-Bs.

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        5 months ago

        OK, I just didn’t hear the times he said he opposed them. I do remember him saying we should increase them, since at the time I thought that was a good idea (not sure anymore, since they can so easily be used to just bring in lower paid people instead of how they are intended).