U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to defend the H-1B visa programme, saying America has to bring in talent from around the world as it does not have “certain talents” in the country.

“I agree but you also do have to bring in talent,” Mr. Trump said, responding to a question in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News on whether the H-1B visa issue will not be a big priority for his administration and if one wants to raise wages for American workers, the country cannot be flooded with hundreds of thousands of foreign workers.

When Ms. Ingraham noted that "we have plenty of talent”, Mr. Trump said, “No, you don’t, no you don’t. You don’t have certain talents. And people have to learn.”

“You can't take people off an unemployment line, and say, ‘I'm going to put you into a factory,

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