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President Trump is facing a fresh round of criticism from the conservative MAGA wing of the Republican Party, this time over his defense of bringing in to the U.S. foreign workers on visas

In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Trump argued that the U.S. needs H-1B visas because the country is in need of people with “certain” talents to carry out particular jobs.

The comments quickly led to a meltdown among some of the president’s staunchest supporters, who were already voicing their discontent with the president for defending his call for 600,000 Chinese students to attend higher education institutions in the US.

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