President-elect Donald Trump is setting a course to keep the H-1B visa program honest and "stop the grift" in the program, political analyst Dick Morris told Newsmax Saturday.
Morris further said on Newsmax's "The Count" that he does not think there is a divide among conservatives concerning the program, which allows companies to hire foreign workers for employment in specialty occupations.
"I think Trump is just enforcing his will," Morris said. "That program has been rife with corruption ever since it started under the Clinton administration. [Alejandro] Mayorkas, the head of the immigration service, was literally working with Hillary's brother to get H-1B visas issued for a Chinese company that was producing weapons of mass destruction."
Trump said Saturday he supports keeping the program and appeared to agree with Elon Musk in the growing debate among conservatives on the issue.
"I've always liked the visas. I have always been in favor of the visas," Trump said about the program. "I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I've been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It's a great program."
Morris told Newsmax that the "program has not been honest from the beginning, and there is a strong vested interest in it."
He added that Trump is "cracking down" to make sure the program stays honest.
"We do need the program, because there are many people who we need in our business world who have this expertise and we don't have enough Americans to fill that," he said. "I think Trump is setting a course here to keep it honest and stop the grift, but at the same time, to increase the availability of these skilled workers in the U.S."
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