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Trump called this visa ‘very bad’ for Americans. Truth Social applied for one WPXI [Video]

MIAMI — (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application in June 2022 for an H-1B visa for a worker at a $65,000 annual salary, the lowest wage category allowed under the program. Federal immigration data shows the company was approved for a visa a few months later. The company says it did not hire the worker.

Filing for the visa sets the image of Trump the candidate, who has proposed a protectionist agendafor companies to “hire American,” in conflict with Trump the businessman, who has said his companies will use every tool at their disposal. Records show the investment firm started by Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser, Jared Kushner, also filed an application and was …

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Donald Trump claims immigration has left Sadiq Khan's London 'unrecognisable' after Europe 'opened its doors to jihad' and vows 'never to let that happen' in the US in his latest swipe at capital [Video]

'We've seen what happened when Europe opened its doors to jihad. Look at Paris, look at London, they're no longer recognisable,' Trump told supporters in a May Day rally in Wisconsin.