Less than a month before Donald Trump returns to office, two of his most ardent allies have plunged into a fierce online debate over immigration, specifically the government’s visa program that allows American companies to hire so-called “highly skilled” foreign workers.

The Tesla billionaire, chosen by Donald Trump to be co-head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has infuriated anti-immigration elements of the Republican Party by defending the H-1B visa, which permits highly educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.

I’m going to warn you ahead of time: you might find yourself torn over where your allegiances lie in this brewing MAGA civil war—a showdown between the classists (Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy) and the racists (Laura Loomer,