By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-11-01 06:36:00
Jensen Huang wants America to continue attracting global talent. The Nvidia CEO said the country’s ability to draw researchers, entrepreneurs and builders from around the world is one of its main strengths, helping it create new companies and technologies. Huang discussed immigration on the BG2 podcast, where host Brad Gerstner noted that five of the six people who recently appeared onstage at the White House for the National Medal of Science were born outside the US. Huang was among them and had attended the ceremony with his parents.“We want all of the world’s great minds to come here, bring their great ideas, you know, make them realize them here,” Huang said during an appearance on the BG2 podcast. However, he acknowledged that immigration requires rules and a balance between different concerns. “And so we have to do it lawfully; you have to do it rightfully,” he added. Huang said America’s ability to attract researchers, entrepreneurs and builders from other countries remains one of its main strengths, helping it create new businesses, inventions and technologies.The Nvidia CEO’s comments come after the Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six other technology companies from the Permanent Labor Certification programme, known as PERM. The programme allows employers to sponsor skilled international workers for permanent US residency. Vice President JD Vance accused the companies of misusing the immigration system and replacing American…
