In December 2024 Musk publicly backed expanding the H-1B skilled-worker visa program, setting off a fierce fight — not mainly with the left, but with parts of the MAGA base (Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer) and, from the other direction, Bernie Sanders. The "cheap labor undercutting Americans" charge points at a real, contested policy debate: critics argue the H-1B system is gamed by outsourcing firms to suppress wages, which is a legitimate critique of how the program is administered. Where the "hypocrite" framing misfires is on Musk's actual position. He argues — as a former visa-holder himself — that the US must import top specialised engineering talent to stay globally competitive, and even said he'd "go to war" over the program; that is a pro-high-skill-immigration stance, not a plan for cheap labor. H-1B also carries statutory wage floors. So the honest verdict is mixed: the wage-suppression concern about the H-1B system in general is real and worth debating, but "Musk wants cheap labor to undercut Americans" misreads a position that is explicitly about recruiting the highest-skilled workers.