While you’ve been enjoying your Christmas holiday, there’s been a civil war raging inside MAGA Land. It’s worth paying attention to because it has ramifications for the Trump administration—and the future of the country.
On one level the battle is about the role of immigration—legal and illegal. The focus has specifically been on a program that offers so-called H-1B visas, which proponents, including Elon Musk, insist are important for helping build the American economy, and detractors say take away jobs from U.S. citizens.
But the most high-stakes aspect of this fight doesn’t have to do with the minutiae of U.S. immigration policy, but instead involves national…