Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) claimed the U.S. attracts talent and should focus on attracting more top talent in reforming its work visa process.

After suspending the H-1B visas in 2020, President-elect Donald Trump has changed his opinion to now supporting them alongside Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Khanna appeared on Fox News Sunday to voice his support for the visa while also calling for reform.

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“One of the points I think Elon and others are making is, what makes America exceptional is that we are a magnet for the world’s talent. It’s great that Elon Musk comes here. It’s great that Jensen [Huang], who started Nvidia, is doing it here and and not Taiwan,” Khanna said. “We made a mistake when we lost Maurice Chang who was an immigrant here, educated at MIT. He leaves the United States, and guess what — starts Taiwan Semiconductors, and now we don’t have semiconductors in the United States.”

Khanna went on to call for reform via legislation he introduced with Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Lance Gooden (R-TX) “to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States, and for other purposes.” According to Khanna, the H–1B and L–1 Visa Reform Act would also prohibit corporations from purposefully underpaying visa recipients and, therefore, undercutting wages for all workers in similar positions.

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“[H-1B visas] shouldn’t be for accountants or entry-level IT jobs. It should really be for exceptional talent and we can have that balance,” Khanna said. “I hope President Trump looks at that bipartisan bill that would reform this.”

Trump’s attempt to suspend the visas was meant to end the practice of a lottery-based system and switch to one that is merit-based. Some of Trump’s advisers have joined in the debate online to suggest that the country-based caps be removed as there can be more merit-based visas allotted to more countries over others.