Ultra far-right Republican James Fishback has publicly challenged the Trump administration over its pace in dismantling the H-1B visa program, asking in a post on X, “What are you waiting for?”

Fishback, a former investor, first gained national attention during his 2026 bid for the Republican nomination in Florida’s gubernatorial race, which he ultimately lost to Byron Donalds. A hardline far-right conservative, he drew notice during the campaign for nativist and anti-immigrant positions and for expressing support for various unfounded white nationalist conspiracy theories.

Although his political aspirations fizzled, Fishback has remained vocal on immigration. He recently used his official X account to needle the administration for failing to move quickly or decisively enough against H-1B visas, which grant work permits to foreign professionals in specialized fields and are highly favored by American technology companies. The program is administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and is subject to an annual cap set by Congress.

Fishback was responding to a report that Vice President JD Vance had spoken out against the visas, calling the system “completely broken,” backing a $100,000 fee on the visas, and suggesting that it be done away with entirely.

“If you’re going to bring in an accountant making $45,000 a year to replace an accountant who is an American making $60,000 a year, that’s not you using the programme to bring in a genius,” Vance said in a video shared to. “That’s you destroying American jobs and defrauding the American people.”

Fishback took a jab at the administration over the pace of action. “Lol ok. Then do it,” he posted. “What are you waiting for?” The taunt underscores that, among Republicans here, the disagreement is not over whether the H-1B program is flawed but over how quickly it should be dismantled — a question with direct consequences for a visa category the technology industry heavily favors.

H-1B visas were among the immigration systems Fishback targeted during his ill-fated gubernatorial campaign. In one post on X, he warned companies in Florida that employ H-1B foreign workers that, should he be elected, they would have to dismiss those employees or face the state’s wrath.

“To the 1,900 employers in Florida right now who are using H-1B foreign labor, I am warning you once and for all, fire your foreign workers, hire back qualified Floridians, or you will face the ultimate wrath of the state of Florida,” he wrote at the time. “We must put our workers front of the line.”

“Fishback has repeatedly called for dismantling the H-1B program in Florida,” the Hindustan Times reported. “In earlier campaign statements, he pledged to remove H-1B visa holders employed by state agencies, cancel state contracts awarded to companies that rely on H-1B workers instead of what he describes as ‘qualified Floridians,’ and impose steep financial penalties on businesses hiring foreign professionals.” With the vice president calling the program “completely broken” and Fishback publicly demanding faster action, any move against a visa category capped by Congress will be closely watched by the technology companies that rely on it and the foreign professionals who hold it.