Yes, I work in IT since getting out of the Navy in 1982. The absolute worst thing to occur to IT and to America is H1B and L1 visas, the importing of cheap foreign labor to replace Americans. There has NEVER been a shortage of Americans to fill or train to fill these jobs. Okay, a bit of a challenge since our schools recruit foreign students instead of people here in our communities. But end of day H1B and L1 visa holders undermine American workers, drive wages down. End both now! Or, make companies pay 100% tax surcharge for each foreign worker and use that to train Americans. Else make them hire an American to shadow the foreign worker to learn their job and take it over within a year. Lots of possible schools to invest in American workers. H1B, though, no!
Agreed, there should be much stronger focus on training Americans in these fields. The problem starts at the lowest levels of education and the dumbing down of the education system in this country. Reduced emphasis on maths and sciences to start with. At the higher levels, colleges give preference to foreign students (who pay much higher tuition - boosting the college’s bottom line), who are almost always focused on the maths/sciences fields.