Okay. So where did you get your “On the other hand, there is a critical shortage of highly educated scientists and engineers with advanced degrees in United States. Those are the type of people we need, not computer programmers.”
Regardless, those are the types of people Cruz (and Trump) are targeting with the expanded H1B Visas.
I get that from first hand experience. I spent a lifetime in American Corporations, working on advanced technical projects in engineering.