We need to look at what is keeping our local yokels from becoming IT experts well enough to not fade behind, or even not be able to leverage, H1B services.
A lot of the problem is something that STEM can’t address because it is a liberal arts kind of problem: general pessimism.
I work behind “enemy lines” (in scare quotes because H1B makes many things possible that wouldn’t be possible at all under current circumstances). I’m the cowboy in an office of thirty-odd Indians, so to speak, and we all get along fine. But their secret weapon is being open to optimism. I’ve been using that riff as a basis for sharing gospel with them, and they’ve been listening intently. There’s a point which pride can’t get you beyond, a point at which even karma fails to motivate. This is the point where grace begins to speak.
OK so why am I arming the enemy? Well actually no man should be our enemy. Our enemy is the demons of hell who hate everyone, no matter what color or creed.
Christians need to get serious about Christianity again. We can’t count on our Caesar to keep up that drumbeat at this point. We have to do it ourselves before the Lord in our churches and our personal interactions, or it just plain does not happen.
Stop supporting all the leeches and eventually there would be plenty of workers - but that takes time to train them to be useful and productive citizens (hunger and lack of amenities may be a bit of a help). That's a good part of why Trump mirrors Cruz and Rubio in this area that we all dislike.