Two things can be true:

I'm glad to see this infighting because now both can start to be addressed.

I think it's nuts to kick productive people out of a country.

Yes, the job market is tough coming straight out of college, but it's not easier for foreigners. Generally, they have more trouble because of concerns about actual English fluency and potential hurdles over their legal status.

The answer, as with almost everything, is to unshackle our industries from the endless government red tape. Then, they'd be hiring up everyone who's even remotely qualified.

We should incentivize and develop our own workforce

First fix the DEI problem (and I mean make it illegal as fuck,) then we can talk about letting in more people that are smarter than us

Hmm, if only there was some decentralised mechanism by which supply and demand could be balanced 🤔

I do think there are some narrow fields (rocket science being one) where attracting the absolute best in the world is optimal but there are other instances where educating and reskilling American workers makes more sense.

What do you think?

So within the CHIPS & Science Act there was a lot of building out our workforce addressed. The issue is that it isn't a quick fix and it takes a long time to build up the workforce size we need. It is why some of the companies building these manufacturing hubs have had to fly in workers from Taiwan to fill in the gaps.

Also, you have to factor in the cultural issues that TSMC in particular has highlighted to the government that no one factored in. How workers work in Taiwan is dramatically different than the US with the US workers being thought of as soft and weak because of all the demands they put on companies they work for. Bringing in workers on H1 visas for better or worse alleviates most if not all of these issues esp since we do not have the proper pipeline for these workers in place right now.

Suggestions for election slogans: We hate immigrants—just the stupid ones. Or, or let’s keep the borders tight but the talent pipeline wide.

The reason why:

It's why Chuck Schumer has made statements such as this:

every person who knows a trade or skill has the ability to generate income and work for any system, to remove them for the mere fact of differences of any kind becomes a productive problem for that country, there are great minds behind computers around the world waiting for opportunities, as well as there are entrepreneurs who migrate looking to improve their economic situation with great technical capabilities. i believe that they should give an opportunity to these people and doing that they provide both parts, the system continues to develop and thousands of families are supported economically.