> You're ignoring the fact the US already produces a surplus of skilled and qualified STEM professionals. STEM is a broad category. Saying there's a surplus of

> You're ignoring the fact the US already produces a surplus of skilled and qualified STEM professionals. STEM is a broad category. Saying there's a surplus of STEM graduates is a useless metric. Most of these graduates aren't interchangeable, let alone willing to work as cheap IT workers. The H-1/L-1 visas are abused to screw American IT workers, I get that. Do you know how most developed countries prevent that despite lenient immigration requirements (compared to the US)? Better labor laws, unions, collective bargaining, ...