Well, whenever someone complains that there's not enough supply of something, what that usually actually means is that there's not enough supply for the price t

Well, whenever someone complains that there's not enough supply of something, what that usually actually means is that there's not enough supply for the price they're willing to pay. (Unless the elasticity of supply has hit some real limits.) News reporters seem not to be very good about following up on that detail, and the person will usually not volunteer or wish to draw attention to the $ they want to pay. Because they want cheap labor. Now, the price at which you believe the market should be allowed to settle at before resorting to foreign talent/immigration is for companies to weigh in on, and Congress / policy makers to decide. But maybe that process is broken at the moment, so we resort to simplistic 1 line summaries to get what party <x> wants. And aside from any of that, educating more people in what we want supply of is a good choice, any time.