A few years ago a similar move was making rounds in the US to promote increasing of the visa quotas or reforming the system due to the “shortage” Edit: 2013 h

A few years ago a similar move was making rounds in the US to promote increasing of the visa quotas or reforming the system due to the “shortage” Edit: 2013 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/h-1b-visas-and-the-stem-shortage/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/h-1b-visas-and-the-stem-s... 2021 https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/h-1b-visa-reform-is-critical-to-addressing-us-talent-shortage-analysis-finds/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/h-1b-visa-reform-is-... First you plant studies in the news, then you can quote those studies when lobbying lawmakers Edit2: The issue dates back to 1959. There’s always been a “shortage” Kenneth Arrow: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1883726 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1883726