US would lose a strategic bridgehead, so it’s not going to ever happen.

Consider it from Taiwan's point of view. Through hard work and a bit of luck they created a world-class golden goose industry that literally outcompetes everyone else. And then their biggest ally (or the country they thought were their biggest ally) decides to hire the talents away and gut their industry, because it's "too important to be in Taiwan."

Just do it based on merit. Doing it based on country makes no sense.

Where in the US, outside of less than a handful of large urban centers, is overpopulated?

It's not a very densely populated country, with density of 33.6/km².

Compare that to Taiwan at 650/km².

New York City is 778.2/km².

Lol. They are not plants or animals that need a particular habitat...

It was forgotten by media, because said media eventually got back in sync with reality. Which by is to say, personally I’d trust citizens more than western narratives about them.