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Yes, the choice is to prioritise American software developers when a lot are out of work.

It seems eminently sensible to stop cheap labour from abroad in such a situation.

What is more likely? Strengthen local software building capabilities or do more offshoring?

If they could have offshored, they already would have.

Oh but they did and they do. There are absolutely massive offshore centers for Big Tech in India and also Eastern Europe. People from these places will then either stay in their countries or go non-US destination.

It's not a coincidence Microsoft is run by an Indian. More and more of the talent pool is coming from abroad. And particularly international companies care little where their work is done, as long as it improves the bottom line.

If this is true, when all this incredible talent is forced to stay in India their GDP should shoot up.

Don’t worry about India’s GDP: growth has averaged above 5% over the last 20 years.

The choice is also to deprive health shortage areas of doctors, and academic institutions of scholars, but keeping tech happy and screwing over health and research isn’t new either the administration.

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