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There is also an education gap. For whatever reason, this type of work is considered extremely niche in North America and even if 100% of local ECE graduates were hired there would still be both a labour and skill shortage.
Also the majority of the people in the local education programs I've seen are also studying from abroad, so they need a visa once they graduate to actually do the work.
Its odd, since it is such a strategic industry, that there is not a more clear strategy here beyond just hiring abroad to fill the massive gaps.
In some ways these companies benefit from the extra power they have over their workers when they depend on employment for their right to stay in the country, but eventually the companies just end up looking like a less promising risk to take versus just going to work in other countries.
Yet, most of the people crying about "foreigners coming in to steal American jobs" through H1B and other types of visas are often not intelligent enough or educated enough to take these jobs and are unwilling to change the education system to provide financial aid for the education of people who do have the brains to take these jobs.