In recent decades, regardless of their affinity and talent, everybody and their dog "learned to code" to access safe jobs and good salaries.
By now US devs are competing with the entire world for their jobs. And not just actual devs from the entire world, but everybody who's willing and able to lie that they're devs.
Then on top of this AI increased the productivity of devs.
Only completely nuking any and all visa programs would _maybe_ stabilize the field.
Here is an academic advisor from X: