While it's simplicity thinking to hire a New Yorker as if the same as a Waianae galoot, that's not near realistic.  Why not favor our locals?  We may not be the world's best or the nation's very brightest.  But, we locals are more than adequate for any of our local jobs.  Why not have the "wanna-move-to-work-in-Hawaii" stand in line behind local families and our migrant in-laws?  Why not absolutely favor our venerable local families first?  The USA is huge.  Get 48 contiguous states for those other 49 states to go work and live in.  I'd bet that Alaska would tell Hawaii the same thing.