You need to start looking into the skillset necessary to get US pay without needing to be in the US - it's not an infinitely big market but it is there for the taking.
This is an extensive topic I cover for the LatAm community in a podcast - Tecnologia informal.
This is one of the best sci-fi movies of all time - it really captures one essence of being a human being, that motivation and drive vastly outcompete better opportunity.
"You know, my son was never what they promised me he would be" gets me to tears every time.