[Grimblewald]

even before this, no one in my research group and from what I can tell broader related departments has any wish to go to the USA. We're all looking for alternatives. This includes a broad range of people from statistics/ML, to chemistry, to computer science folks.

[kccqzy]

Yeah I even see a lot of people within the U.S. refusing to travel to red states like Texas due to transgender rights or other non-progressive state laws.

[Grimblewald]

Can't say I blame them, it is a matter of self preservation for them.