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I invest a lot of energy trying to recruit postdocs to my lab. I haven& #39;t received a SINGLE non-immigrant postdoc application in the past five years
I& #39;m a proud immigrant to the US. I came here on a J1 almost 9 years ago, moved to an H1B, then became a permanent resident 2 years ago
I& #39;ve experienced the anxiety of visa renewals first-hand and it& #39;s gut-wrenching to think how this is making my lab members on visas feel
I& #39;m seeing a lot of mildly-gloating Tweets saying, "hey come to country X, it& #39;s great over here" - this minimizes the upheaval that people go through and the anxiety they feel right now...
... and NEWSFLASH... the US isn& #39;t the only country that& #39;s shutting down like this. Think Brexit, and I& #39;m sure there are other examples
Finally. I still believe that the US is a wonderful place to innovate and I hope we can overcome this. THIS IMMIGRANT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
