The message has been loud and clear: do not emigrate to the US because no career advancement is worth constant uncertainty about your possibility to build a lif

The message has been loud and clear: do not emigrate to the US because no career advancement is worth constant uncertainty about your possibility to build a life. Middle income emigrants nowadays have a choice of multiple countries with a high standard of living and job opportunities, in addition to the many new opportunities that have been created by offshoring and satellite offices. In the past 4 years I have seen all my software engineer and PhD friends choosing Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Denmark to emigrate. I have discarded the US for potential MBA studies since then too. Desperate poor refugees will just take whatever country takes them as anything is better than war or genocide, so ironically this does very little to dissuade the most desperate, which I would assume would be one of the primary targets of these xenophobic policies.