Anecdotally our US office which used to be a hub for talent is now a feeder to other locations around the world with most applications seeking opportunity outside the US, from inside the US. I've been doing this for two decades and it's never happened before at this scale. Engineering consulting.

you must not have a lot of immigrants in your circle if you have any doubt of this being true

https://www.aip.org/statistics/more-us-trained-physics-phds-...

Does this AIP report on physics PhDs count as data?

Or statnews? https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/trump-immigration-policy...

Or, for the other side, Europe reporting a 46% increase; 169 vs 116 us based researchers applied for ERC grants. https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2026-starting-gra...