In his In Depth story “Florida law blocks hiring of Chinese students” (15 December 2023, p. 1220), J. Mervis describes Florida’s SB 846 (1), which hinders and potentially prohibits hiring applicants from China or six other “countries of concern” unless the university obtains a waiver from the state (2). Any state’s decision to shut out international scholars will push talented individuals elsewhere, cause delays in existing research efforts, threaten local job growth potential, and endanger US global leadership in research and development.
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