They do not want immigrants, they have problems enough with the ones they got recently

Google "Dutch American Friendship Treaty" If Netherlands interests you.

My bet is they'll take educated American immigrants happily.

Then you don't know the Swiss.

True, I was mostly guessing. I am surprised to hear this.

That's not the case in my experience. Anecdotal, but I worked at a company where the brunt of the downturn layoffs fell disproportionately on people who needed work Visas, which have become much more difficult to justify in the current climate. AFAIK nothing's changed in that respect.