The United States was not a possibility. MACUSA had made their stance against accepting any refugees from Great Britain's Civil War very plain. They were not welcome. Pompous arseholes, the lot of them. Too afraid of their own shadow and their tenuous grasp on their own society. How anyone ever believed that one set of Ilvermorny graduates tucked away in their small corner in New York City could effectively speak for the entire nation was beyond her and anyone else with half a brain. They were too diverse, too rich in cultures, too spread out to accept one set of leaders who didn't even represent them. No, the US had its own set of problems. Even if they would have allowed her sanctuary, Hermione didn't want to get pulled into any of the minor scuffles they were constantly having within their borders.