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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

To be fair, other countries want US citizens even less than the US wants* immigrants.

Do people actually think that the US is alone in anti-immigration sentiment? Do they think it’s different because they’re American?

The US is the one with a giant monument to immigration, at whose feet is a plaque that reads:

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

And if they, of all people, are now against that, what makes Americans think anyone else will want them? It’s delusional.

Many countries shut down immigration to Americans in 2016, after the first round of trump’s policies, and they haven’t opened back up yet, partly because there was a solid chance of this happening again.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

???

It's easy as piss to emigrate from America as long as you:

Are white, middle class, not provably disabled, not gay, with no criminal history, with at least one million in assets, as long as you don't have a history of activism, already are hired by a local company, and have a STEM degree.

See?

Easy.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I checked out Canadian requirements. The first stage of screening asks your name, email and year of birth - which only goes back to 1970. So apparently I'm too old.

[–] Starbuncle@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

That number specifically indicates that they're probably using a positive integer amount of seconds since the epoch (jan 1st, 1970). Rookie mistake.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hey, that’s not entirely fair. Russia is more than happy to accept Americans, so long as they’re willing to be cannon fodder for a while. I’m pretty sure they’re not even putting an age limit on it. If you survive, you may even get a small flat afterwards. And if you don’t, they may give your parents money for a Lada (providing they were Russian citizens already).

e: link

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

IMO any American who wants to emigrate to Russia is welcome to become topsoil in Ukraine.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US wants immigrants, MAGA doesn't want immigrants. And I can fully understand anybody not wanting MAGAs. I wish they would evaporate off the face of the Earth.