Immigrants often have families in their new country. You can't think about those people as individuals because they would likely stay for their family, which would be hard to move.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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Your third point is quite a leap.
Don't give up before he starts. Pre-submitting will lose it all.
Do get light and transfer cash out.
NPR was literally talking about this earlier in the morning, specifically within academia. I forget the speaker, but they cited that after Brexit, neighboring countries saw a rise in quality researchers who opted not to stay or study in the UK.
Honestly, even 2016 gives us some insight though and if I recall correctly, it never really caused significant brain drain. A little hard to measure people who never were here to begin with, but even my wife mentioned her reason for staying after the election and it's because there's still money to be made here.
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I don't expect anything catastrophic to happen so suddenly that I won't have time to flee.
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Everyone I know is here, including people who depend on me.
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I don't want to learn another language.
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I feel a lot less connected to the USA than I did before, but I don't feel more connected to any other country than I do to the USA. The one my family and I came from is a huge mess and I certainly don't want to return to it.
I'm taking the idea of leaving the country much more seriously than I had before, but it still seems unlikely.
I don’t expect anything catastrophic to happen so suddenly that I won’t have time to flee.
Trump said he's going to use the military to round up immigrants on day one of his office. Better make sure you carry your papers on you so you don't accidentally get swept up.
As far as I'm aware, Trump plans to remove all immigrants, whether documented or not, and even green card holders. I don't think he will have much luck with it, but maybe I'm wrong.
Start applying for jobs outside the US. Finding a job is usually the longest part of moving.
You may want to try applying for citizenship at the same time, assuming you even want to stay for 2025-2028.
I'm speaking as a US citizen whose life would be improved by your presence in the US.
There is very little point for ANYONE to stay if they don't have to (unless they want to fight for freedom like our ancestors had to). If you have a way of escaping, definitely take it.
Oh I have a way of escaping alright. As a poor disabled LGBTQIA+ person I have exactly one way of escaping, and I plan to take it.
Don't do that. If you are at the end, then fight smart.
America is built from immigrants. Everyones family except native Americans are immigrants. Skilled professionals will always be wanted in their area of expertise.
Pay attention and be aware of any upcoming changes, but don't work yourself up over Trump. It's natural to be worried.
Hell, the native Americans are immigrants too, they're just the descendants of the first ones to get here.
I'm not saying this to detract from the point of the land being stolen by invaders from Europe, I'm saying it to point out that every nation in North, South, and Central America was populated by groups moving here looking for a good place to live. It's the single most fundamental fact of the continents that we are all, all linked by something; we're all one big, extended family.
I wouldn't go that far. Might as well say anyone outside of Africa is an immigrant at that point.
Well, yeah, that's the point. I didn't bring Europe and Asia into it since the original thing was about the U.S., but it applies there too. It applies everywhere.
We aren't some magically unique group because of where we live. There's no inherent barrier between people just because someone got somewhere first.
I'm not saying that there's no point in borders, or that nations don't/can't have rules about such things.
I'm just saying that when it comes to the U.S. and the rhetoric around immigration and immigrants, there's a lot less differences between everyone over on these continents than differences.
Go back even further, we're all immigrants from the ocean
We all migrated from the stars.
I agree. Trump talks a lot, but the final result is usually unpredictable. If you are here legally and you have a desire to stay, I would wait and see what happens, while also setting aside some savings in case you need to move.
Absolutely. I'm with you 100%
Just don't go crazy worrying about it 24/7
The sad part is that the brunt of this will likely be borne by nationals from countries that the US President has officially deemed "shithole countries". Or, in other words, not white. You only have to look at his "Muslim ban" from last time, and know that he will expand it, to see how bad things are gonna get.
You may think you have some protection if you are a permanent resident. And you may have some protection if you are in a state that will not assist the Federal government in rounding people up. But you will continue to deal with the hassle every time you enter or leave the country. Which state you live in doesn't matter at the border (and the airports are technically borders).
In my uninformed opinion, if you decide to stay, you shouldn't make any plans to leave the country, because you will never really know if your authorization to stay in the country will be arbitrarily denied while you are away. It is probably better to just plan that the next time you leave the country, it will be for the foreseeable future. We will, unfortunately, not be very hospitable to you for the next 4 years (and maybe longer). Unless you are white. Which is all sorts of wrong. But the way it is these days.
This is the most important bit: If you weren’t born in the US and aren’t white skinned, avoid any border crossings from 2025-2028 if you expect to get back in.
So it might be worth planning a location outside the US where you can meet up with those you care about if things DO go sideways.
As a skilled migrant that emigrated out of the US, no. There are plenty of companies in the EU that would love your talent and are more than willing give you better job protection and higher quality of life.
Friends and family. They might even like their local community. Tons of reasons.