Its amazing they didn't swoop in and arrest them at they were trying to board the plane.
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Per the article, he's been taking classes remotely since the fall? Was trying to figure out if he'd arrived safely, but I'm not clear if he's giving up on being able to return safely, or stay here safely.
Probably for the best, unfortunately...
Man we are breaking bad so hard it’s giving me whiplash
Honestly, that's the smart thing to do. Staying risks being sent to the El Salvador megaprison.
Which, it should be noted, incidentally is exactly why they're sending random people to said prison without due process in the first place.
UK here. Proud of our UK, Gambian citizen that he understands what's at stake for him personally. There's no point in being abducted and disappeared without trace, get the hell out of there if you're at risk as many of the persecuted did when Hitler was doing the same in Germany.
I'll be out in a month, I'm both excited but beyond stressed
I'm jealous, but best of luck! If you don't mind sharing, where are you headed? We daydream of moving to a Nordic country, but pretty much anywhere would do.
I bet. I truly hope you make it out. And I know it might be painful, but plz don't exercise any rights formally enjoyed by US citizens and legal residents beforeyou leave. ICE is the most reprehensible group of losers this country has ever put together. Each member is too stupid to be a real cop, and we all know how stupid US cops are, so that's saying something. I'd also bet that they tried to be prison guards (because of endless victims), but they were too incompetent for that. So we're left with a group of deplorables where the more racist, misogynistic, and bigoted you are, the better!
I've been going out on Saturdays to protest Tesla and will be joining other groups soon. Plz let me and othwrs like me represent you in the huge "fuck you US" that I know you want to personally deliver.
All the best to you and yours.
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The brain drain’s already begun. The “soul drain” is probably (and should be) next. Staying is investing in the country. You will pay with your taxes and more and more freedoms in exchange for the chance to die working.
You still pay some tax to the US when you work abroad
Only if you plan on ever coming back
It's not easy for just anyone to emigrate. I would have left the US years ago if it was.
Yeah, immigration laws in other countries are very difficult. The US's immigration policies are vastly easier, even with the politics and bureaucratic hurdles, quotas and lotteries, because there are at least legal pathways for people without tens of millions of dollars. If I wanted to become a citizen in any other first world country it basically can't be done. I could get a permanent visa in some of those countries because of my education and profession - but never citizenship.
Now some of those countries may be opening up their citizenship process to take advantage of the brain drain. The US is going to lose so much more than just money. It's truly heart breaking.
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