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Have you considered emigrating from the US? If so, where to?
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Either in regards to the current political situation, or for other reasons. What drew you to the idea of living in another country? Do you think whatever benefits it offers are really worth it, or is the grass just greener on the other side of the fence?
I don’t wish to but I’ve thought about it, mainly as an emergency exit in case I get targeted by state violence. But barring that I don’t plan to leave.
Unfortunately, I’m as home grown as they come so I don’t have any other citizenship I would qualify for. And with the level of anti-immigrant sentiment happening in most of the world right now, nowhere seems like a great option. But I’ll do what I have to do if the time comes.
For now, I’d rather keep resisting tyranny here though.
I personally like the culture of my community and am very happy here. If only the thugs would leave us alone things would be great. So having to learn another culture and possibly language to assimilate into doesn’t sound very appealing. I have lived abroad before and it’s harder than I thought it would be.
I may already be too late, depending on how much time it actually takes to secure an opportunity for immigration. e.g. do you even have a passport? Do you belong to one of the groups the government might start targeting? In my mind, it's clear the trump regime is going to start locking its people in, it's really common for dictatorships.
As a former undocumented immigrant, you too are thinking inside the box, when the time comes, legally immigrating is the least of your concerns.
Immigration destination countries will generally close their borders long before they'll start kicking their legal immigrants out en masse.
But what I was actually getting at was that at some point, the USA will probably start making it really difficult to physically leave the country. It's the difference between going somewhere with some amount of wealth by plane or car and trying to flee on foot over a green border while being hunted by the border police.