Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers (www.wsj.com)

submitted 2 months ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A recent bill in Canada restored Canadian citizenship to thousands of people living abroad. I'm helping my friend move to Canada and giving her a place to live after she claims her citizenship. After she stays here three years, all her children get the same opportunity to claim citizenship. Am I operating an Underground Railroad?!

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I feel people tend to forget that Canada almost voted in a Trump clone.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh, we've commonly elected people just as evil as Trump. So have the Americans. Just not as stupid. Meanwhile, we threw away our pretense of "rule of law" at the Toronto G20 in 2010 just so Harper could impress China, and no following government ever did a damn thing about it.

But if you're talking about the last election, it was not even close, there was no "almost" about it.

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[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If I could realistically leave, I would. I suspect this is true or lotssss of people here who can't just pick up and go

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

I'm about 2 lifetimes worth of labor short of having the money to leave.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I personally know two people that have left so I’m not surprised.

[-] Casterial@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I think my plan B if I get laid off is to cash out everything and flee. Not too sure where, but I don't have a lot of hope with the current administration or job market.

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, yeah?

[-] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 months ago

Americans are immigrating to other countries, they just like to call themselves X-Pats® because they think immigrant is a dirty word

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[-] commanderschlepper@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ive lived in this country for my entire life (33 now) but I'm considering it as well. I'm a black American so it's not like I'm exactly welcomed in most places but I have to try at this point...

[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If things don't improve, I don't see any other option. I don't think a lot of Americans realize just how bad things are likely to get if there isn't a pretty big change, very soon.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

And much of it is from university and stem. Whats funny is he is louding less border crossings but less border crossings is another indicator of a bad us economy.

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