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1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

To be fair, they are pretty bad, unless you do like America and only allow people with certain skills and intelligence. Allowing immigrants from war torn countries is very nice, but ultimately brings that war to the country itself.

Source: Sweden.

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vzq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Bro skilled people wanting to become US residents or citizens have to wait an absurd amount of time to even have a chance

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- 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
  
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  - TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    No, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
    
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    1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Ah ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.
    
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