Comment on Is there any point for current US-based "skilled immigrants" to stay in the US?

TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t go that far. Might as well say anyone outside of Africa is an immigrant.

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    • Acernum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Go back even further, we’re all immigrants from the ocean

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We migrated from the stars.

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Letme@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Natives are pre-colonization, by definition

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• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I agree. Trump talks a lot, but the final result is usually unpredictable. If you are here legally and you have a desire, I would wait and see what happens, while also setting aside some savings in case you need to move.

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Absolutely. I’m with you 100%
    Just don’t go crazy worrying about it 24/7

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