Notices by José Albornoz (eljojo@ruby.social)

@skinnylatte the key to my perspective is that by going to less popular places, you can often find easier immigration paths while obtaining equivalently good quality of life. kind of like a secret beach. for example, I see Canada as one of those places. I think of Chile as such too, it’s just less known yet.

@skinnylatte have you even been there? the amount of recent immigration from asia has been interesting to see, but maybe not from middle class people. Honestly a lot of people have made good business there, it’s full of chinese investment. — I see where you’re coming from, I’m not trying to say you made the wrong decision.

just earlier in the thread you were mentioning how the US process is particularly hard to people from India and China.

@skinnylatte I’m really glad that your situation worked out well and I have no doubt this was the best path to you.

I still want to stress the idea of “universal best place to immigrate to”, you can’t really just look at the US and Europe to have perspective. The real gems are in latin america, Canada, and the rest of the world outside of europe. A lot of countries need people and are more welcoming! at the legislative level as well as services offered to immigrants

I think my point really is that the US is not the universally best possible option. I’m really glad it worked for you! but it’s disingenuous to call it as “the best possible country to immigrate to”. For most, it’s hardly an option.

@skinnylatte What you say is true, Australia is not welcoming to immigrants. My point is, many people move into other countries that ARE welcoming to immigrants and end up with similar positive life situations, while going thru more welcoming processes. For example, many have moved into Chile. Choosing the US seems like choosing the hard path, and I don’t see why.

I’m really happy you found a place you can call home.

@skinnylatte how many jobs do you need? — I’m pretty sure other countries are more welcoming to immigrants than the US is, all the threads you’ve shared about the hoops and loops people have to jump to get in paint a very clear picture: the country doesn’t want you there. Sure, maybe the california diaspora bubble does, but the country doesn’t.

All I’m saying is that I legitimately struggle to see why people would choose to go over that process vs the one from other countries.

@skinnylatte as an immigrant, i don’t understand why someone would chose the US over anywhere else in the world. the thread you linked outlines many of the reasons why it doesn’t make sense to me.

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@cwebber definitely their loss, didn’t even know who they were talking to!

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