More media pushing the “Americans move abroad” meme, post election.
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Media: Travel stories packaged as romance novels
The endless romance novel travel stories of mostly young women who move abroad, fall in love and live happily ever after are escapaism – and often as fake as the “cottage core” esthetic stories on social medial. These stories warp our world view to believe things that are not true. Most people can not just pack up and move abroad; these stories leave out enough details as to be fake news or disinformation.
Continue readingDifficulty understanding someone with a strong accent is a form of racial discrimination, says judge
This seems troubling: Telling someone with a foreign accent you can’t understand them could be racial discrimination Perhaps this legal ruling is related to a specific workplace situation – but…
Continue readingInternational, Education: Univ of MA Amherst suggests Trump will enact travel bans on first day in office
In January 2017, Trump enacted travel bans on persons traveling from 7 countries (later revised to 6). Courts subsequently struck the bans down. Univ of MA is telling ALL innternational students to return to campus before Jan 20, 2025.
Continue readingGreater than half of Harris voters want to move
As discussed frequently on this blog, close to zero will move internationally as few will qualify for residency visa (except for those having immigration privileges).
Continue readingThe importance of international experience in business
Grok estimates up to 30% of executives have international experience, and “40% of the 500 largest U.S. companies were founded by immigrants or their children”.
Continue readingCelebrities who said they would leave the country after the election
This is from 2016 – none of them left permanently – some had prior dual residencies (immigration privileges) and already split their time between the U.S. and other countries, because…
Continue readingCanada to restrict immigration for the next two years
Canada will reduce immigration for next 2 years says Justin Trudeau.
Continue readingIf their candidate does not win, they will leave the U.S.
As the election nears, the media runs more stories about how everyone will move abroad depending on the outcome. Pro tip: Real estate will apparently become really cheap in 2025!
Continue readingImmigration: Interesting data on immigration and border crossings into the U.S.
See “The New Effects of Immigration.”
Worth taking a look, especially at the charts.
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