The shortest path would be my maternal grandmother, who came to the United States from Australia after WWII. The longest path (on my maternal grandfather's side) goes back to before the Revolution.
same w/ me
Poll: How many generations removed from immigration are you?
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#52Came to US when I was 12 from Ukraine, came to Ukraine when I was 1 or so from Russia.
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#54I ticked 0 because I'm a Swede living in the US, but that's not entirely accurate because I'm just a nonresident at this point, not an immigrant (at least in the eyes of the state).
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#55I'm an immigrant myself, and the 3 generations before me have all emigrated from a different country before having kids. I guess I have the immigration gene.
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#56I'm not in the USA - does that mean you don't care? My family is still entirely in my country of origin, and they are at least four generations there. I am the first in my family to move to another country, hence I am an immigrant. I run two companies, employ 25 people, and don't have a visa. To avoid spoiling your USA-centric poll I haven't ticked an option.
I don't think this has to be USA-centric. Immigrating is not a small decision, or an easy one! It would be interesting to know if there is a correlation between the willingness to do this and general creativity/ambition. I guess the flip-side would be to ask the question: Do people that stay in one place tend to become less creative or ambitious?
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My parents were "boat people" from Vietnam and settled here in Canada.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
My point is that to me, and perhaps to many who don't live in the USA, the entire question feels USA-centric. There's a significant difference between being a first generation Bulgaria->Sweden immigrant and being a first generation Germany->Netherlands immigrant. It's just fundamentally different, and I think a poll like this demonstrates a non-understanding of that. The thinking in the USA seems to be that either yo…
There are a number of countries besides the US that self-identify as "built by immigrants". Canada, Israel, and Australia come to mind. And in the United States too, there is a world of difference between being a Mexican, Dutch or Canadian immigrant. Like many big life changes, immigration is lived differently by everyone, but everyone will tend to look at the broad phenomenon through the lens of their own experience…
From what my wife tells me, you should add Turkey to that list too.
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#59I ticked 0 because I'm a Swede living in the US, but that's not entirely accurate because I'm just a nonresident at this point, not an immigrant (at least in the eyes of the state).
I think immigration is more about what you do (or are willing to do), and less about legal status.
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#60If I didn't have to wade through the immigration process over here, I would have started my own company many years back. My story is not unique.
The story goes that things that do not kill you make you stronger. So one might theorize that this is one more obstacle that will separate the men from the boys. It is just a test of your relentless resourcefulness. But its only a theory. I feel that immigration rules in the US are one of those things that kill the boys and leave behind dead men.
Agreed, I set sail on a boat, a flying one, on a calculation that I have better chances over here than where I started from. So I stand and fight for a 5% chance over a 2% one. But its a depressing fight. So if you are listening to this and in one of the other countries that wants your own silicon valley this is the silver bullet. Make immigration laws strictly adhere to common sense without exception.
In the meantime let me go back and drive the American Innovation and be pissed on by politicians trying to get some votes.