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My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by anyfactor »

amscanne wrote: post #317
geodel wrote: post #201

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I don't know if you care to be consistent: > Great government and social benefits > - TAXES! TAXES! TAXES! are one and same thing. Unless you think benefits can just appear out of thin air. Or just that others must pay for all good stuff that you looking to get.

Without higher taxes, you generally won't get good social services.. but just because taxes are high does not imply that government benefits are good. There's a large range of effectiveness at using tax dollars to actually provide value to citizens (and while I wouldn't put Canada at the top, I think it's well above high tax states like California).

I prefer the whole middle region of America as truly the best part of America. Weather can be an issue in WY, SD, ND but overall the region is fantastic from what I have heard.

I have been thinking about the idea of social benefits. For the middle class what is even good social benefit? Affordable housing, affordable medical, maybe some kind of financial support for the elders, good public education, enough social benefits which lowers crime rate. Like if that is the things that are essential, America is doing a fantastic job.

But over emphasising social benefits aspects at the cost of the middle class is a bad idea. Canadian middle class from what I heard is somewhere between too rich to not get access to subsidized housing and too poor to buy a 600k house.

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Post by PlanckMeasure80 »

throwaway48375 wrote: post #312
jltsiren wrote: post #300

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Authoritarian countries are often good at maintaining a friendly facade. They understand that the legitimacy of the regime depends on keeping the middle class happy, or at least under control. When they consider someone beneficial to the regime, they will try to treat them well. They are not cartoon villains that treat people badly just because they can. They usually need a reason for that. I've seen the same differe…

Maybe the US is just good at maintaining a facade that they aren't authoritarian. The US border agents are acting in an objectively authoritarian manner while the Chinese border agents are not and yet somehow you conclude that the Chinese are the real authoritarians. It seems like you are a victim of propaganda.

Ok

*deletes your comment, welds you into your home, and blocks searches for anything containing your username*

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Post by random314 »

twofornone wrote: post #275
random314 wrote: post #261

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Immigration is what is propping this country's economy up. It is a tremendous gift, not a punishment- unless you are alluding to some wierd racial monoculture thing. The idea is to not look at a gift horse in the mouth. And stop punishing the most productive people in your economy. You don't want brexit thinking if you want to have an economy.

>Immigration is what is propping this country's economy up. That's debatable. >It is a tremendous gift, not a punishment- unless you are alluding to some wierd racial monoculture thing. Immigration is not free. There are social costs which are being dismissed with shallow accusations of bigotry as an alternative to engagement (as you are implicitly doing with your monoculture reference). All peoples are entitled to p…

> That's debatable.

No, its not.

> votes influence the laws that natives are obligated to follow

Natives? You might want to think again before using that word. Trust me, none of the new immigrants have any violent intentions or intent to steal from earlier immigrants or native Americans.

> Not even getting to the statistically proven increase in sexual assaults that native women have to suffer on behalf of immigrants in certain European countries.

I thought we were discussing US immigration. Columbus was an accomplished rapist too. Or do rapes by white men not count?

> Case in point is the ubiquitous middle eastern treatment of women; how much influence do you want such beliefs to have over your laws and cultural norms?

The post is by an Indian Hindu. Keep in mind that not all brown people are the same. Especially considering the kind of racist violence some white men inflicted on the Jews in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Perhaps, it is unsafe to let white people dominate a culture. The risk of holocaust and genocide is ever present. It's great if some non white culture is introduced in the society to keep the keep the genocidal tendencies of "white" culture in check.

> shallow accusations of bigotry as an alternative to engagement

You can do your part by not making the bigotry so easy to spot. A highly productive brown immigrant describing his 2 decade long naturalization process really really ticked you off, innit?

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Post by spacexsucks »

29athrowaway wrote: post #335
valarauko wrote: post #272

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> So in the end the only difference is the inconvenience of the paperwork that you worked on very rarely. The rest of the time you were enjoying life in the US. I'd disagree with that assessment. The issue really isn't the amount or the effort of paperwork - for most people it's the uncertainty. There's the very real possibility that at the end of that very long process you do not get a green card. The making money h…

I was talking about to the reality in tech rather than academia. In tech, the reality is very different.

One excuse after another to beat a dead horse. Smh

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Post by random314 »

analyst74 wrote: post #330
Longlius wrote: post #171

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Not necessarily. My forebears came to this continent before there was a country, roughly 400 years ago.

And they massacred the people who lived here before them and started a new country. You must be proud.

You see, countries are formed by white people. What existed before can be safely ignored.

Really shocking how an immigrant describing his decades long naturalization process has triggered so many white men!

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Post by random314 »

BeetleB wrote: post #257
guyzero wrote: post #224

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the standard response here is to ask which native american tribe you're a member of.

The standard counter to that is "come and invade".

The immigrants are here in the millions already. Look around you - unless you are in some bumfuck county with no economy.

Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by Ar-Curunir »

burtness wrote: post #232
BeetleB wrote: post #184

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I don't mean to annoy you, but it sounds like it took you 6 years once you actually got a permanent job (although even 6 years is too much!). The years as a student don't really count.

This reifies the view of the system. Particularly the time spent as a PhD would be spent doing meaningful work contributing to the country. This is if we accept that the time spent as a student living in America making connections with people as your life develops as a young adult deserve to be waived away. Yes the system doesn't count them but we shouldn't count the cruelty of a system just on its own terms.

Indeed, PhD students (at least in the sciences) are funded primarily by US taxpayer money, so it’s only in the interest of US taxpayers to keep that educated talent around post-graduation, yet the law doesn’t necessarily work that way at all.

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Post by nikanj »

Izikiel43 wrote: post #290
nikanj wrote: post #46

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The real hack is getting a Canadian PR+citizenship (well under a decade), then entering the US as a TN2

I would say under 5 years. If you get a PR through express entry it should be 6 months, then 3 years living as a PR in Canada, then apply for citizenship, and a year later you are a citizen. And express entry is "simple" to apply, you fill boxes, get points, every month they publish the points threshold, if you are above it, you get a PR!

The processing time for a citizenship application is currently at 27 months. For economic immigration (=PR cards) it's 22 or 27 months, depending if you are a provincial nominee or skilled worker. Skilled trades is 41 months, the new startup-visa is 31 months.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se...

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Post by ddorian43 »

notch656a wrote: post #161
ddorian43 wrote: post #147

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Why did you deny an x-ray? I understand anal probing but don't understand x-ray?

"Why wouldn't you just consent to an intimate unwarranted and unjustified search of your body that is completely medically unnecessary, with the expectation that the hospital will probably send you the bill afterwards?" Every single 'search' along the way was used to fabricate evidence against me. Remember these people are professional psychopathic liers so every inch you give them, they just use it to justify someth…

I just thought it would maybe help you and not be a lot of medical problem. I wasn't saying that they were right, you just needed to get out of the situation.

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Post by twofornone »

random314 wrote: post #355
analyst74 wrote: post #330

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And they massacred the people who lived here before them and started a new country. You must be proud.

You see, countries are formed by white people. What existed before can be safely ignored. Really shocking how an immigrant describing his decades long naturalization process has triggered so many white men!

When did overt racism become socially acceptable?
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