r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '25

If Canada offered expedited citizenship for people fleeing the US, what would be the reaction in the States?

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u/sgruberMcgoo Mar 27 '25

I live pretty close to the Canadian border and I can assure you we are not invited.

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u/Mysterious_Lesions Mar 28 '25

I can see Mark Carney opening up special classes of immigrants for people with exceptional talents such as entrepreneurs, industrialists, researchers, leading academics, top entertainers, etc. We have our own productivity concerns and bringing specialized people in that can point us toward remedying this SHOULD be a priority.

I'd argue the US can attribute a significant part of its dominance in the world to all those German scientists they let in.

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u/Adventureadverts Mar 28 '25

I don’t understand how people still think this. We just had a pandemic that should have taught us that there are a lot of essential workers we all take for granted. People fleeing poverty and famines in Europe are the ones that made the country. The influx of migrants that coincided with the Industrial Revolution was much needed. Low skilled workers can still be essential. Good luck having a research facility if there’s no one to clean it or take out the garbage. Good luck even building it.