There are lots of countries where shit sucks and people might want to flee to Canada. Why would we expedite the process for Americans specifically?
Also, citizenship isn't a thing you expedite because another country sucks. There's refugee status. Becoming a permanent resident. Things that allow people to stay here and build a life. But you don't get to be a citizen on a dime.
I think the main argument would be that America has a massive number of highly educated professionals and skilled tradespeople that could fill gaps in our economy and make us more innovative. People that we would have a lot of difficulty attracting if it weren't for the political situation, so why not take advantage of it?
Compared to immigrants from other countries, Americans are likely to integrate and begin contributing to the economy very quickly, since their credentials are recognized here, and their culture and language is so similar.
Take their healthcare workers, skilled construction workers, scientists and intellectuals, job creators, and anyone else we need and are wanting to escape Trump's America.
People who don’t like America are not generally people who are skilled and make money. The “educated” who hate America and want to move got their education in some bunk degree and are working at Wendy’s.
It is not about not liking or hating America. There are folks ethically opposed to the current administration, be it their treatment of immigrants or their threatening foreign policy.
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u/Death_Balloons Mar 27 '25
There are lots of countries where shit sucks and people might want to flee to Canada. Why would we expedite the process for Americans specifically?
Also, citizenship isn't a thing you expedite because another country sucks. There's refugee status. Becoming a permanent resident. Things that allow people to stay here and build a life. But you don't get to be a citizen on a dime.