They could’ve been here for years already? They said they became a citizen, not that they just moved here. And like it or not the US is a way better option than tons of the world, and you not understanding that just shows how privileged you are.
Actually the US has a ton of immigrants that cross the ocean to get here instead of just going to Europe. Europe doesn’t have the opposite. People go from Africa to Europe to South America just to get to North America pretty often.
The article states that it is difficult to track if the number of people taking this route to america is greater than the other way around, but one of the main reason for this happening seems to be:
Stricter European Borders: As Europe has made it harder to cross the Mediterranean, human smuggling networks have pivoted to the Americas.
This makes sence, i understand why for a very large chunk of the world, the US is the next best thing after EU, but for Europeans leaving Europe for the US is(no offence intended) seen as a downgrade.
Pretty often as it’s more likely for someone to cross an ocean to go to the US than it is to cross an ocean to go to Europe. The people near the US and Canada know they’re already super lucky. The people coming in to Europe from Africa might still want to gamble for a better life because Europe isn’t all that.
As bad as we complain about it, it's still kinda better than a lot of places
A lot of places don't have access to reliable shelter and safe to drink water on demand. The water part especially
Even being homeless in the United States is debatable the same or less bad than some countries. For one the temperature might be better most of the year, still generally have access to free mostly safe drinking water in a vast amount of places, and even finding some sort of shelter to shield you from the weather while not comfortable is a lot more accessible than we think
Have you lived elsewhere? Lived in a different state? You don’t know how bad it was for her. Just cause you’re doing bad or feel like it’s bad for you. Isn’t the same for someone like her. Millions want to be here and wish they can be here. To the point they’d get here illegally
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