International migration is one of the main issues in the world today. International migration has multiple manifestations and indicates desire for a better social life. Trump’s opposition to migration has been one of the pillars of his campaign’s narrative. What should we expect in Trump’s second term of US presidency? Using a comparative historical approach, this paper hypothesizes three aspects of Trump’s policy on immigration for his second term: (1) foreign labor force in the United States; (2) refugees and asylees, and (3) enforcement in the United States and Mexico.
Trump only wants educated middle to upper class white people that already speak English. Only problem is none of those people are dumb enough to leave their current countries for Shithole, USA. That is trumps immigration policy.
And the ones that are already here are going to start pouring out on droves.
If there were quick and easy pathways for that to happen, my family and I would be gone already. Unfortunately, for most places you’d want to move to, the options are pretty much:
- Go to college on a student visa (that window of opportunity closed for me about 15 years ago)
- Marry a foreign national (just have to break the bad news to my wife first…)
- Get posted abroad by your employer (about as likely as winning the lottery, even if you do work for a multinational firm)
- Already be a dual citizen by descent (my wife can get this for, uh… Israel and the Philippines, but neither are great choices right now if you’re trying to escape conservative authoritarians)
- Be fucking loaded already and buy a golden visa.
Past that, you can either take your chances overstaying a tourist visa or waiting for things to get bad enough to claim refugee status.
