Sunday, September 24, 2017

Myth - All People From Developing Countries Want to Immigrate to the USA


Immigration has become a popular topic now especially since the recent poor handling of DACA by the Trump administration. The migration rate of so many from developing countries to the United States gives an impression to Americans that the main desire of all natives from developing countries is to migrate to the United States. That thinking may be for those who were born and educated in any developing country where their economic and/or political experiences and higher education aspirations are difficult. Even so, many of these people who grew up in another country never generally adapt entirely to living in the United States and maintain a deep yearning to return to their countries even if it is to visit for a short period of time. Of course, there are those who cannot return because of their illegal status, and this is heart breaking especially when there is a death of a close loved one back home. On the other hand, there are so many from developing countries with U.S. resident or even citizenship status who would not consider the thought of permanently residing in the United States. They believe that they would rather put up with the dysfunctions in their own country than immigrate to the U.S. where they will be regarded as minorities since they are from countries where all are considered first class citizens. They would rather maintain their professional careers in their developing countries than come to the United States where their educational achievements and professional experiences are not acknowledged thereby forcing them to take jobs far below their qualifications. They would rather live in a country where the majority of the population look like them and speak the same language so there is no chance to experience racial discrimination. There are many reasons why these people from developing countries who could easily migrate to live in the United States would never choose  to do so. Visiting is just fine with them!!

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