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Pretty safe to say America is officially, explicitly, pro-fascism, then? Does this qualify us for any refugee status or something?
I think there’s ground for it honestly.
Even before, but now it can be argued even more easily.
Were I American, I’d definitely leave before it gets uglier (it will). I wish all my fellow « antifa » Americans strength in the times to come. You guys are gonna need it 😞
Leaving is, unfortunately, a lot easier said than done. The easiest method is probably getting a foreign employer to sponsor a work visa, and that’s not an easy pathway. Other ways are harder.
Don’t get me wrong, I have an escape plan in mind if push comes to shove and Canada starts accepting asylum claims from trans and nonbinary people, but uprooting everything to change countries is prohibitively expensive for almost everyone.
I guess it is. I’m really sorry to read that. Good luck to you all!
Most of our countries will soon fall for the fascist agenda pushed by the billionaires anyway, so I’m not even sure if there’ll really be a place to run to….
Thank you, I appreciate it! We’re going to need all the luck we can get…
I hope that other countries can look at what’s happening here now and learn what not to do, rather than follow in our footsteps
Yeah, there's already a rise of Americans from persecuted groups seeking asylum in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere.
With the rise of fascism, the US has increasingly become unsafe for marginalized people to the point that many are legitimately qualified for asylum in safer countries and it's going to get much worse before it (hopefully, but not very likely soon) gets any better.
This would be time for Canada to rip up the safe third country agreement and start letting Americans claim political refugee status
Edit: for those who don’t know, the STCA means Canada only accepts refugees if we are the first “safe country” they enter. Since Canada still considers the US a safe democracy, American citizens / people entering from the US cannot claim refugee status
Ugh, I remember when our government would have acted like adults and just said "no comment" when Newsweek reached out to them.
These people are insolent fucking children