#Immigrants

STOP MAKING FANTASY SETTINGS CONSISTING OF CLEARLY DEFINED BORDERS BETWEEN ETHNOSTATES. Even remotely accurately drawn and regulated borders are, like… something that didn't exist until the 18th fucking century at
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"Every immigrant comes to America w/one thing in common: courage. The courage it takes to sacrifice & make this journey—to a nation that is more than a place, but rather,
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Today's release describes the immigration of healthcare professionals to Calgary, the barriers they face, and how their experiences abroad may benefit the response to COVID-19. The following thread describes these
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My final take on Cherry... This is prompted by the fact that he has, predictably, become a martyred hero both in the American far-right and in Russia. A KHL club
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I overheard someone talking about the end of standardized testing in the UC system. She spoke about how hurtful and even traumatic it had been for her to be a
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What's been done to women over the last 50 years is nothing short of dystopic. Once wives and mothers, they've since been turned into slaves to neolib captial, sterilized by
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I'm a teacher who cries at graduation.Maybe it's the student who's the first in the family to graduate high school, & the cheers are deafening.Maybe it's the student whose graduation
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The mystery here is why Americans don't emigrate, almost ever. You meet few American emigrants (or 'expats' if they're white collar) abroad. It's like citizens of an immigrant country refuse
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In the summer of 1938, delegates from thirty-two countries met at the French resort of Evian. Roosevelt sent Myron C. Taylor, a businessman and close friend of Roosevelt's, to represent
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Folks applying for O1/greencard style visas, check your updated citations because the jumps are large (& no email notification)! Thanks again @annargrs+@earnmyturns: this also really helps intl immigrants because O1/GC
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WHAT'S HAPPENING FOLKS?After WWII, I often heard adults giving thanks the enemy did not enter our country -- to burn, pillage, murder......Yet, that is exactly what is going on in
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Idgaf about “proper” grammar lol my white ex used to correct me all the time and it’s like first of all, I got higher scores than other white kids in
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Why the lack of GOP outrage over COVID deaths?It's their worldview. They care about deaths when they can identify & blame a perpetrator, like immigrants, Muslims, Asians.But, when death is
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Spent the morning at the Holding Institute in Laredo where they are providing shelter to recently arrived immigrants, as well as Laredo residents experiencing homelessness. 40 people were dropped off
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The last week of covid-19 cases in Australia. 5 of 8 states and territories saw 0 new cases, in total. Source: https://www.covid19data.com.au/ The worst single day was 15 cases, in total.Australia's
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The Caribbean Immigrants who transformed Britain. .Invited here by the UK goverment to help rebuild the economy after WW2, the Windrush generation brought much more to the UK than just
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