Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-square1984linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoYeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoNo, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
minus-square1984linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoAh ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.
Yeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.
No, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.
Ah ok. Yeah I guess they don’t make it a priority for some reason.