▲ 183 ▼ Ex-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property by Trump’s DOJ (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/politics@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) The alternative is death or incarceration. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] minnow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago And when the critical factor for being able to choose immigration over death/incarceration is money... Well, a lot of us simply don't get a choice. My engineer friend is halfway through the immigration process. Me? I have a solid 9 to 5 that I bust my ass at every day but I don't have enough money for gas to get to the border, much less to immigrate. I'll never be an immigrant, and not by choice. When the time comes, if I'm very VERY lucky, I might live long enough to become a refugee. That's my only alternative to your alternative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minnow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago And when the critical factor for being able to choose immigration over death/incarceration is money... Well, a lot of us simply don't get a choice. My engineer friend is halfway through the immigration process. Me? I have a solid 9 to 5 that I bust my ass at every day but I don't have enough money for gas to get to the border, much less to immigrate. I'll never be an immigrant, and not by choice. When the time comes, if I'm very VERY lucky, I might live long enough to become a refugee. That's my only alternative to your alternative. permalink fedilink source parent