A Boring Dystopia

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[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Immigration is never easy... Right? I'd like to hear more stories from those who ensured the process.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

My wife's story isn't too exciting. Her tio and tia were able to get visas in the early 80s and were both Doctors. After they received citizenship and established themselves in the United States, they started helping the rest of the family come over. My wife's immediate family applied for visas in 95 and was approved in 99. They had a big support system of family already here and gained citizenship a few years later. Her story is one of the better/easier ones and she is very aware of that.

Without getting into too much personal stuff, she has heard multiple stories of one or two children (as young as 7) getting separated from the rest of their family for a month/months at detention centers. Some of them deal with the trauma better than others . It seems like the younger kids normalized it in their head, but it's always weird for her when they ask about her immigration story, and how much easier it was for her.