Comment by int_19h
5 months ago
Speaking as an immigrant: yes, absolutely! Legal immigrants generally have to be quite privileged in their place of origin to have the education level necessary to clear the bar in most places to be considered for any kind of visa that allows permanent residency, and to be financially well off enough to afford both the paperwork and the move itself.
You added the qualifier “legal”.
What about illegal?
I added the qualifier "legal" because that's the one I can speak of from experience.
For illegal immigrants, I would say that if successful in crossing the border, they are in a more privileged position compared to their compatriots who did not. Not more privileged than citizens or legal immigrants here, though, that's for sure.
In the US? They're currently treated like animals.
I reassert: voting with your feet is a privilege.