Its VERY achievable. I've gone through it personally and it sucks just as much as legally immigrating to ANY other country on Earth.

I've legally gone through this process in at least 5 countries and the US was the most expensive, but far from the worst.

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thayne 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> the US was the most expensive

In other words, completely inaccessible to many people who would like a better life and are willing to work but lack opportunities in their native country.

Just because it was achievable for you doesn't mean it is achievable for everyone.

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account42 5 hours ago | parent [-]

So? No one is entitled to immigrate to the US. It is very much supposed to not be achievable for literally everyone but only for those where it will be a net positive for the country.

And it's perfectly normal that the country where the most people want to immigrate to will also have higher barriers.

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MrVandemar 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> And it's perfectly normal that the country where the most people want to immigrate to will also have higher barriers.

In my country, I've not heard a lot of people expressing the wish to visit, let alone immigrate to the US for quite some time now.

And as a reminder of what country we're all talking about here, that'd be the one with the highest number of school shootings in the world, and the least political action and drive to do anything material about it, because, you know, emotional neanderthals gotta have their guns.

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account42 5 hours ago | parent [-]

What sheltered well off ideologues say in their bubbles is irrelevant when it comes to determining what country people from around the world want to immigrate to. Historically, the US has been THE country where people want to be and I have yet to see any evidence that that has changed. If people would no longer want to come to the US then these changes to the immigration policies would also not affect anyone.

	▲	MrVandemar 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, "historically". Hasn't been like that for a while now.