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Why the fook would you move to a third world shit hole country on purpose???
Seriously. Don't move to the US right now.
I recently knew two people who came to the US recently.
One was from India, and he came for the money. He has a low six figure job as a "product manager" and the CEO's toady. He's quite ignorant of US politics and history, so he's not really concerned.
The other came from canada, but also has EU residency (or citizenship? unclear). He said he makes more money here. He's making mid six figures as a software engineer at a startup, with poor work/life balance. He can always leave, since his parents own a house in germany.
Neither were coming here like an old timey tale of immigrants trying to find a better life.
You never heard the story of the salt of the earth computer programmer who came to Ellis Island with nothing but a github portfolio and a dream?