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A brain drain is coming for America — and it’s going to be catastrophic
From social media to immigration offices, a new phrase is becoming more and more popular: ‘The new American Dream is leaving America.’ Holly Baxter reports on parents, students, professors, and retirees, all of whom are planning to say goodbye to US in the near future

(Independent UK) Online, Alyssa Bolaños is a magnet for outrage.

“Will be hilarious when you move back,” someone commented on the video she posted a month after arriving in Uruguay with her husband and two kids. “No way I’d raise my kids under that,” another replied to a video she posted of shopping malls in the South American country.

Bolaños didn’t mince her words in response: “Too bad for your kids. Have fun with them getting shot at school in the U.S.”

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Bolaños was comfortable in her immigration job for years. She felt that she was mainly helping out families who were trying to improve their lives and navigate a difficult system. But then, during the first Trump administration, things started to change.

“I left the field because of the policies he was putting in place,” she says. How she saw those policies playing out on the ground began to affect both her mental and physical health. “My whole family’s immigrants,” she adds. “So I really went into it wanting to help people like our family.” In the end, she walked away feeling “defeated and just broken down.” She still offers her services freelance to families who need it, but she knew by the end of the first four years of Trump that she never wanted to work in an official capacity for the United States again.

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Bolaños gets a lot of criticism online, as well as a lot of support. She often gets angry DM’s from Americans who want to either let her know that she’ll come crawling back eventually or that they’re glad liberals like her are leaving. But just as often, she hears from people who are also planning to move their families out of the United States. “We’re out as of Jan 2nd and cannot wait to exit this hellscape,” wrote one commenter when Bolaños announced their plans at the beginning of the year. ................(more)

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/america-brain-drain-trump-us-immigration-b2851223.html