#Immigration diversity

[usadvlottery]

Obtaining a USA Green Card without the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery involves alternative avenues for immigration. Non-DV pathways may include employment-based sponsorship, family reunification, refugee or asylum status, or specialized immigrant programs. These options offer individuals an opportunity to secure permanent residency in the United States based on specific eligibility criteria. By navigating these alternative routes, applicants can pursue their American dream through diverse immigration channels outside the traditional DV Lottery process. Each pathway has its own set of requirements and procedures, providing individuals with various routes to achieve permanent residency in the United States.

[bonebabbles]

RiverClan Refugees

Gorseclaw and Lizardtail want to join ThunderClan because they watched Harelight, their only other family, get publicly executed in front of them

They are trying their hardest to be useful and polite while being refugees in ThunderClan, and get mistreated for the effort-- having their food preferences mocked, getting told they're taking up space, hearing a steady stream of slurs, etc

After one more mass shaming session where Squirrelstar asserts they won't be accepting new cats, Sunbeam and Fernstripe join in on condescending them, and we get this;

"It would have felt bad turning them away, but if they chose to go home (AFTER BEING BULLIED FOR SEVERAL CHAPTERS) then there was no need to feel guilty"

This does not come across as these two earnestly missing home and choosing to go back; it comes across like they're accepting the fact that they are unwanted and getting out of dodge before it gets worse.

Honestly, I'm at the point where I can't call this a lack of self awareness. The difference between ThunderClan's treatment of Gorse and Lizard vs RiverClan's treatment of Wasp is obvious to me. The narrative is straightforwardly pro-xenophobic as long as it isn't overtly violent.

Social bigotry is fine. Good, even, to separate the "desirable" immigrants from the "undesirable" ones. What defines those categories? A good one will assimilate fully and leave their culture behind; a bad one only wants safety and a better life for their family.

Terrifying, imo, considering how the irl overton window has shifted on migration at the time of writing this in 2025. Does the spectre of the times loom over these words as I speak them? I hope not.

[sjw-irritant]

[thehighpriestexx420]

🚨IMPORTANT!🚨

Tired of people just posting about the rise of facism and not actually doing something? THAT INCLUDES YOU! Take ownership of your life and do what you can. If you don’t know what to do, fucking think about it and research. BEFORE the times comes when they FORCE you to make a decision. I have a feeling this strike will not be enough. But it’s a start & it’s easy. Keep your eyes open and start with building community. Yes, that means actually messaging people. Start with me.

“We’ve voted, we’ve protested, and this country still does not work on behalf of us working people. The General Strike is a network of regular people who know our greatest power is our labor and our right to refuse it. If we all strike together, we can make real change.

Our broad list of demands includes, but is not limited to: Climate action. Universal healthcare. Racial justice. Reproductive rights. LGBTQIA+ rights. Living wage / raise the minimum wage. Immigration reform. Education reform. Gun safety. Tax the rich. Affordable housing. Disability rights. Welfare and child support reform. Voters rights. Constitutional convention. Paid family and medical leave. Criminal justice system reform. Workers’ rights. Permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”

RSVP & sign the strike card in the link below so we know when we have enough people to strike👇

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[imawitchywitch]

We need to spam our representatives, local, state, and federal.

Get on your county and state’s websites and start calling and emailing. Even if it’s all red, some of these Republicans still have morals and boundaries. Spam them with your concerns about every single proposal and issue that has happened this week.

Make a list of who, what, and when you contacted them, and start today. They work for you.

[hersheysmcboom]

Cannon mcu: everyone must be white abled men, it’s the best thing for us

Our lives are our choices mcu rewrite: most of main characters and a few minor characters are Jewish, the main characters are immigrants, Natasha is biracial Russian Ukrainian, Natasha, melina and wanda, three of the female characters are victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse caused by a rich white guy , god I hope I’m explaining this right, one of the couples is a Russian autistic Jewish bisexual women married to a Hispanic Romani man with three adopted Vietnamese children who were orphaned by a military led massacre against their village, the president is a biracial black Dominican Indian Jewish women and her vice president is half naive American, half Mexican (that’s how you know it’s fake is that Americans would elect that person as president) the literal captain of America is a Irish bisexual immigrant with ptsd, his best friend bucky Barnes is a Romanian Jewish bisexual immigrant amputee with ptsd, natasha has a adopted autistic Palestinian daughter, (god i hope this is okay) the prequel focuses on a traumatized mixed Russian Hispanic Romani and Vietnamese immigrant family in the 90s running from their abusers and facing discrimination, Sam Wilson is a black disabled man with ptsd, Clint Barton, one of the main characters, was born with a disorder that gradually made him deaf, (his father also abused him because of this, so ableism)

[quixoticanarchy]

listening in to my roommate's law school zoom class and ppl are rly out there arguing that africa isn't prepared for western-style democratic governance bc it's not ethnically homogeneous enough 💀 future lawyers of america everyone! tempted to butt in and ask if they also think africa is a country

[98unknwn]

02.05.2025

Protesting at state capitol of California.

[deadlittledogs]

Le sigh. I want to move to Canada one day so bad. Even perhaps to just go live in the backwoods (though Vancouver is really amazing). I recently reconnected with my nice lesbian auntie and she said she would help me research ways I could potentially immigrate sooner than later (and she's very good at those sort of things)... waa... thank you, nice lesbian auntie. I'm counting on you.

I think my goal is to get up there in the next five to ten years •̀.̫•́✧ and my first step to accomplishing that is.... Moving to Washington! >:D

Please cheer me on or I'll send maggots to your brains! <3

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

writing new characters for supernatural but british and this story wants so bad to say something about the concept of migration and immigration and the consequences of leaving your home and building a new one. And I don't know what it wants to say about that or why

[justinspoliticalcorner]

David Badash at NCRM:

Walking out beneath a banner that read “Make America Safe Once Again,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued the GOP’s attacks on LGBTQ Americans into Tuesday night at day two of the Republican National Convention, despite the party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump, vow to unite the nation. Parading his far-right social agenda, DeSantis, who ended his 2024 presidential bid in January, angrily attacked President Joe Biden and American principles of equality. “Let’s be honest here. Biden is just a figurehead. He’s a tool for imposing a leftist agenda on the American people. They support open borders, allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and divert in our communities. But just don’t send any to Martha’s Vineyard then they get really upset,” the two-term Florida GOP governor mockingly declared, reminding Republicans that he spent state tax dollars to pick up 48 Venezuelan asylum seekers, including children, in Texas, and transport them to the tiny island town in Massachusetts, where they discovered, one said, they had been “tricked.” “They have unleashed progressive prosecutors across our nation who care more about coddling criminals than about protecting their own communities,” DeSantis continued at the convention where Donald Trump, a convicted felon, was officially chosen as the party’s presidential nominee just 24 hours earlier.

“They use the unelected bureaucracy to impose their will on us without our consent,” DeSantis added, although it was unclear if he was  referring to the nation’s justice system. “And they weaponize political power to target their political opponents like they’ve done to our own nominee.” “They want to ban gas automobiles, eliminate Second Amendment rights and impose gender ideology on everyone from our infantry men to kindergarteners. They stand for DEI, which really means ‘division, exclusion and indoctrination’ and it is wrong.” DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. “They mandated that you show proof of a COVID vaccine to go to a restaurant, but they oppose requiring proof of citizenship to cast the vote,” he claimed before adding, “They can’t even define what a woman is.”

At the RNC last night, 2024 GOP Presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) launched into an unhinged tirade of the greatest hits of right-wing lunacy, such as opposing COVID vaccine mandates, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry, defend Convicted Felon Donald Trump while simultaneously decrying the “politicization” of justice, and anti-Biden ad hominem attacks.

[alyfoxxxen]

Trump’s first wave of executive orders will target birthright citizenship, DEI and international trade - POLITICO

[autumngracy]

Literature recommendations for the coming days (Pt 15)

[gean-grey-blog]

I grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland. Always in the top ten for most prosperous counties in the entire United States, sometimes at the #1 spot.

Montgomery County is only 40% white. Montgomery County is 20% Hispanic. Montgomery County is the most religiously diverse county in the country. Gaithersburg, my hometown, is the most diverse US city by languages spoken, religious diversity, country of birth, and economic diversity.

Gaithersburg is a science city, entire sectors of the area devoted entirely to science and medicine. NIST, the US agency responsible for science and tech standards, is the center of the city. Novavax, the first people to make a traditional denatured virus vaccine for covid, is in Gaithersburg.

People come there from all over the world to learn and work.

If you want an American future of leading in tech, science, and medicine...

It's going to look like Gaithersburg

White supremacy is a poison against everything that is good

[theanarchistscookbook]