re: #259 Eclectic Cyborg

Thank you. The process of immigrating here was far more involved than I ever realized. I’ve spent over $10 000 all told, been through multiple interviews and biometric screens, I’ve had to fill out reams of forms and I get to do the latter two one MORE time before I can finally become a citizen.

And that’s for a white Canadian male who is NOT heavily scrutinized by the system.

I always think about the scene in Gangs of New York when Leo gets off the boat in New York. Men from Ireland walk up, sign a paper and get handed an Army uniform. Like, “congratulations, you’re an American, go fight for your country.”

Irish Immigrants recurited to the Union Army