ICE raids, immigration, leaving America
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Emigration or immigration? Depends on your tax bracket.

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One of the underappreciated ironies of the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies is that the people being deported went to extreme lengths to enter the country and would do almost anything to stay. Meanwhile, many native-born Americans, particularly those who are well-off, are applying for citizenship and residency permits in other countries because they do not want to live under Trump’s leadership.

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  • Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His most recent book is "The Stringer," a graphic novel in which journalism meets "Breaking Bad."

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