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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPretty soon people will be seeking asylum in Canada from the USA.
Horrifying.

gay texan
(2,971 posts)Im going to stay and fight
LS0999
(166 posts)I no longer want to hear about what is legal or not anymore when it comes to this secession issue when we have a felon tyrant and his regime doing whatever the hell they want to do. The social contract has been shredded by MAGA.
Fiendish Thingy
(19,209 posts)Its not going to happen, period.
LS0999
(166 posts)We supposed to just run away, sit back and become slaves or be slaughtered by Nazis?
Fiendish Thingy
(19,209 posts)An attempt to secede would be met with violence.
Dont buy into the myth that Trump is omnipotent, or that the states and the people are powerless. Secession is a simplistic, unrealistic, unworkable solution.
If EVERYTHING is on the table, why not a revolution to overthrow the government instead of secession? (Another bad idea, but just thought Id follow your logic)
If things continue to deteriorate, the suffering will become so widespread it will unite the red and blue states against the Trump administration.
MayReasonRule
(3,274 posts)We have extended relatives via my paternal side of the family that reside in Canada.
We're actively considering renewing those acquaintances.
Fiendish Thingy
(19,209 posts)If youre an American Doctor, nurse, professor, researcher, even a construction worker, the Canadian government may expedite your entry to Canada on a Permanent Resident visa.
Many have already taken advantage of this effort; Former Yale professor Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, recently relocated to Canada.
They should recruit filmmakers as well- Vancouver and Toronto both have well established film industries (thats where most Hallmark movies are made, but lots of others too).
applegrove
(125,857 posts)have called to find work at the University Health Network in Toronto (rated as one of the top 3 hospital networks in the world).
lame54
(37,893 posts)republianmushroom
(19,700 posts)newdeal2
(2,412 posts)It was meant as a compliment and joke, but kinda scary his mind went there.