Nuri Katz has heard it all before: whether it’s a pessimistic attitude toward the direction of the country, hoping to gain a new perspective of the world or avoiding tax hikes, thousands seek aid from the international citizenship expert on how to move out of the country in the wake of every national election.
With six passports himself, Katz knows just how unrealistic it is for everyday Americans to pick up and leave every time someone they don’t like is elected into the White House. Google saw an unprecedented surge in searches for moving out of the country after George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection victory – and again each time President Barack Obama was elected after. Most recently, Canada’s immigration website crashed the same night Donald Trump was announced the official president-elect. Despite the public’s dire interest in escaping each White House administration, however, the immigration practitioner says “citizenship hopping” is a freedom exclusively held by the mega-rich.
“Unless you’re someone extremely wealthy, or you somehow have the ability to sell your house, your car and move to Canada, the idea of leaving the country after an election isn’t exactly realistic,” Katz, […]
As with George W, leaving because of Trump is an act of cowardice. I was very active in pushing back against Bush and it was scary to do that because they were doing a lot of nasty things, Dan Rather being an example.
I know some people who left during the Bush years and I lost all respect for them.
If people don’t like this situation they need to gird their loins and stand and fight.
Upper income people who leave because of possible tax increases are parasites who won’t be missed.
If people don’t like where the country is going and won’t try to do anything about it they are also parasites.