As soon as I’m eligible—about a year after I’m done with grad school—I apply for a green card so I can stay more permanently without the hassle of visas, maybe one day get citizenship, vote, join political parties, participate in protests without being terrified about getting arrested—all things that Americans get to do without worrying about being deported. I know what my staying entails: becoming a part of the settler colonialist project that is this country, contributing toward imperialist wars with my taxes, becoming complicit in the government-backed abuse of other marginalized people.
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