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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by spappletrap on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:33PM (#22258136)
>they're members of their foreign racial/national group with the ambitions/motivations to leave.

And resources and community connections... even if they come here with little or no money, they had to have something to leave. It's expensive as hell to move to a new city without a job lined up, let alone a new country.

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by maerF0x0 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:30PM (#22258737)
> without a job lined up

in many immigrants case they only can come w/ a job lined up (ie, they get a visa via a job)

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