Some Californians are preparing to move abroad because of concerns about the 2024 election, according to a new report.
The election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly caused so much anxiety among some Americans that they want to move abroad.
“They want the option of running away.”
of Los Angeles Times interviewed several global immigration experts who said Californians are planning to flee the United States because of political “internal divisions.”
Mikel Dikas of California said before the election that he wanted to move abroad if Trump won.
“It would be very scary if a MAGA-like government wins this election,” the 54-year-old said. “I feel it's time to enjoy a life free of American worries.”
Dicas visited Spain in September and said he is currently trying to obtain a special Spanish visa for remote workers. Dikas said he hopes to obtain a digital nomad visa and move to Spain within the next three years.
Henry & Partners — self-introduction “The world leader in citizenship by residence and investment'' – said the number of people wanting to move abroad has already exceeded last year.
The consultancy revealed that about 80% of its American clients want to leave the country because of political issues.
“They want the option of fleeing,” said Basil Mohr Elzeki, head of North American operations at Henley & Partners. “There is,” he says.
Elzeki noted that most of his business comes from California residents.
He noted that popular countries for Americans to flee include Antigua and Barbuda, Portugal, Malta, Greece and Spain.
Jen Barnett is the founder of Expatsi, a company that helps Americans find new homes abroad. Barnett told the Los Angeles Times that traffic on his website spiked 900% after the first presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.
After Trump was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 election, Jen and her husband Brett Barnett began looking for a new home overseas, eventually moving to Mexico earlier this year.
“The fact that he was nominated by me means that something has been irreparably broken, and there's no getting it back,” Jen told the Los Angeles Times. .
According to the newspaper, liberals are not the only ones considering leaving the country because of political conflicts.
“As a side note, I've heard more and more people talking about the divisions within the country, and not just about the Trump administration,” said Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, an immigration scholar at the University of Kent in Brussels. spoke.
Marco Permunian, founder of Italian Citizenship Assistance, said 2016 saw a surge in Americans looking for homes abroad, and that surge continued to grow during Biden's first term.
“We came to the conclusion that there is a general sense of fear and that it is affecting people on both sides of the political spectrum,” Permunian said.
“I think it's a good bet that the partisan resentment of the past few years is playing a significant role in the rise in immigration aspirations,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Public Opinion Research Institute. .
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