Here’s something you don’t hear every day in the post 2024-election world: There’s good news about immigration! Well, not really. There’s horrible news about immigration. You should read the New York Times’ piece on mass deportations published today! I’m so glad the Times finally got around to looking into the costly and inhumane policies of candidate Donald Trump after he won the election. They didn’t want us to get any spoilers! :) But hey, this is what people want. Don’t believe me? Check out this YouGov, CBS Poll conducted last week.
This is one hell of a way to find out 57% of Americans want to pay $17 for a tomato.
But there are good news about one immigrant: me! As I said in the title, I wrote a book. It is a funny book about what people think is a deeply unfunny subject: immigration. That said, If you’re an immigrant, you know that immigration is deeply, deeply stressful, but also, sometimes really stupid and unintentionally funny. It’s an imperfect system that requires perfection from the people participating in it. As such, it’s full of contradictions and hypocrisies and so many fucking forms. For every form you have to fill there is a second one. It’s like the hydra but for asking you your social security number.
And I know what you’re thinking, aren’t there like a million kinds of ways to move to the U.S.? (not for long! thank you MAGA!) And yes! The current system allows for many, many ways to move here. So many that they can’t all be contained in one book (OMG sequel?) but I wrote this book as an interactive journey where you are the one who applies for the visas and tries to move to the U.S. Also, I only dealt with legal forms of immigration because the ways in which people move and stay in the U.S. irregularly are very sad and should be treated with more respect than in a humor book. But again, maybe a sequel? I bet I could write a kick-ass sequel from the deportation camps.
This is the cover of the book that I wrote:
Isn’t it pretty? You will be able to hold this cover in your hands on March 11, 2025. So you might find a few subtle plugs for the book in this newsletter in the coming months. I promise they won’t be obstr
usive or dis
ruptive and break the
flow of the test you’re reading.
You want to pre-order my book now on this link to buy it straight from the publisher.
You also want to pre-order my book now from your local bookstore or from Amazon.
I’m joking of course. But before I go, please…