Why would any sane Brazilian want to move to America?
I'm an American with a Brazilian father (that I didn't know too well) who always recognized the advantages of American democracy, education, salaries and opportunities vis-a-vis Brazilian struggles (inflation, political turmoil, crime, etc.). My Paulista ex-wife overstayed her visa in the 80s and became Rod Stewart's nanny and went to college and is now a scientist at a large pharmaceutical company. But the gap has narrowed quite a bit lately. Brazil has a national health care system. Even the Bolsonaristas I met in Minas in March agree that the health care system is a huge plus-- they could not believe my stories about the mega-billions that pharma spends on ads for overpriced meds on TV every night. And Brazil was the country that initiated a negotiated AIDS meds price at the national level in 1992 or so, something the US can't do because of their fealty to PhARMA. But that's just medicine. Brazilian food is better in quality, the Brazilian lifestyle is better and healthier, and if Brazil could get rid of their guns, their lifespan would be longer than the US (like Portugal, whose avg. lifespan is 3 1/2 yrs longer than US despite having a GDP per capita HALF the US). And this is ALL before the question of whether the US is still a desirable country to live in with more guns than people, having a car is essential, immigrant prisons being built, and crackdowns on foreigners from ICE.