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Governments everywhere along the globe are enforcing discriminatory rules based on passport and/or birthplace.

And everyone is ok with such "racism".



If a border agent called me suspicious based only on my passport then yeah that is racism


Then US government is one of the most racist government on the planet. And people support it or don't care.

By applying tons of restrictions to the people based on their passport or place of birth.

For example getting a green card for Indian people.

Or visiting US. What is frictionless for people with Swiss passport is almost impossible for people with "hostile" passport. Getting a US travel visa is not trivial.


> Then US government is one of the most racist government on the planet. ... For example getting a green card for Indian people.

As an American it is basically impossible for me to immigrate to India and establish citizenship without my parents being Indian and knowing an official language fluently or by "investing" approximately $2 million USD and hiring at least 20 people to work for me.


That is the world we live in. And people are fine with such rules.

There are countries where it is much harder to get residence (not citizenship) than your case with India.


Isn’t one of the official languages English?


> What is frictionless for people with Swiss passport is almost impossible for people with "hostile" passport. Getting a US travel visa is not trivial.

While I acknowledge the point, as a Dutch citizen it’s harder for me to travel to the US than India. That still seems weird to me.




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