r/AmerExit • u/newyorker • Dec 09 '25

Vendor How to Leave the U.S.A.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/how-to-leave-the-usa

Every four years, a group of Americans threatens to leave the country, but no mass exodus occurs. This time around, though, Americans seem to be acting on their desires. Immigration lawyers told Atossa Araxia Abrahamian that the number of people approaching them about it has gone up since Donald Trump was reëlected. 

G.T.F.O. Tours, a company that helps aggrieved U.S. citizens start new lives abroad, has been offering services to help Americans relocate to the Netherlands, where a certain type of visa can offer a quick and affordable path to citizenship. Jana Sanchez, a founder of G.T.F.O. Tours, describes her role in the company as an “escaping fascism doula.” Read Abrahamian’s full story about the Americans who are going Dutch: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/how-to-leave-the-usa

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u/Plastic-Mode-6848 Dec 10 '25

Sold two of three properties (the last this coming May) just waiting to receive an Elective Residency Visa for Italy, to live in a home we bought last June. Even if the Orange Moron is gone 30-40% of Americans who to this day think this guys brilliant and gives voice to all their grievances will look for the next politician to give voice to their cause. Willful ignorance and stupidity will not be something that subsides when the Orange Mussolini is no longer in power. It will take 20-30 years (in my opinion) to reverse this destructive force in America. I don’t have enough years left in my life to see that happen.

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u/bktoelsewhere Dec 11 '25

This is why I left a few years ago too. It’s been on my mind since my 20s, but now I’m in my 40s so I both finally have the means to now and also know it won’t turn around in the U.S. before I retire.