i really want to!!! the u.s is so cool and i know things are a bit hard for them right now because they got stricter laws, but i’m ok with that, i met the person i love a lot online and he lives in the u.s and i want to visit and be with him for a long time, i’m from mexico and i have to get a visa and stuff!! thanks

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    Hello!

    As an American I would strongly recommend against visiting here from Mexico especially if you have never done so before. I have no deep knowledge of the visa system so I can’t help with specifics.

    Here is an article about recent detentions of legitimate visa holders.

    https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tourists-us-residents-detained-arrested-deported-ice-immigration-trump

    I read through your post history and I don’t think you are trolling. You apparently represent almost everything being villainized here in the US. A gay Mexican furry is not someone I would recommend interacts with American law enforcement.

    As part of entering the US law enforcement will demand to see your social media. They will search your electronics. They will look into your background. American law enforcement and especially our border officers will almost certainly not be friendly to someone like you. If you feel safe visiting the US right now being who you are then you shouldn’t trust your own judgement on this. Talk to you friends about this. Talk to anyone who is telling you it is a bad idea and really listen to them.

    Personally I also have concerns about your reason for travel. I can’t believe someone who loves you would encourage this travel. I can’t believe someone living in the US right now would tell you it’s a good place. There are many wonderful, amazing things about the US. There are also terrible things and right now at this moment those bad things are far more important.

    I don’t know this person you want to visit. I don’t know you. I’m just a random person on the internet. However, reading some of your posts I would urge caution in this sort of distant relationship. How are your feelings clouding your judgement? Please talk to your friends and if available supportive family about this whole situation. Do not dismiss their concerns if they have any.

    Tell him to come visit you or pick a foreign convention to attend together. If he isn’t willing to do that for you then you should be considering what you mean to him.

    Please be safe.

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      This really can’t be said more clearly. OP can let him come to them or move on with life. Love isn’t limited to one chance.

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        he can visit me but he has no money right now… thank you and i think it’s cheaper if he comes here but still!!! the u.s is the best!!

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          I’m not sure if you’re deluding yourself or trolling. If the former, I would urge removing the rose-colored glasses, post-haste. If the latter, seek professional help. Either way, best of luck.

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            thank you and i’m not trolling, i just have been very exposed to american media and english and it’s really good!!! i’ve never been to the u.s and hopefully someday i’ll be able to. no rose glasses, i know america has problems but, at least you americans can have more than one meal per day!!

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              Listen, I am not going to minimize real physical hunger. That’s a huge issue and I’m sorry you’re experiencing it, quite possibly due to current and past US policy. That said, are you not reading articles about visitors being kidnapped off the streets by masked secret police, arrested and deported? The fortunate of those are returned to their countries of origin, the unfortunate to lifetime slave labor in a penal colony in El Salvador. You are most certainly deluding yourself and it would be in your best interest to immediately stop that.

              One need not be particularly bright nor religious to be able to see and apply Ezekiel 23’s “sin of Sodom” to the USA, here. We are spiralling in the grip of fascism, apathy, toward civil war, global nuclear war and collapse. Go make the most of what you have, spend time loving and appreciating your one meal, family, country. You never know how fleeting these can be.

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              The thing is, for many Americans, they can’t afford to eat more than one meal a day.

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                  McDonald’s used to be cheap; it’s not anymore. No fast food is cheap. People just still have the impression that it is because it used to be.

                  Do not come here.

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                  $15 USD for a big mac and drink. On a $7.25/hr minium wage. Neither cheap nor good lol stay home you’re certainly better off