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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you people know any poor immigrants? 
I guess poor is a relative term but we have many immigrants from Africa, Asia and India who travel home every year or so. They are certainly not wealthy. Family is simply important to them[/quote]

West African immigrant here.

I would bet that most West African immigrants here come from upper middle class/wealthy/well connected backgrounds back home (perhaps with the exception of refugees-I am not sure who pays their visa fees/plane tickets?). Immigrating to the US is no joke. You have to have money/ lots of connections back home to afford it.

Example: A relative of mine has to spend $1500 just for visa/medical fees/green card fees for 1 adult and 2 children to obtain an immigrant visa. That amount of money is over 2 months salary for University professor back home. We are not even talking about flights (atleast 3000-4500 for 3 of them) and some money to spend here until the relative can get a job. The average person back home cannot afford these expenses.

These people are poor here, but they have upper middle class/wealthy/well connected families back home. They might be "dollar" poor but they are usually not going home to live in poor areas.[/quote]

This.

My friend from Nigeria is only middle class here, but so wealthy back home. Much much nicer than anywhere I’ve lived in the US.[/quote]

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