At this point, is this news ? Though it highlights Trump’s politics.

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    I think technically Ex-pat means they intend to go back to their home country, immigrant they intend to stay in the new country.

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      if that’s the case, why are white rich british people retiring in the french countryside called expats, but temporary foreign workers aren’t?

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      They are expats to the people in the country they left, and immigrants in the country they went to. I don’t know why people think the word expat is some kind of racism-lite.

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        The term is often used by white people to refer to themselves when they immigrate to a new country. “I’m an expat” they say as they permanently settle into a new country.