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>>RBBron+(OP)
This really bums me out.

I was a convicted felon at 18 years old, poor, living on the street.

It wasn't any government re-integration program that helped me, it was a random person I met in highschool.

I worked my way through everything -> college -> jobs -> startups -> lucky windfalls -> owning my own company. I've immigrated to Europe (3 times in the last 10 years technically), beating the legal issues each time.

And finally, after 17 years, I'm no longer a felon thanks to a pardon and expungement.

I really wish something like 70MR would stay up. Not everyone can be as lucky as me. Is there some place I can donate?

>>buf+Ta
Emigration honestly is the most logical option for a felon. A few nations will accept local background checks in the immigration process, so if you move to a state where you don't have a record you can just get your police report from a place where your record is clean.

Another option is to go live in a Compact of Free Association nations such as Micronesia or Marshall Islands. US citizens are authorized to live and work there without a visa, so once you live overseas there for a few years you can immigrate to most other nations using the background check from your country of prior residence, which is now a country where you have a clear background.

>>notch6+Nc
How is a person with a criminal record, no job, no support network, and no savings supposed to move to another country?

>>btilly+Ao
They’re not. Even by Internet forum standards this is absolutely terrible advice.

>>hyperb+Ou
It's actually really good advice for those that can make it work. Not everyone is broke just because they're a criminal.

>>dhzhzj+Bh1
Yeah but a formerly incarcerated person who can afford flights to Micronesia probably is already doing well for themselves.

>>the_on+Rr1
Or they're simply looking for better opportunities than the limited ones they have now?

This seems like a really silly hill to die on.