Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

3 weeks ago | terranullius.substack.com | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

I let this newsletter languish for a while for two reasons. The main one was pictures: it often takes me longer to figure out images than to write posts. I’m solving this problem by going picture-free. If you’d like to be my photo editor, let’s talk. Until then, please enjoy my words. My second excuse for posting infrequently is that I don’t like to be repetitious.

3 weeks ago | newamerica.org | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Last month, President Donald Trump introduced the idea of the United States offering a $5-million “gold card” to attract wealthy citizens from other countries as a solution to the national debt crisis. But as Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, a New America Fellow and expert on “millionaire migration” points out, the mega-rich leveraging their power to dodge rules is not a new concept.

4 weeks ago | terranullius.substack.com | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

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4 weeks ago | terranullius.substack.com | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

This is not a newsletter about me or my feelings, but the news about Columbia students getting pursued by ICE has hit really close to home, so I thought I’d take the chance to say a few words about my own experiences at the school. Of course I know better than to let massive financial institutions upset me, even if they do provide the occasional education.

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Even as Donald Trump advertises his hard-line approach to border crossers, he is actively soliciting one particular group of immigrants: rich ones. In February, Trump proposed that America start offering a U.S. “gold card” for $5 million. “Green-card privileges, plus” is how the president described it: “It’s going to be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country,” he said.