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How is there a working-class Irish man in USA?
posted by stugoodSTAFFMOD on August 11, 2017 at 10:11 PM
Don't you have to have a pHD or close relations these days to move to the USA as a foreigner? Goof?
Reply by RCH2288
on August 14, 2017 at 1:36 PM
Are you referring to the actor himself that plays Bill Hodges, or the character having an Irish Accent and working as policeman in the USA for over 30 years?
Reply by stugood
on August 15, 2017 at 9:18 AM
the latter. that clears that up. thanks.
Reply by Satai Delenn
on August 19, 2017 at 5:19 PM
There's a policeman in the town I grew up I met a few years ago who moved here from Belfast because his family is Catholic. He wanted to be a policeman but couldn't because of the fact that he's Catholic and just about everyone in the police department is Protestant. I asked him why he couldn't have moved to The Republic, but apparently it was easier to come to the U.S. to be a policeman here.
No, you don't need a degree to come to the U.S. for work.
And I LOVE the fact that this character is from Ireland, and I love his accent!
Reply by stugood
on August 20, 2017 at 9:35 AM
I guess he must had family in the US.