Definitely tough for a person in that age group, although the other comments gave good advice.
In general, I’d say the options are:
- A student visa hoping you can turn it into something more permanent later
- Work visa - self-explanatory, find a job in the target country that will sponsor your visa
- Critical skills visa - some countries will offer visas to people in certain fields because they have a shortage in that industry.
- “Join Family” visa - some countries might offer visas to extended family, so if you have family somewhere else you can join them. They’ll probably have to prove they can provide for you, at a minimum.
- Spousal visa - i.e. if you marry someone overseas or are married to someone who already has dual-citizenship, you should be able to get a visa to live in their country instead.
- Get citizenship via ancestry (depends on country, but usually has to be a parent or grandparent who has citizenship already)
- Apply to be some kind of refugee - almost certainly not applicable for the US yet though
Some countries might have even less restrictive options, but those are the ones I’m aware of in most western countries.
You’ve got to remember that for most people living outside of cities, or living in red cities, this might as well not exist. Hell I bet even within big cities you might not be exposed to it depending on the neighborhood. You’d only really know through the news, and they don’t get their news from anywhere that would show them the truth.
If by chance word actually gets back to them that something really is happening, it’s already been carefully run through the Republican spin machine, where this is all very legal and very necessary to “restore order” - where resisting is the real anti-American thing to do.
What would it take to collapse the fantasy-land Trumpers inhabit on the daily? I’m not sure. You’re fighting 50 years of conservative propaganda for some of these folks - Trump is just the latest at the helm. They won’t be swayed easily.