Need to send a text but you don't have a phone in the US? No problem.
Just use your favorite email app with the phone number as the username and the domain name is your SMS address from you cellphone provider using <10-digit-number>@<SMS domain address>
For example
<10-digit-number>@<your cellphone provider SMS domain address goes here>
5025551212@txt.att.net
Here is a list of providers to help find your SMS domain address
https://avtech.com/articles/138/list-of-email-to-sms-addresses/