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My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by passivate »

rayiner wrote: post #380
passivate wrote: post #378

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> I don’t begrudge any American who wants a country of their own, just like Indians and Bangladeshis do. Anyone who is a citizen is already an American. Or do you mean only white Americans are "real" Americans?

> Anyone who is a citizen is already an American. Or do you mean only white Americans are "real" Americans? Who said anything about white people? I’m talking about distinct cultural communities with roots in the country, who live in places which are deeply reflective of the culture of those people. Some of those people are white (like my wife’s family who settled the Oregon coast), some are Hispanic (Mexican American…

>Who said anything about white people?

When you mention Germans below are you talking about the Chinese origin Germans?

>One of the most fundamental aspects of democracy is drawing the boundaries of the body politic.

You're conflating legal immigration and demographic shifts to open-borders. Those are not the same.

>My parent’s generation went to war to create a country where the body politic would be mainly Bangla-speaking people, instead of sharing a body politic with Urdu-speaking Pakistanis. Why would I begrudge a descendant of Germans in the Midwest or a Tejano in Texas for having the same impulse?

I don't know what impulse you're referring to. Please expand on that.

Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by amf12 »

_kmrr wrote: post #256
amf12 wrote: post #233

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> US taxes all income you earn anywhere in the world US taxes all income you anywhere in the world for US residents .

Incorrect. It taxes all income anywhere jn the world for US citizens and green card holders, _regardless_ of where they reside or the source of their income.

The original comment wasn't about US citizens but non-citizens which is what my comment was based on.

Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by notch656a »

ddorian43 wrote: post #359
notch656a wrote: post #161

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"Why wouldn't you just consent to an intimate unwarranted and unjustified search of your body that is completely medically unnecessary, with the expectation that the hospital will probably send you the bill afterwards?" Every single 'search' along the way was used to fabricate evidence against me. Remember these people are professional psychopathic liers so every inch you give them, they just use it to justify someth…

I just thought it would maybe help you and not be a lot of medical problem. I wasn't saying that they were right, you just needed to get out of the situation.

I understand you're thinking from the lense that CBP are neutral fair observers. This is far from the case.

Persons such as Mr. Eckert who went through the x-ray, found that after that there were even worse things to come such as a colonoscopy [0]. Thes entities just want to dig deeper and deeper, and there will basically be no stopping until they even knock you out and insert a camera into your colon. The only winning move is not to play.

[0] https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/justice/new-mexico-search-set...

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Post by mirceal »

formerkrogemp wrote: post #155
mirceal wrote: post #82

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you’re looking at this from the wrong angle. ask yourself: why would the US allow these people to come and work here in the first place? it’s because they NEED them. from highly skilled tech workers to “unskilled” low wage workers. Immigration and pumping human capital into our economy is the way the US stays/stayed? dominant and a superpower. Close the pipeline and in 10-20-30 years innovation is gone ,the edge we h…

We've already closed the pipeline. The talent is going elsewhere. We're in decline now.

i would say we have strangled the pipeline. we still have some flow but not for long.

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Post by notch656a »

yowlingcat wrote: post #313
notch656a wrote: post #297

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That's your opinion. I invite you to read this excerpt [0] affidavit and decide for yourself whether that reads like anything other than made up garbage designed to fabricate probable cause. Then ponder why I would be released uncharged, and why if the allegations were true I would even be publicly discussing it online. There are a few other paragraphs in the affidavit that are entirely uninteresting to read and offe…

You shouldn't have to defend yourself to some presumptuous asshole on the internet. I'm sorry for what happened to you. I'm also sorry you even have to defend what happened to you on this thread. I remember after 9/11 getting detained on a flight out of the country than for no other reason than my family was the wrong kind of brown. I remember how unfair it felt watching my mom and my sister cry under the stress of w…

Authorities regularly stop people who's flight itinerary include certain nations. When I flew to Iraq, I split my ticket.

I flew to Sweden, and then on an entirely different ticket paid for via Swedish company from Sweden to Iraq.

This isn't advice or saying to do that. But when I did it, the computer in the US didn't know to flag my flight -- I looked like a normal person just going to Sweden. It's all horse shit of course, going somewhere the government doesn't approve of isn't evidence of a crime.

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Post by sdfhdhjdw3 »

22SAS wrote: post #374
renewiltord wrote: post #284

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No, we're a much smaller prop shop. Are you in SF? Want to hang out?

Sorry, I am in Chicago. I'd be happy to meet up sometime if I am visiting SF, or you are visiting Chicago.

I'm in HFT and Chicago. How can I get in touch with you?

Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by WalterBright »

ngc248 wrote: post #365
avs733 wrote: post #293

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Uh…we are the literal home of the Horacio Alger myth.

Those days are long gone. Just working hard is not sufficient anymore.

It never was sufficient. You have to work on the right things.

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Post by 22SAS »

sdfhdhjdw3 wrote: post #386
22SAS wrote: post #374

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Sorry, I am in Chicago. I'd be happy to meet up sometime if I am visiting SF, or you are visiting Chicago.

I'm in HFT and Chicago. How can I get in touch with you?

Thanks. You can ping me at consteval-auto@protonmail.com

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Post by 22SAS »

renewiltord wrote: post #377
22SAS wrote: post #374

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Sorry, I am in Chicago. I'd be happy to meet up sometime if I am visiting SF, or you are visiting Chicago.

No problem! Just reply to my latest comment on HN if you are. Should be fun! Exciting times right now.

If you'd like to stay in touch off HN, could I ping you on the protonmail address on your profile? I made one for myself after looking at yours, haha.

Re: My journey through the American immigration system as a computer engineer

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Post by zamalek »

nebula8804 wrote: post #281
zamalek wrote: post #176

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> Nobody wants to work for your crappy startup. I rest my case.

I wish you luck in filling those seats. You are probably gonna need it with those requirements.

We're _not_ hiring engineers because we're already flush with an extremely diverse team.
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