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Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Who said anything about a “right to enter”? This is just about not massively invading visitors’ privacy for no good reason.

Of course, if you just don’t want anyone with intelligence or dignity to visit the country, this is great policy.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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22/hr for offshore work? Where, India? The fact that I'm American justifies it. If Americans flooded into say, Somalia, bought up all the houses, took up all the jobs etc, you'd be horrifically offended. Americans have no where else to go. This is my home and I will not abandon it. You can't just drop 50 million extra workers into a country and expect people to just take it.

You say people born in other countries do not deserve american pay in America? It's like saying you are white male and it justifies higher salary. Also if you struggle to compete with immigrants who usually have no network, English is not their native language, have many other disadvantages - you are doing something wrong or are not competitive in the first place. The fact is you should not fight against imigration,…

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Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Can they deny you admission when you are a US citizen?

They can not. Neither US Citizens or Green Card Holders can be denied entry. Sources: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encounter... https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-r...

A country can not deny entry to its own citizens.

They can immediately arrest you, however.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Could you please help with any insights about the social media vetting rules? This has been a blackbox to the visa applications - started with student visas, now being forced on work visas too from Dec 15th.

That's right, both before US Consulates when applying for visas, before CBP when applying for admission, and before USCIS when applying for a benefit (H-1B, O-1, green card, etc.), social media is being reviewed, not across-the-board but more and more. And there's really no option to keep social media as private if asked to turn to public by a Consular Officer or CBP Officer. The review is broad and not limited to so…

What are the most common reasons for failing the social media check?

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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How has the Section 174 elimination of 5-year amortization for domestic SWE salaries impacted decisionmaking on whether to hire overseas?

Since overseas workers are still subject to 15-year amortizations I'm wondering if people are getting pulled in from Canada.

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You say people born in other countries do not deserve american pay in America? It's like saying you are white male and it justifies higher salary. Also if you struggle to compete with immigrants who usually have no network, English is not their native language, have many other disadvantages - you are doing something wrong or are not competitive in the first place. The fact is you should not fight against imigration,…

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Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Who said anything about a “right to enter”? This is just about not massively invading visitors’ privacy for no good reason. Of course, if you just don’t want anyone with intelligence or dignity to visit the country, this is great policy.

As explained upthread,

> You are within your rights to say no

Given that you don't have a right to enter, if you say no (which you are within your rights to do), and you are denied entry, then nothing wrong has happened.

If you believe that they shouldn't make entry conditional on something, then you are asserting a right to enter. That's what "right" means.

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