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

Post by PopeDotNinja » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

R0b0t1 wrote: post #207

PopeDotNinja wrote: post #196

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IANAL, but am an American in the UK... I can say w/ reasonable certainty that you can go to Ireland or the UK now, if you can get a flight. You'll need to spend 14 days in quarantine. Good sources of information: - US Embassy for the country you want to travel to - Expat groups on Facebook w/ personal reports on what does and doesn't work - https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/

What about with no degree?

Post by dang » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 6:03 PM UTC

taken_username wrote: post #84

thecreamedcorn wrote: post #35

How do you justify being an American whose work entierly revolves around taking jobs that Americans could have fulfilled and trying to give them to people who are not citizens, did not grow up here, and see America as nothing less than an institution they can use to get ahead?

What is sad about this comment is how the author define and American. USA is a country that is built by immigrant (I am not talking about the CEO of big tech companies, I am talking about your grand-grand parents who came here a few generations ago) How do you justify the people who let you ancestors to immigrate there being Americans whose work... (replace the rest with your own comment!)

Post by dang » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

damnyou wrote: post #70

thecreamedcorn wrote: post #35

How do you justify being an American whose work entierly revolves around taking jobs that Americans could have fulfilled and trying to give them to people who are not citizens, did not grow up here, and see America as nothing less than an institution they can use to get ahead?

The idea of a lump of labor is one of the oldest fallacies, and is a mark of a very small, closed mind that is unable to consider higher-order effects.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 6:05 PM UTC

onetimemanytime wrote: post #227

proberts wrote: post #176

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There is no restriction on helping illegal immigrants (a lot of charities do this); the issue is paying them for work done since they don't have work authorization.

aren't you "harboring" them, as far as the law is concerned? https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324 https://www.disciplesimmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2017... "Harboring is conduct that substantially facilitates an immigrant’s remaining in the U.S.illegally and that prevents the authorities from detecting the individual’s unlawful presence. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) Harboring include…

Post by mehran_1380 » Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 6:07 PM UTC