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

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

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Post by LastTrain »

southernplaces7 wrote: post #257
doctorpangloss wrote: post #245

How do you square away your relationship with Y Combinator, which has been by all means positive, with the eager collaboration of its leadership with the most anti-immigrant administration in history?

Also, feel like specifying how its collaboration has been "eager" or how it in any relevant way is related to the plight of migrants, instead of just tossing out some accusatory virtue signalling?

Everyone can safely ignore all accusations of “virtue signaling” because it is 1) a manipulative play designed to make you feel like a schmuck for having principles and 2) it is hypocritical in that is does exactly what it suggests you are doing.

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

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Post by muteh »

southernplaces7 wrote: post #256
doctorpangloss wrote: post #245

How do you square away your relationship with Y Combinator, which has been by all means positive, with the eager collaboration of its leadership with the most anti-immigrant administration in history?

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

You're claiming that Trump is pro-immigration?

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

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Post by kevinfinnerty34 »

pclmulqdq wrote: post #253
kevinfinnerty34 wrote: post #246

Hi Peter! Thanks for doing this. I'm a college dropout working as a SWE at one of the FAANG companies in Europe. I understand that there are two paths I can take -- getting transferred by my company on an L-1B or try to compensate a degree with 12+ years of experience for an H1-B. Do you have any tips for people without degrees from what you've seen in practice? How often do you see people without a degree getting an…

Isn't the O-1 visa (in tech fields) mostly for PhDs with a strong research track record? I would assume you can get one if you have a bunch of publications and citations without a PhD, but isn't that the usual path?

I guess you're right. I was under the impression that you can apply for the O-1 solely based on a successful career in tech, not necessarily academic success.

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

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Post by southernplaces7 »

moshegramovsky wrote: post #268
southernplaces7 wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

The original comment talked about anti-immigrant sentiment of the new administration. Trump said that immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. How many citations of Trump and his aides would it take to make you believe that they're anti-immigrant? https://youtu.be/RKPFjAhd3KQ?si=xiHIFBUfsK6DgQos

It's like you read my response and failed to understand a thing.. I specifically mentioned concrete figures because politicians say all kinds of random shit and Trump is particularly prone to hyperbole, but if you're going to measure the actual deeds and trends behind words, you need to look at metrics, and for all Obama's soft words on immigrants, his admin actually deported more of them than Trump's, it's a noteworthy detail, and a valid measurement, though it's far from the only worthwhile thing to keep in mind about his stance on migrants.

I too think Trump says grotesque things on many fronts, and his words about immigrants are partly in that range, but it's tedious to see the often unfounded accusations progressives casually throw at him and those who support him without even always knowing what the fuck they're talking about.

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

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Post by 77pt77 »

moshegramovsky wrote: post #268
southernplaces7 wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

The original comment talked about anti-immigrant sentiment of the new administration. Trump said that immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. How many citations of Trump and his aides would it take to make you believe that they're anti-immigrant? https://youtu.be/RKPFjAhd3KQ?si=xiHIFBUfsK6DgQos

Someone high profile in the administration just did a Nazi salute while on stage during the inauguration.

Twice!

When I saw it first I thought it was bad quality AI stuff and checked the actual stream. It was real.

Even here in HN that fact was flagged and shut down pretty quickly.

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

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Post by 77pt77 »

Aromasin wrote: post #264
southernplaces7 wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

A very similar play book to the one used by the Conservative Party in the UK. They were somehow deemed the "anti-immigration party" of the two major ones, despite having been resposible for some of the highest immigration rates of any era. There's nothing better to distract from rampant inequality and a rapid transfer of wealth from the middle class to the super rich than a boat load of immigrants, that were somehow…

> despite having been resposible for some of the highest immigration rates of any era

But at least they got the poles out, right?

Poland is supposed to surpass the UK economically (maybe per capita) in like 10 years.

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

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Post by southernplaces7 »

muteh wrote: post #272
southernplaces7 wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

You're claiming that Trump is pro-immigration?

Seriously? That's your take on a specific reference to hard numbers? Has Trump derangement syndrome simply made some people lose their capacity for reason? I don't believe Trump is specifically pro-immigration.

I think he leans more to whatever the hell benefits his popularity with the people most likely to support him in any given moment and part of that revolves around harping about illegal immigrants, though the actual numbers in terms of deportations are worth looking at and they show a tendency during his previous administration that didn't reflect the extremism of his talk, So far. It's possible that the next four years show us something far worse.

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

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Post by southernplaces7 »

rcruzeiro wrote: post #265
southernplaces7 wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't speak for the incoming four years, but a look at deportations by year under Trump, Biden and previous to that, Obama show illegal migrant deportations during Trump's first term were lower than they were during every year of Obama's presidency except one, sometimes greatly lower. They were also only moderately higher than they were during the four years of the Biden administration. A shot of hard facts after bei…

Please point out where the parent comment said that deportations were the only metric used to make that statement.

They mentioned nothing about any metrics at all and if you're discussing a politician's stance, having at least one useful, relevant metric is a good idea. That's all I pointed to.

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

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Post by pclmulqdq »

mtnGoat wrote: post #269
pclmulqdq wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where did you get that from? Federal laws usually do override state laws. Whether the states have to help enforce federal law is a different question, though, and seems to be a "no" given the examples of marijuana and immigration.

Look up “The Cole memo”, that is why the cannabis stuff is happening the way it is currently.

Oh, I see. That's a memorandum explicitly stating that marijuana is an exception to this rule - the federal government basically ceded authority on this issue during the Obama era.

The exception proves the rule, however.

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