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

Post by pyuser583 » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 4:34 AM UTC

outworlder wrote: post #208

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> Green card holders are essentially long term visas with citizenship grants for good behavior No. One of the major distinctions being – CBP cannot deny a green card holder to enter the country. They can try pressure tactics to 'convince' the person to 'voluntarily' give up their green card but, if they don't sign anything, they will still be let in. If there's something off about their case, they may be referred to…

Post by pyuser583 » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 4:44 AM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #195

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> essentially long term visas Not visas which are visitation permits. They are non-citizens who live in the United States. This is not visitation. Revoking a green card is akin to expulsion from the country. And can only be used when laws are broken, treason is committed, or terrorism is waged. In the case of the Columbia student, he was accused of terrorism without trial and had his revocation signed single handedly…

> And can only be used when laws are broken, treason is committed, or terrorism is waged. CBP/ICE has a pretty detailed explanation on their website that you can lose permanent resident status by remaining outside of the country for more than one year and failing to retain a bona fide residence and presence in the USA (US job with annual 1040 tax filings, residence, identity documents, etc). I would wager that a scen…

Post by lazyasciiart » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 5:16 AM UTC

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If you're near a port of entry, you actually can be stopped at any time to be asked for proof of citizenship/visa/etc. See also https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone There are plenty of border patrol stops along highways that never cross a border where you'll be routinely stopped. In practice, that means "near the border with Mexico" where there are border patrol stations along highways well inside the US…

Slight correction: "enhanced" driver licenses are citizen-only, and this is actually checked during issue, so they can also serve as proof of citizenship.

Post by lazyasciiart » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 5:23 AM UTC

tome wrote: post #203

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There is no left wing in Israel, you are painting a false narrative. It is a fascist state run by thugs (much like ours, which is probably why they are so eager to sell out Americans to Israel). Children were bombed. They knew the kids were there and they bombed them. Often happily doing it knowing they'd slaughter hundreds to get one supposed terrorist. They bulldozed bodies. They tiktoked the destruction of univers…

The 2021 elections ended with a government of 61 seats, including 7 seats for Labor (left), 6 seats for Meretz (fairly hard left), 4 seats for Ra'am (Islamist), so 25% from what would be considered a "left bloc" from a Western viewpoint. Then Yesh Atid and Blue and White had 17 and 8 respectively, both centrists, so just short of 50%. So there most certainly is a left (albeit small) and a substantial centre. Israel h…

Post by lazyasciiart » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 5:29 AM UTC

grahamgooch wrote: post #257

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That is a pre-indicated stipulation of the green card validity, not revocation based on the whim of an evaluating (non-immigration judicial) official -- ie CBP and DHS and ICE cannot (read: should not be able to) revoke green cards. The "basic US presence" requirement of green cards has always been present in the validity clause alongside the 5-10year expiry date, and not committing immigration fraud and other basic…

I see your point. Thank you. I think most non legally inclined people (like me) would say CBP yanked my GC. Your point being that - nope, they just enforced the law. Right?