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

245 points proberts | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.247s | source

I'll be here for the few hours and then again at around 1 pm PST for another few hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers. Thanks!

Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

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farceSpherule ◴[17 Oct 24 18:23 UTC] No.41872248[source]▶
Hey Peter!

Stop helping people come to the US. We don't need the outside help.

We have tens of thousands of unemployed tech workers in this country who need work.

Cisco has been in a stead state of layoffs for years, recently laying off 4,000.

Amazon and Meta are laying off.

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1. zerr ◴[18 Oct 24 20:54 UTC] No.41883412[source]▶
Actually, you need to be advocating for immigration:

* More founders so they can employ you.

* More engineers onsite so they are in the same boat/market as you, i.e. need similar or more income. Otherwise, they will "steal" your job from their bedrooms from cheaper locations, because they are able to bill less from there.