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

300 points proberts | 3 comments | 14 Mar 25 14:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

I'll be here for the next 6 hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible I'd like to focus on the recent changes and potential changes in U.S. immigration law, policy, and practice. Please remember that I am limited in providing 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 responses. Thank you!
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fuzztail ◴[14 Mar 25 14:56 UTC] No.43363226[source]▶
I've seen recent examples of the government targeting green card holders for their speech. As a naturalized citizen who wants to exercise my free speech rights, how concerned should I be about potentially having my citizenship challenged on technical grounds? Are there realistic scenarios where this could happen despite First Amendment protections?
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yes_really[dead post] ◴[14 Mar 25 23:31 UTC] No.43368434[source]▶
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ixtli ◴[14 Mar 25 23:56 UTC] No.43368577[source]▶
Zionist and other far right twitter accounts being bandied about as an argument for the detention of someone exercising free speech rights.
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yes_really ◴[14 Mar 25 23:58 UTC] No.43368589{3}[source]▶
LOL, how the hell are these accounts "far right"? And how do the accounts invalidate the video evidence and screenshots published on the posts?
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brendoelfrendo ◴[15 Mar 25 01:02 UTC] No.43368980{4}[source]▶
One of them is Andy Ngo, and you're asking how they're "far right?"
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yes_really ◴[15 Mar 25 01:41 UTC] No.43369160{5}[source]▶
The comment said "Zionists and other far right twitter accounts", which means at least 2 of the accounts are "far right". Can you explain how https://x.com/canarymission and https://x.com/CampusJewHate are "far right"?

Those accounts document hatred against Jewish people in Columbia and other universities. How on Earth are these accounts "far right"? Can you link to at least one post from either of those accounts that you would characterize as "far right"?

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1. aprilthird2021 ◴[15 Mar 25 05:40 UTC] No.43370271{6}[source]▶
Because supporting Palestine isn't hating Jews and posting people mugshot style on a website as anti-Semites because they support the Palestinian people right to have a nation and to return to the homes they were kicked out of is far-right. The same way wanting the Ukrainians to be able to go back to Crimea and other Russian-annexed lands is not hatred of Russians. And if a website posted mugshot style bios of Ukraine-supporters in such a way, we'd all know they are far right.
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2. yes_really ◴[15 Mar 25 07:19 UTC] No.43370670[source]▶
> Because supporting Palestine isn't hating Jews

Did you fail to read any of my comments or are you just pretending? Khalil gave a speech openly defending the "armed resistance" of Hamas [1].

[1] https://x.com/canarymission/status/1900204678240928166

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3. aprilthird2021 ◴[15 Mar 25 10:59 UTC] No.43371679[source]▶
He didn't mention Hamas, or Jews. And what he said is not anything anti-Semitic either. It's also true. Under international law an invasion and occupation of one's land is a justified reason to launch an armed resistance. Like Ukraine did.

You may have wanted him to say, in that clip, "10/7 was justified" but he did not. He is simply saying that any type of amassing of arms will be seen by Israel as terrorism when they have a right to defend themselves. Do you think Palestine has no right to defend itself from Israel?