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

300 points proberts | 1 comments | 14 Mar 25 14:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | 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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radicalbyte ◴[14 Mar 25 18:19 UTC] No.43365531[source]▶
How do you protect people visiting or participating in YC from ICE? There have been two dozen stories of random tourists being disappeared for no good reason from all over the US.

Given that the policy is in the very early stages of implementation we can expect those numbers to reach the hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands in the next few months.

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worik ◴[14 Mar 25 20:42 UTC] No.43367077[source]▶
> There have been two dozen stories of random tourists being disappeared for no good reason from all over the US.

Really?

That is frightening. I plan to be a tourist in the USA within a decade.

Can you expand on that?

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Alupis ◴[14 Mar 25 21:45 UTC] No.43367634[source]▶
It's BS. Random tourists aren't being "disappeared for no good reason". A "tourist" that overstayed by 2 years without applying for a Visa and/or started working here are being deported back to their home nation - in accordance with the law.

There's a tremendous amount of scaremongering, fearmongering, and misinformation being thrown about currently. Majority of it is very much over stated hyperbole.

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1. lazyasciiart ◴[15 Mar 25 06:10 UTC] No.43370373[source]▶
A British tourist has been in immigration detention for weeks after she was accused of “working for room and board” by doing some household chores while staying with a family in Portland.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article301877574.h...