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

257 points proberts | 9 comments | 16 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.536s | source | bottom

I'll be here for the next 5-6 hours. As usual, there are countless topics given the rapidly changing immigration landscape and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and I'll try to do the same in my answers.

Edit: I am taking a break now and will return later this afternoon/evening to respond to any comments and answer any questions. Thank you everyone for a great and engaged AMA so far.

1. ty6853 ◴[16 May 25 15:44 UTC] No.44006813[source]▶
Not legal advice but I'm a US citizen and when I've refused to answer their intrusive questions the worst that has happened to me is they imprisoned me, stripped me naked and searched me, got a fraudulent warrant for an internal body search, and then sent me the bill after dumping me at the border when they found nothing.

Enjoy.

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2. Exoristos ◴[16 May 25 15:51 UTC] No.44006884[source]▶
Can you explain what fraud was used to obtain the warrant?
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3. ty6853 ◴[16 May 25 17:07 UTC] No.44007709[source]▶
Yes.

They claimed a dog alerted on me. An anonymous dog, handled by an unnamed officer in the affidavit, which was used as 3rd party inter-species hearsay via a HSI officer to the assistant attorney and judge.

A dog did not alert on me. In fact it is against CBP policy to use dogs on a person, they are to be used on your articles.

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4. smcin ◴[16 May 25 22:59 UTC] No.44010554[source]▶
Which entry point was that at, and did you enter by air or land?

In particular if it was entering the southern border by land, I heard CBP behavior is much more aggressive.

5. footy ◴[17 May 25 01:46 UTC] No.44011423[source]▶
> and then sent me the bill

wow, what a horrible way to add insult to injury

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6. Nappes ◴[17 May 25 05:18 UTC] No.44012211[source]▶
Bill for what exactly
7. lazide ◴[17 May 25 07:21 UTC] No.44012622[source]▶
Could be worse? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_fee]
8. csomar ◴[17 May 25 13:03 UTC] No.44014007{3}[source]▶
I think you posted from a new account for privacy and then mistakenly posted from your original account?
9. dang ◴[17 May 25 19:21 UTC] No.44016366[source]▶
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44006758.