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

209 points proberts | 2 comments | 16 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source

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. nrmitchi ◴[16 May 25 16:32 UTC] No.44007358[source]▶
Hey Peter! I'm going to pose a question that I think is tangential, but still related.

With genAI and LLMs making way into every profession, how much of an impact have you seen on the immigration law side? Have these style of tools made your job easier, or are they adding more confusion and uncertainty?

Given the rapidly changing landscape (on the immigration side; what is valid today may not be valid tomorrow, and everything seems kind of up to the best guess of the practitioner) do you see these tools (potentially) causing more harm than good (to specific individual cases)?

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2. proberts ◴[16 May 25 18:07 UTC] No.44008267[source]▶
I'm probably the last person to provide advice about technology but AI is helping immigration attorneys significantly, primarily in the drafting of arguments. That being said, there's still a critical role to be played by immigration attorneys to determine the best strategy, to provide advice on travel and other issues, and ultimately to review and edit anything that is "drafted" by AI.