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

226 points proberts | 5 comments | 05 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 1.552s | source

As usual, there are countless immigration 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 do the same in my answers!

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

1. Fraterkes ◴[05 Dec 25 17:24 UTC] No.46164343[source]▶
I don't really get your point, there's high unemployment outside the US too in many places?
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3. Fraterkes ◴[05 Dec 25 19:37 UTC] No.46166238{3}[source]▶
Ah okay. I'm not american, but I do hope that the situation for you and other Americans improves soon.
4. fooker ◴[05 Dec 25 20:48 UTC] No.46167091{3}[source]▶
> Why is the US an open economic zone

Do you know of the fable of a goose that laid a golden egg once a day?

You are proposing to kill the goose to see if you can get multiple golden eggs at once.

> country with an identity

Like it or not, the identity is 'land of opportunities' and not 'land of anglo-saxons who emigrated before ~1850'

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5. fooker ◴[05 Dec 25 22:49 UTC] No.46168423{5}[source]▶
> America put men on the moon without millions of foreign immigrants

Did you drop out of middle school?

America saw the highest rate of immigration in history between ~1910-1960. A majority of the scientists and engineers in the Apollo program were immigrants or children of immigrants.

> Why is it only ever white nations that are expected to let everyone else in?

They are not, have you considered moving to Russia?

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