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

226 points proberts | 6 comments | 05 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 1.284s | source | bottom

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.

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jml78 ◴[05 Dec 25 17:56 UTC] No.46164781[source]▶
Just a high level question. My youngest son was adopted. He isn't white. He is naturalized. Should we go ahead and renew his passport so he can carry around a passport card at this point(we never got one in the past because they seemed like a waste). It seems crazy but with people being grabbed off the street for being brown, it seems prudent have a quick way to prove citizenship.
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1. tdeck ◴[06 Dec 25 00:35 UTC] No.46169302[source]▶
I've never been murdered either. Good to know that doesn't happen at all.
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3. jacquesm ◴[07 Dec 25 15:42 UTC] No.46182498[source]▶
I don't think they were addressing you.
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4. rayiner ◴[07 Dec 25 17:49 UTC] No.46183531[source]▶
They said “people [are] being grabbed off the street for being brown”—if that were true, I feel like I would have noticed.
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5. jacquesm ◴[07 Dec 25 18:42 UTC] No.46183951{3}[source]▶
It is true. There are 100's (probably 1000's) of confirmed news stories by now. Just like people get into car accidents is real, even if you personally haven't been in a car accident yet. And people dying is real, even if you are still alive.

You are a sample of '1' and you don't get to invalidate other people's experiences based on your own. The only reason you do not notice, given that it is true is because you would either rather have it not be true or because you are actively working not to notice.

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6. rayiner ◴[08 Dec 25 13:56 UTC] No.46192257{4}[source]▶
Nobody is being grabbed off the street for “being brown.”