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

226 points proberts | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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.

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saradhi ◴[05 Dec 25 16:38 UTC] No.46163670[source]▶
Could you please help with any insights about the social media vetting rules? This has been a blackbox to the visa applications - started with student visas, now being forced on work visas too from Dec 15th.
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immibis ◴[05 Dec 25 20:41 UTC] No.46166980[source]▶
Based on news, it seems like if you like Donald Trump you may get in. If you don't like him you don't. You may also be jailed for two months for not liking Trump - that's happened a few times and that's why tourism fell off a cliff.
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andsoitis ◴[05 Dec 25 22:42 UTC] No.46168372[source]▶
> You may also be jailed for two months for not liking Trump - that's happened a few times

Do you have a concrete example story that illustrates this?

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immibis ◴[06 Dec 25 10:45 UTC] No.46172266[source]▶
Lucas Sielaff, Jessica Brösche
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1. eduction ◴[06 Dec 25 16:22 UTC] No.46174488[source]▶
Neither of them even allege it was due to views on Trump.

Time waster.

https://www.dw.com/en/german-nationals-us-immigration-detain...