Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban

Re:Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban by LyndsySimon on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:56AM (#13532412)

> However this change occurred in such away that it impacted people who were literally in the air. When they boarded a plane they had the right to enter the US (indeed had the right to live their indefinitely and some didn't even have a home anywhere else). When they landed they found this right no longer existed.

This is not correct.

A green card permits someone to live and work in the US indefinitely. It does not and has never entitled the holder to re-enter the country at will.

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Re:Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban by PJDK on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:01PM (#13532488)

Perhaps not an absolute right, but a quick read through of this https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/in... suggests to me that a quick trip abroad would not be expected to cause issues.

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Re:Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban by LyndsySimon on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:20PM (#13532744)

It's definitely a change in policy, without question. My point is that the pre-existing policy was in fact already based on the whims of one man, and that all this really represents is him changing his mind.

FWIW, I'm 100% in favor of reducing the power of the executive. Previous decisions by other executive agencies have declared things that I possess a felony without warning.

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Re:Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban by PJDK on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:37PM (#13532956)

The big worry about this is that lots of parts of politics have a huge amount of power but there is a general sort of understanding that things aren't done because they aren't done.

This kind of shoot from the hip action really undermines that confidence. You might like to change the powers of the executive but that's not going to happen easily.

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