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

Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by paxys on Friday March 14, 2025 @12:47PM (#43364424)

That distinction doesn't even matter. Someone can stand on Main St and shout "I love Hamas" all day and the government can (well, in theory) do nothing. This freedom applies to everyone on American soil regardless of their immigration status. The fact that people are being targeted and prosecuted by this adminstration is a complete breakdown of free speech and first amendment protections, supported by a republican congress and court system.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by jlawson on Friday March 14, 2025 @02:14PM (#43365478)

This is easy to say when it's someone you like, not so much when it's someone you don't.

Do you also think a foreigner should be allowed to openly advocate for Nazism while on a green card, without consequence?

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by nashashmi on Friday March 14, 2025 @02:21PM (#43365551)

There is actually a law that prohibits advocacy of nazis while on a green card.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by darksaints on Friday March 14, 2025 @03:07PM (#43366078)

Nothing prohibiting advocacy of nazis, from what I can tell, it's for affiliation with nazis. And its an entry/approval requirement, and there is a big difference though between entry/approval requirements and ongoing obligations. The government can deny entry/approval for a myriad of reasons related to unfavorable speech, but they can't infringe on the legal speech of a green card holder.

Regardless, the prohibition for entry/approval is against people who were associated with the nazi party or nazi-allied parties between 1933 and 1945, which is basically obsolete already. Anybody for whom that prohibition applies would be 98+ years old now.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by nashashmi on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:43PM (#43368872)

Yes thanks for the correction.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by notavalleyman on Friday March 14, 2025 @02:59PM (#43366011)

Sorry if I'm missing your sarcasm, but I was curious and tried to search for this and wasn't successful, can you give more details?

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by nashashmi on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:40PM (#43368849)

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/grounds-deportabilit...

Look up the line on nazis. On second look, The word advocacy is wrong. It is nazi persecution

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