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>As the article explains the owner is drawing his HR from the Egyptian immigrant community. And good for him, too! He deserves to be incredibly proud of the wo

>As the article explains the owner is drawing his HR from the Egyptian immigrant community. And good for him, too! He deserves to be incredibly proud of the work he's done. I can imagine that the two-hundred-odd employees he has hired represent just a fraction of the people he's positively effected - especially if they are Egyptian immigrants. Many of them likely brought their families to the US as well. I'm incredibly proud to be an American, hearing stories like this. (Unfortunately, that's in spite of our current administration's attitude towards immigrants. Let's hope that next election manages to turn that sentiment around with a new candidate.)

dionian 7y ago
If he immigrated legally, I'm not sure the current administration has done anything to hurt him
- drharby 7y ago
  The fact that this is downvoted and the parent's is not for speaking down on the current admin smells of a bias. I'll save face by saying I think the administration is adverse to many people's lives
- luckydata 7y ago
  As a naturalized citizen of the United States I can tell you with good knowledge that.you have no clue what you're talking about. The Trump administration has made legal family reunions a lot more complex and time consuming than it used to be. Many other issues too that it takes just a little googling or some good faith to discover. That's not even going in the stories of American citizens arrested for speaking a foreign language and not being released for months. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180427-htmlstory.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180... Saying this kind of stuff at this point is not morally neutral, you're actively abiding an inhuman and monstrous regime that's killing people out of bigotry and greed, you should be ashamed.
  - o-__-o 7y ago
    To be fair, as the son of an immigrant, it has been difficult for family to come visit since about 2010. I understand it’s easy to blame this administration for a lot of things, but the immigration problem began a long time ago and each presidential administration has promised change that has only f’ed up the people who follow the law.
    - luckydata 7y ago
      It's gotten a lot worse faster in the last three years. I've become a citizen under Obama and it was a pretty simple paperwork process. Things are not the same now.
      - o-__-o 7y ago
        Its no worse than it was 6 years ago. Under Obama, I had family who were here legally and were not sure if they should leave because there was no guidance on whether or not they could return. I've had foreign friends here who held legal visas who left the country only to be stuck unable to return because of unclear guidance. But just like now, if you stayed illegally or entered the country illegally and didn't commit any crimes then everyone would just turn a blind eye. It's not a lot worse. It's just differently worse. If you follow the law you're still F'd.
      - refurb 7y ago
        As an immigrant and married to an immigrant, we both had very similar experiences getting citizenship - it was a painless process when I did it under Obama and my wife under Trump. The only difference we noticed was it took longer and apparently that’s because a lot more people are applying.
  - barney54 7y ago
    I'm confused. The link you shared shows that there are fewer American citizens in ICE custody than during the Obama administration and there are fewer citizenship claims in court in 2017 than during the Obama administration. Of the examples of Americans wrong detained in the story, two people were arrested during the Bush administration, two were arrested during the Obama administration, and one was arrested during the Trump administration. Challenges with immigration did not start with the Trump administration.
dang 7y ago
Please don't take HN threads on generic flamewar tangents or into partisan battles. These are off topic on HN because they are predictable and tedious. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dionian 7y ago

If he immigrated legally, I'm not sure the current administration has done anything to hurt him

drharby 7y ago
The fact that this is downvoted and the parent's is not for speaking down on the current admin smells of a bias. I'll save face by saying I think the administration is adverse to many people's lives
luckydata 7y ago
As a naturalized citizen of the United States I can tell you with good knowledge that.you have no clue what you're talking about. The Trump administration has made legal family reunions a lot more complex and time consuming than it used to be. Many other issues too that it takes just a little googling or some good faith to discover. That's not even going in the stories of American citizens arrested for speaking a foreign language and not being released for months. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180427-htmlstory.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-citizens-ice-20180... Saying this kind of stuff at this point is not morally neutral, you're actively abiding an inhuman and monstrous regime that's killing people out of bigotry and greed, you should be ashamed.
- o-__-o 7y ago
  To be fair, as the son of an immigrant, it has been difficult for family to come visit since about 2010. I understand it’s easy to blame this administration for a lot of things, but the immigration problem began a long time ago and each presidential administration has promised change that has only f’ed up the people who follow the law.
  - luckydata 7y ago
    It's gotten a lot worse faster in the last three years. I've become a citizen under Obama and it was a pretty simple paperwork process. Things are not the same now.
    - o-__-o 7y ago
      Its no worse than it was 6 years ago. Under Obama, I had family who were here legally and were not sure if they should leave because there was no guidance on whether or not they could return. I've had foreign friends here who held legal visas who left the country only to be stuck unable to return because of unclear guidance. But just like now, if you stayed illegally or entered the country illegally and didn't commit any crimes then everyone would just turn a blind eye. It's not a lot worse. It's just differently worse. If you follow the law you're still F'd.
    - refurb 7y ago
      As an immigrant and married to an immigrant, we both had very similar experiences getting citizenship - it was a painless process when I did it under Obama and my wife under Trump. The only difference we noticed was it took longer and apparently that’s because a lot more people are applying.
- barney54 7y ago
  I'm confused. The link you shared shows that there are fewer American citizens in ICE custody than during the Obama administration and there are fewer citizenship claims in court in 2017 than during the Obama administration. Of the examples of Americans wrong detained in the story, two people were arrested during the Bush administration, two were arrested during the Obama administration, and one was arrested during the Trump administration. Challenges with immigration did not start with the Trump administration.

dang 7y ago

Please don't take HN threads on generic flamewar tangents or into partisan battles. These are off topic on HN because they are predictable and tedious. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html