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Can you point me to the law you believe covers this? All of the coverage I’ve read says otherwise and that includes older discussions from Trump’s first term. E

by acdha 2y ago

Can you point me to the law you believe covers this? All of the coverage I’ve read says otherwise and that includes older discussions from Trump’s first term. Everything says some kind of serious crime - felony, support for terrorism, etc. – or something like marriage fraud or other problems with his actual immigration application. https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-arrest-of-palestinian-activist-stirs-questions-about-protections-for-students-and-green-card-holders/ https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-arrest-o... https://www.newsweek.com/president-donald-trump-mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-deportation-green-card-lawyer-arrest-2042137 https://www.newsweek.com/president-donald-trump-mahmoud-khal...

spwa4 2y ago
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.122 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.122
- acdha 2y ago
  That’s specific to non-immigrant visas - students, diplomats, business travelers, etc. where the visa is time-limited and linked to a particular purpose such as being an employee of an American business or teaching at a college. The best known example on HN is the H1-B visa but there are quite a few others: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-inf... As a green card holder, he was covered on the other type (immigrant) which does not assume that you’re intending to leave the country. I don’t know anything about his personal life but as the spouse of an American citizen he should easily have qualified: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/immigrant-visa-for-spouse.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrat... The key thing which separates a green card from a regular visa of either type, and why people tried so hard to get them, is that it offers legal rights such as the ability to sponsor family members for their own permanente residency and, most relevant, legal protections closer to a citizen’s.

by acdha 2y ago

spwa4 2y ago

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.122 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.122

acdha 2y ago
That’s specific to non-immigrant visas - students, diplomats, business travelers, etc. where the visa is time-limited and linked to a particular purpose such as being an employee of an American business or teaching at a college. The best known example on HN is the H1-B visa but there are quite a few others: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-inf... As a green card holder, he was covered on the other type (immigrant) which does not assume that you’re intending to leave the country. I don’t know anything about his personal life but as the spouse of an American citizen he should easily have qualified: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/immigrant-visa-for-spouse.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrat... The key thing which separates a green card from a regular visa of either type, and why people tried so hard to get them, is that it offers legal rights such as the ability to sponsor family members for their own permanente residency and, most relevant, legal protections closer to a citizen’s.