re: Do you know any lawyers who do immigration?

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Ive known this kid since he was little and he has always been smart, so I was proud for him and his folks when he went to law school and passed the bar exam. I dont know what to think now though. He seems to be using his God given talents for destructive purposes.

My buddy doesnt say much about it, but he and his wife are good people. I can tell it is eating them up inside.

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You should call out the kid in front of the parents next time you are with them and report back here what happens.

All immigration should be stopped, period. No immigration, no visitor visas, no 'tourist' visas, no 'business' visas, certainly no work visas. No foreigners period. Unless you buy a US gold card visas.

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Similar to personal injury lawyers - they rarely go to court.

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Personal injury lawyers may not go to jury trial very often, but they are in court a lot compared to most practice areas. Multiple motion hearings every week, if not every day. Many of them serious dispositive motions.

PI lawyers also probably actually try more jury cases than anyone except the criminal bar. And there is a decent overlap among those practices anyway--those are the two areas where you will typically find the really talented trial lawyers.

It's funny to see people who apparently know so little about the practice of law make comments like this. Because I'm sure you respect the lawyer who shook your hand at your real estate closing and hasn't even seen a courtroom in person since they were sworn into the bar.

I've known three lawyers who had an immigration practice. One worked entirely for one large company and did all their foreign worker visa stuff. He was my immigration law professor in law school.

The other two were part of bigger firms who wanted that as part of their book. One was an older white guy who spoke fluent Spanish and the other was from Iran.

The Spanish speaker was a true believer who loved the work. He was also a HELL of a criminal defense lawyer--got a jury nullification on a felon in possession charge that would have been a life sentence as a third strike, all because of very strategic voir dire. He taught ESL classes to immigrants at night and was a deacon at a multinational Catholic church.

The Iranian hated it but it was what she was useful at, due to language, so that's how she made money for the firm. She hated most of her clients and also hated going to court. Said African clients were by far the worst--according to her, blatantly lying or exaggerating about important shite is just the norm in many cultures there, which made her job very hard. It's assumed or expected there that people are full of crap, but obviously a problem when someone is under oath or needs to tell their lawyer the truth in the American legal system.

She was a really good negotiator but a lousy litigator. Got too flustered in court. Yes, many (not all) immigration attorneys go to court a lot.

Honestly, if I were someone that loved sitting outside the courtroom negotiating all morning and shooting the shite with the fed gov attorney waiting to see if my case got called, then making ad hoc arguments off the cuff at trial and not relying on discovery, I would love immigration court. It's basically criminal practice on steroids, as far as what you actually do in court (though the transactional side is totally different). There are almost no rules of evidence or procedure, at least compared to federal district court or most state courts of record. But that actually terrifies me as an attorney.

It's a horrible bureaucratic system with all sorts of technical BS that postpones so many cases that actually need to be heard, but now for PR reasons expedites things that should be much more deliberate.

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With that in mind, our immigration system is broken. It was designed in the 1960's with 1960's in mind.

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We have so many Illegal Immigrants here already why should we need any immigration at this point? Make it make sense.

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Turns out illegals hire him to try to keep them from being deported. I dont see how that is even possible.

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Damn now can you imagine if there were lawyers who represented pedos, rapists and murderers?

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I would love a simulation of what the US economy looks like at 10, 25, and 50 years from now

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You are about to get this with AI, Automation, and advanced Robotics.

I'll ask you again - what are the millions of low IQ, unskilled, uneducated Illegal Immigrants that are already here going to do? Who is going to feed and house them? What will be the purpose of having them here when the above mentioned things take over and educated Americans are out of work? Make it make sense.

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You are conflating two separate things.

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You seem to be having a hard time understanding this. South Korea and Japan have this figured out. North America and Europe do not. There won't be a need for 'replacement' when AI, Automation, and Advanced Robotics take hold of our every day lives. It's coming and faster/sooner than you think.

So, I'll ask again, when this happens there are going to be educated Americans - Bankers, Lawyers, IT Professionals, healthcare professionals, Accounting professionals. and a host of others out of work. So, knowing this what are all the millions of low IQ, uneducated, unskilled Illegal Immigrants here going to do? How will they survive and what purpose will they serve? Do you understand what is being discussed here? Importing low IQ Third World 'migrants' won't be needed for 'replacement' when AI and Automation take over. Make it make sense. Please.

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Idk about that. There are a lot of illegals here who would make good citizens. They want nothing more than to work hard, build a family and assimilate to our culture. It's the american dream. I'm glad that there is someone out there helping people like that.

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I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but what makes a good citizen?

If I smoke weed every day and go to my job and otherwise be a productive citizen, but get caught, I go through pretrial diversion.

If an immigrant does the same--even if they are here legally--they are subject to deportation. And under current policy, absolutely will be deported if given the chance.

Despite the fact that all they are doing is living the American dream just like I am. Smoking weed illegally just like a quarter of adult American citizens currently do.