Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by AYBABTME 3667 days ago
The kind of stuff you can afford to do only when you're a US citizen and thus not a potential victim of some arbitrary US custom officer deciding you can't come in anymore and have no appeal.

What I'm saying is, if you're not a US citizen, don't participate in those kinds of actions. The problems these campaigns highlight are real, but being foreigners, we have no legal recourses in the US in many areas, and can end up seriously fucking up our lives.

Also it'd be nice if US folks sharing those links and encouraging actions of the kind could be considerate of non-US people who don't necessarily have the leisure of getting on all kinds of list.

2 comments

Well this is a weirdly US-centric view.. You seem to assume that all people not living in the US are actually just waiting to emigrate their. I'm quite happy in Spain, thanks!
It's not about emigrating there, it's about merely being able to go. And in tech, being unable to enter the US is a hurdle.
I actually have a trip planned to the US soon and I wouldn't dare clicking on that link, just because of that...
It amazes me that that we have reached this point.