Danielle Goldman

Building immigration pathways for foreign national innovators, experts, and entrepreneurs in the US.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

Immigration attorneys carry the weight of others’ lives. I grew up watching it firsthand from my father...

The 4 a.m. calls with terrified clients before visa appointments.

Taking on pro bono cases when no one else would.

Suing the U.S. State Department to get people in—when they were already approved.

This is one of the highest-stakes, least recognized areas of law. Every case is someone’s life—their job, their family, their future.

That ends here.

🏆 Introducing The Immies — national awards honoring immigration attorneys who are actually moving the field forward.

10 categories.
2-minute nominations.

If someone just came to mind—nominate them.

⏰ Open until May 30
👉 https://t.co/NLJRE7khSP

Tag an immigration attorney who deserves this.
#TheImmies #immigration #immigrationlaw

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@elonmusk @hamdiulukaya @apoorva_mehta @stevechen @NoubarAfeyan @istoica05 @SebastianThrun @geoajeet @rihanna @MarieKondo Who were your immigration attorneys? They deserve some recognition.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

Immigration attorneys carry the weight of others’ lives. I grew up watching it firsthand from my father...

The 4 a.m. calls with terrified clients before visa appointments.

Taking on pro bono cases when no one else would.

Suing the U.S. State Department to get people in—when they were already approved.

This is one of the highest-stakes, least recognized areas of law. Every case is someone’s life—their job, their family, their future.

That ends here.

🏆 Introducing The Immies — national awards honoring immigration attorneys who are actually moving the field forward.

10 categories.
2-minute nominations.

If someone just came to mind—nominate them.

⏰ Open until May 30
👉 https://t.co/NLJRE7khSP

Tag an immigration attorney who deserves this.
#TheImmies #immigration #immigrationlaw

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

After 3 recent webinars with top U.S. immigration attorneys about the upcoming H-1B lottery, here are the factors companies should be thinking about:

1️⃣ This is a strong year to enter talent into the lottery.

Some estimates say up to 50%, others 10–20% — largely due to the $100K fee for talent abroad.

That could mean the highest selection rates in a decade for change-of-status cases (foreign nationals already in the U.S.).

(Insight from @GreenAndSpiegel )

2️⃣ The $100K fee may not last

Two active court cases could overturn the proclamation as early as March.

Many companies are still registering talent abroad so they can file if the courts rule against the fee.

(Insight from Jesse Bless)

3️⃣ The weighted lottery changes strategy

Companies can think more creatively about specialty occupation categories.

Some categories have lower prevailing wage bands, allowing sponsorship in higher bands without increasing salary.

(Insight from Jeff Goldman)

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

We’re the nation that allows you to worship freely without fear. It’s part of the essence of who we are.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@Acyn Blaming immigrants for housing prices (and frankly everything wrong in this country) is lazy economics.

We don’t have a people problem — we have a housing supply problem.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@ninaturner What do we think he will do with his money when he dies?

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

For many this highlights the nuance in the narratives pushed upon us all by the media - that it's "Jews vs. Muslims".

A Muslim just saved countless Jews' lives. And many Jews around the world - like my mother leading therapy groups for Afghan refugees in Boston - support Muslims every day.

But that isn't sexy - it doesn't go viral.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@j_fishback AGREE we need Americans to get jobs, but DISAGREE that this is the issue - students are not selecting majors where there are labor shortages.

There is a national talent gap for accountants. People taking their CPA exam has declined by more than 30 percent since 2016 @Talentfoot https://t.co/zNlNfWoXZp

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@KateClarkTweets Kate - I'm here to talk anything immigration and startups, such as how the $100,000 H-1B fee or weighted H-1B lottery impacts the startup ecosystem in Q1 2026.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@CoryBooker I watched this and went down a Chat GPT rabbit hole asking "Does Corey Booker have a good chance of beating Vance in 2028?". It says you do. Let's go!

Grievance populism is exhausting people.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@CoryBooker This should make it clear that much of what is being done right now is for optics, not for America.

Thank you @CoryBooker for bringing to light real events and hearings - not just opinionated news reports - as to what is happening right now.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

The chaos and cruelty of Trump and Noem’s policy are endangering veterans and American citizens.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

Nitin from @UnshackledVC advised not to fundraise just to get O-1 evidence. Bootstrap if you can. Build and then find the immigration solution that works.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

Last week in SF, I moderated a panel on navigating immigration challenges for founders.

One takeaway stood above the rest:

Immigration should not drive your business decisions.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

I've been building a remote team for 5 years. I only hire doers, creators, and self-motivated humans.

Both Danila and Ian are founders themselves. Their owner mindset makes them successful all the way from Argentina & Michigan!

But nothing beats getting together in person.

[Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle]

🚨I PRESSED President Trump on H-1B visas.🚨

“If you want to RAISE WAGES for Americans, you can’t flood the country with THOUSANDS of foreign workers.”

@POTUS: “You have to bring in talent… You can’t take people off the unemployment line and say, ‘go make missiles.’”

The debate continues.

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

@IngrahamAngle @POTUS One challenge is that 70% of the top U.S. AI startups backed by venture capital have an immigrant co-founder who first came to the U.S. as an international student. We cannot afford to lose this talent. America will fall behind.
Source: https://t.co/9BK9NL19Wm

[Danielle Goldman @daniellegoldman]

70% of the top U.S. AI startups backed by venture capital have an immigrant co-founder who first came to the U.S. as an international student.

We cannot afford to lose this talent. America will fall behind.

@elonmusk got this. Does Trump?

Source: https://t.co/9BK9NL19Wm