SashaFinch216

Texas mama. Anti-censorship ex-resister & disaffected Democrat. #MAHA

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@megbasham All I have to do is hit the Grok button to see that all of this is verifiably untrue. Someone who calls themselves a journalist should do better.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

In supporting Graham Platner, Democrats have abandoned #MeToo's "believe women" slogan. They should now take responsibility for the damage #MeToo caused, including false accusations, the demonization of male sexuality, and the crippling anxiety behind Gen Z's romantic recession.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@DrewJackson10 @DBrunoMedia @McJuggerNuggets What a doll! 🥰

[Jamie Reed Whistleblower @JamieWhistle]

I have testified in nearly 17 states in the past year. This testimony is from Wisconsin. I am proud to share it with you here.

[Joseph Massey @jmasseypoet]

During Pride Month, I’d like to acknowledge all of the ordinary gay people who simply want to be left alone to live their lives, and who refuse to participate in a corporatized kink fest.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@JohnCornyn you are the scorpion.

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

An old, but apt fable:

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character." @Wikipedia

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@JoeGambone @WWIIThePacific @ProfMJCleveland @darthur111 Romney voted for her.

[Steve Morris @stevemorris__]

Notable that, after the debate, the White House's top spokesperson mocked and dismissed the idea Biden would have received a neurological scan - which is the exact kind of thing you would probably do if your wife thinks you had a stroke

[Lone Star Liberty PAC @LoneStar_PAC]

What does James talarico call women?

"neighbors with a uterus"

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@hilltopjennifer Weight loss and lots of Botox on the right.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@RollingStone Unlike Karen Bass where there is not a “suggestion” but literal proof she’s not good at anything.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@denverpost I genuinely feel sorry for this family. They were sold a bill of goods by the Biden administration and should never have come to the US illegally to begin with. Hopefully things are more stable back home in Venezuela for them.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@DanFriedman81 @HouseofElon So why do you keep repeating the talking point that Colbert was the most watched late night host?

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@repmythos @LibertyStier @SpecialReport I’m tired of typing. Maybe this will help you.

[John Loeber 🎢 @johnloeber]

I'm seeing a lot of tech founders on O-1s and H-1Bs ring the alarm bells over this. But they don't need to panic.

H-1B and O-1 visas are dual intent visas, i.e. you are allowed to apply for a green card while you are on them. My understanding is that nothing changes for these applicants.

Tourist, F-1 (student), and similar visas are temporary for non-immigrant intent. On those, you are not meant to apply for a green card, because that shows immigrant intent. That's why people on F-1 visas applying for green cards, for example, can't leave the country for a year or two while they're waiting -- they might not be re-admitted at the border.

The loophole that DHS/USCIS is closing is the one where you can be on a non-immigrant visa but still apply for permanent immigration inside the country, because that immigrant intent is only evaluated at the border, not by USCIS at application-time. (Confusing, right?)

On its face, limiting non-immigrant visas to not enabling permanent residency, and instead directing those applicants to the proper immigrant visa route, is not crazy. When you get a non-immigrant visa, you do certify that you don't intend to immigrate.

The only technical talent that suffers from this are F-1 students on post-completion OPT, of whom there are many bright achievers in Silicon Valley. But many of those are also good fits for O-1s.

As an aside, I obtained my green card on the F-1 -> EB-3 path, which is what's being challenged by this memo. I'm grateful it was straight-forward at the time because I never got an H-1B visa in the lottery (30% chance), but this was also not an ideal process. Three years of uncertainty.

In my view, what closing this loophole does is force the conversation on the need for skilled immigration visas -- a better, faster, higher-certainty pathway from a strong university to the right to work that doesn't have you competing in a stacked lottery. The Twitter reaction is alarmist, but I think the policy reality is more benign.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@repmythos @LibertyStier @SpecialReport No. There are certain types of visas where a change in status is prohibited (and always has been) but this was not uniformly enforced (a “fiancé” visa is one such example).

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@repmythos @LibertyStier @SpecialReport No, it’s sending people on expired visas home until and IF their application for permanent residency is approved. This doesn’t affect people here legally.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

@ashtonteng If you’re here legally this doesn’t apply to you. It impacts people who are here with pending applications and expired visas.

[SashaFinch216 @finch216]

Most of them are NOT here on legal visas. Green card approval typically takes years. They come in on a tourist or other visa and apply for a change in status and a green card; meanwhile their visa expires. Thats why they are being nabbed at their court appearances.
Previous administrations treated you like you were legal just because you had an application pending (and the media plays this game too - claiming these people were “doing everything right”.

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Opinion: The “Late Show” finally goes dark, years after Stephen Colbert drove away those who don't see the world the way he sees it. 

I'm glad to see him go. https://t.co/snjfpoOtFN

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

CBS News said there was no evidence of fraud.

The NYT said the Somali community was being targeted

CNN said there was "little evidence."

Tim Walz said it was “white supremacy” to expose fraud

Today: $90M busted and 15 charged.

IT WAS ALL FRAUD AND THEY KNEW.