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Billy Binion
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Billy Binion
@billybinion
Reporter @reason covering all things injustice. Yes, this is my real name.
Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2017
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one of the strangest moments of Trump’s second term was when Susie Wiles talked trash about a bunch of administration officials on the record to Vanity Fair and in response all of those same officials took to Twitter to post about how incredible they think she is
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he looks like he operates escape rooms in myrtle beach
Talia Baia@taliaontv
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@billybinion He knew that when he came. Them's the breaks.
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The responses to this are a good reminder that a lot of anti-immigrant keyboard warriors have no idea what the law says.
“He had 20 years to become a citizen!” No. Thanks to country of origin caps, the wait time for Indians can be over *100 years*—just to get a green card. Many die waiting in line.
We tell people seeking the American Dream to come here “the right way,” and then we punish them for doing so.
Sam Peak@SpeakSamuel
This H-1B worker has lived in the US for nearly 20 years and built a family here. His mom was dying in India. To visit her, he would need to wait months to book a consular appointment--with the soonest one available likely being scheduled one year out. He made the difficult choice of not visiting his dying mom because leaving without an appointment would mean separation from his children, job, and his other obligations. Much of the commentary around immigration focuses on how such bureaucratic burdens undermine immigrants’ ability to contribute and innovate. But we must remember that this red tape also prevents these people from being fully engaged with their own lives and meaningfully present in the lives of others. This matters too, and these seemingly non-economic problems will eventually translate into economic costs. If America is no longer a place where people feel empowered to be the best versions of themselves as they celebrate, struggle, and grieve, it ceases not just being the land of opportunity, but also the land of dignity and purpose. linkedin.com/posts/gautam-d…
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@meh_130 Yes, you can. The law allows you to renew your status (effectively lifting the 6-year cap) when you get in line for a green card. But red tape keeps people stuck in line for years.
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@billybinion You can't be on a H-1B visa for 20 years.
The max is 6 years.
There is a temp to perm program for H-1B visa holders.
I am not sure what visa this person was on from year 7 through 20, but it was not an H-1B.
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I loved the friends I made in Dallas—people really did seem nicer there. But it’s atrociously hot, extremely spread out, and has no defining character. I also left within 5 years. You stay there if you have a reason to.
Amy Nixon@texasrunnerDFW
I am astounded by the number of millennial families who moved to Dallas, bought a home, then turned around and sold the home to move out of Dallas, in less than a 5 year time span Is Dallas just super transient or is this a post-pandemic phenomenon happening everywhere?
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@billybinion 30 years working in the DPD. I sold our paid off house, moved to an Embassy Suites the week before I retired. The day after, drove that baby out. Haven’t been back since. Florida is way nicer.
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@billybinion LBJ knows a thing or two.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson@lyndonbajohnson
Dallas is Baja Oklahoma.
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@billybinion I unfortunately got a reason to stay but I live in Fort Worth. Once my kid is grown up and moves off hopefully I too can move and hopefully back to New Orleans
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@billybinion I feel like people have this exact same critique of Atlanta, lol
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@billybinion It' hardly feels spread out if you live around Uptown or Oak Lawn. (And can convince your friends to come to you). I hardly ever drive > 1 mile. I walk to the grocery or lots of eating places.
Also pleasantly dry in the summer (compared to deep east TX)
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@SkyPointSteve I obviously can’t speak for everyone, but I did find it fascinating watching a lot of media commentators move to Texas only to turn right back around and leave again
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@billybinion I know a ton of folks that moved to Texas during COVID in tech from CA/OR/WA.
Guess how many are happy?
None.
Most openly share deep regret and an inability to move back without taking steep losses.
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@billybinion Yes that’s why I’m leaving but I do love Fort Worth. But Austin is way better I’m ngl
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@JBaum3007658498 Maybe not, but I enjoyed the nice coffee shops 🙂
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@billybinion Aside from the Bishop Arts District. I doubt you went where we worked.
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@billybinion I don't want anyone coming here "the right way" or any way until there's 100% American employment and rising wages.
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@billybinion We don’t want him here, legally or illegally.
He needs to go back to India and be with his dying Mother and stay there and live with his people. No one wants America inundated with Indians.
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@solaverbo I have known him personally for years, he is very much an American
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@billybinion and note on OP
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DJ Richards@stumblebum54
First of all you’re clearly connected via the Nigeria App Store and posing as someone in the USA. Secondly, you’re inferring that H1B visa holders are being held here as some sort of labor slaves. You’re full of shit and should be banned from all Social Media. Fuck off you POS.
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@JBaum3007658498 If you mean Oak Cliff, that was one of my favorite areas
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@billybinion And I bet you missed out on South Dallas and The Cliff.
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@Nancy_Bellicec I found myself subconsciously bracing myself every time I opened a door to go outside which was…a new experience for me haha
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@billybinion Lasted 6. Started to hate summer and being outdoors…which is not ok. I’m used to heat, my experience in CA, AZ couldn’t compare. Colorless most of the year…brown or greenish brown. Muddy waterways. Most of nice people aren’t from TX.
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