Mike Wilk
mkwlk.bsky.social
Mike Wilk
@mkwlk.bsky.social
immigration lawyer | very tired | 🏳️‍🌈 | he/him
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"He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them." - Ludwig von Mises
January 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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20 Years Ago, Congress Passed An Immigration Bill Raising H-1B Visas
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
20 Years Ago, Congress Passed An Immigration Bill Raising H-1B Visas
In 2004, Congress raised the H-1B limit by exempting 20,000 students a year who earned a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. university.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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NEW FROM ME:

The government will do things that hurt people.

But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him.

Here’s a start.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations
How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Free app idea: it replaces all your alarm clock sounds with the loudest parts of Édith Piaf songs.
October 24, 2023 at 12:08 PM
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It's also the exact argument conservatives made 85 years ago to oppose letting Jewish refugees settle here
Even by the abysmally-low standards set by Heritage this is deeply racist and disgusting
October 20, 2023 at 1:35 PM
I was spiraling waiting for bar exam results, and one of my friends told me to go read each year’s collection + all the replies to pass the time. Now one of my favorite Halloween traditions.
was it jezebel that used to have people post real life unexplained ghost or creepy encounters around halloween some of those made the hairs on my neck stand up and as a red panda that is a lot of hairs
October 12, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Another fresh start, another introduction.

What I do: immigration law, refugee nonprofit, progressive policy, pics of pets.
October 6, 2023 at 1:52 PM