Is it practically possible for you to hire an Iraqi woman as a nanny?

[Boojatta]

Washington politicians should permit you to hire a nanny from what countries?

[MercutioATC]

1. An Iraqi national or an American of Iraqi descent?

Either way, sure.

[Boojatta]

2. Iraqi citizen who lives in Iraq, but who is to travel to the USA to work.

[MercutioATC]

3. Wouldn't that be sort of a long commute for her?

I seem to be missing something here...

(on edit) O.K., so she would then be an Iraqi national living in the U.S.?

[Boojatta]

5. Do nannies from the Philippines commute?

I thought that there were arrangements whereby nannies spend a period of at least a few months in the USA to work.

[MercutioATC]

6. So she'd be an Iraqi national (as I asked in my first response).

Assuming she had the proper documents to work here legally, why wouldn't somebody be able to hire her?

[Boojatta]

8. "Assuming she had the proper documents to work here legally"

Assuming that Maher Arar could have gotten the proper documents from the Syrian government, he would have been able to change his status from dual citizenship, removing his involuntary birthplace citizenship.

[MercutioATC]

12. ...and that has WHAT do do with hiring a nanny?

[Boojatta]

15. It has to do with the concept of a bureaucratic roadblock that

makes something that is perhaps technically possible in law nevertheless as a practical matter not possible.

[MercutioATC]

19. Whatever. The simple answer is Yes, you can hire an Iraqi nanny.

There will obviously be immigration hoops to jump through (as would be the case when hiring from ANY other country) but yes, the process exists.

[Boojatta]

23. Is law a purely theoretical discipline, with no need for experimental confirmation?

[MercutioATC]

24. Knock your socks off. I really have no need for an Iraqi nanny.

Tell us how it goes.

[itsrobert]

4. Why don't you just pay a fair wage and hire an American?

n/t

[Boojatta]

7. Would it be wrong to pay a fair wage and hire a non-American?

[BlooInBloo]

11. If you're paying a full wage, then what's the point of hiring a non-American?

EDIT: Sounds like a lot of hassle, and if that hassle isn't offset by a lower wage, I don't see the point.

[MercutioATC]

13. I can see somebody wanting to expose their kids to a different culture...

...a non-American nanny could do that.

[BlooInBloo]

17. So could an American one. (shrug)

[MercutioATC]

20. Yes, I know. I'm just playing Devil's advocate.

There IS a logical reason one could have for wanting to hire a non-American.

[InkAddict]

21. What songs would Julie Andrews in a burka sing? n/t

[Boojatta]

22. Although both Iraq and Afghanistan were invaded, they have different styles of dress.

[Toucano]

14. Maybe the non-American has skills the American does not.

Such as language skills or something.

[BlooInBloo]

16. We're talking about a nanny here.

[Toucano]

18. I'm aware of that. n/t

[madokie]

9. I don't know about me hiring anyone but I would like to have Iraqi neighbors

They seem to be good and to be loyal people, just my kind.

[Boojatta]

10. I didn't know that you could classify an entire ethnicity as all good or all bad.

[Boojatta]

25. Kick