The Senate confirmed Gil Kerlikowske as head of Customs and Border Protection. Kerlikowske is the former chief of the Seattle Police Department and is the first permanent CBP chief since 2011. He comes to the agency as it has been …
The White House issued an executive order this week barring travel to the US of any individuals deemed to have contributed to the undermining of the Democratic process in Ukraine. That’s a fairly broad group that could include those who …
How can you not love Lupita Nyong’o? NBC News declared of her “A Star is Born” after she won an Academy Award last night for her performance as Patsey in Twelve Years a Slave. She delivered a classy …
The Supreme Court ended the long fights in two separate cases where local governments attempted to impose anti-immigrant ordinances to drive away out of status immigrants. The high court denied certiorari in cases involving Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Farmers Branch, Texas. …
In about 40 minutes, the Oscars will begin and there are a host of immigrants nominated, just as there are every year. Several are in the top categories and I’ll highlight several nominees and winners over the next few days. …
By chance, I was listening to my public radio station this morning and heard a shocking special hour long report on abuses at CBP ports of entry on the Canadian border. The story centered around the abusive treatment American citizens …
From the LA Times:
…Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according
Ukrainian-born Jan Koum founded a little app called WhatsApp that allows people to text over wi-fi and potentially save a lot of money (the app is not so little – it handles 20 billion messages per day). He and his …
To coach the team that is in first place in Olympic Ice Dancing (short program today, free skate tomorrow), is a major accomplishment. To simultaneously be coaching the #2 team puts Marina Zueva up there with the most successful coaches …
I’m enjoying watching an exciting USA-Russia hockey match right now so decided to post today’s Immigrant of the Day which honors one of the players on the American team.
Paul Stastny was born in Quebec in Canada and is a …