by Harlan York | Mar 4, 2011 | Immigration in General
Note: The story below is about events in Canada; if a similar situation arises in the US, the victims are eligible for T visas. under Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Among the community of migrant farm workers in Kingsville, the van-load of Thai women stood out...
by Harlan York | Mar 2, 2011 | Immigration in General
Steven Bauer may play tough guys in movies like Scarface, may have changed his name from Rocky Echevarría, married and fathered a son with Melanie Griffith, but before all of that he played in the sitcom ¿Qué Pasa, USA? The Cuban-American teenager, Joe, trapped in a...
by Harlan York | Mar 2, 2011 | Immigration
Actress Emily Blunt has saddled her sister with the task of packing up her London apartment before selling it – because she can’t leave America for immigration reasons. The Brit wed US actor John Krasinski last summer and is now in the process of applying...
by Harlan York | Mar 2, 2011 | Immigration in General
Speaking at Georgetown to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the US Department of Homeland Security, former secretary Tom Ridge said he hopes “sometime in the future” the US government takes a serious look at immigration policy. “We’re not going...
by Harlan York | Feb 12, 2011 | Immigration in General
The French have banned burqas in defiance of their liberal tradition. The Swiss have banned new minarets despite their reliance on Arab bank deposits. The Japanese have shut off most immigration though they grow demographically decrepit. Perhaps the most...