It was not for want of presidential leadership that immigration reform failed to make it through Congress during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush clearly recognized that America's immigration system had become dysfunctional, and needed substantial overhaul to make it run smoothly again -...
As expected, President Obama's annual State of the Union message focused on jobs and the economy, and the steps he believes the government should take to regain our national preeminence as inventors, creators, and technical innovators. (See Remarks by the President in State of Union...
Here in Baltimore, as winter rages on, one begins to look for hopeful signs: the first green shoots poking through the snow, the start of spring training for the coming baseball season, anything to take the edge off an austere, demanding time of year. In...
As MurthyDotCom and several major newspapers reported last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shut down Tri-Valley University, located in the San Francisco Bay area, alleging it helped foreign students to gain student immigration papers illegally. (See NewsFlash! ICE Raid at Tri-Valley University Impacts...
In recent days, Cairo, Alexandria, and other parts of Egypt have been rocked by massive demonstrations, demanding free and fair elections, an end to government repression, and other political and social reforms. It is too early to say how all this will end - whether...
Several hundred Indian students now face immigration proceedings, including possible removal (deportation), due to the massive immigration fraud that Tri-Valley University allegedly perpetrated, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. According to the Economic Times, the Indian Embassy is offering assistance to these...
It wasn't that long ago that the news outlets were full of stories about immigration raids, federal agents hawkishly swooping down on a chicken processing plant or a construction site, carrying off as many illegal immigrant workers as they could, starting massive deportation proceedings against...
In the January issue of Baltimore's Urbanite magazine, the cover story discusses several path-breaking social innovations that they predict will play a large role in improving life in Baltimore - and in the world beyond - in the coming year. (See Locally Grown: Ten Bright...
Like other states in the industrial midwest, Michigan has seen more than its fair share of economic decay, beset by unemployment and the atrophy of the heavy industry that once thrived there. In some circles - one thinks of Michael Moore's films about the decline...
The annual green card lottery is a fixture of the U.S. immigration system, allowing up to 50,000 foreign nationals to immigrate to the United States on a diversity visa, if they come from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. and they...
