The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is located on the Northwest coast of Africa. According to Human Rights Watch, Mauritania, not terribly far from Spain's Canary Islands, is a "buffer country" that the EU has enlisted to help curtail African migration to Europe. As Al Jazeera reports,
Tensions are high. I truly hope that everyone remains safe and sound. No more tragedies are needed.
The Trump administration has repeatedly said that it is not anti-immigrant but only anti-illegal immigrant. The mass deportation campaign arguably is consistent with that claim, although U.S. citizens of Latina/o ancestry have been caught up in the Latina/o dragnet in Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities. However,
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association, joins the Center for Immigration Studies podcast Parsing Immigration Policy for a discussion of immigration enforcement, voter integrity, and state-federal cooperation. I incorrectly had thought that this immigration enforcement advocate was out of politics. He has Kansas assisting
Last week, I visited Southwestern Law School in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. In recent months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been conducting operations in the neighborhood. Worry remains in the air as arrests continue. Still, life continues. I saw street vendors open for business and small restaurants with
President Trump has often said that the administration is seeking to remove the "worst of the worst." News agencies have questioned that claim as the mass deportation campaign continues. Day laborers at Home Depots, workers at car washes, and random people of color have been the subject of
Fox News reports President Donald Trump said yesterday that European leaders should respect Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban "because he's been right on immigration." President Trump warmly welcomed Orban to the White House. "Look what's happened to Europe with the immigration. They have
Reuters reports that "Democrats' victories in Tuesday’s elections have exposed potential vulnerabilities in U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda and bid to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion policies, analysts said." True, false, wishful thinking?
Big news from Oregon. A federal judge in Oregon yesterday issued a permanent injunction barring the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland in response to immigration protests. "This Court arrives at the necessary conclusion that there was neither 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion&
Should we be on social media (or blogging) in these times? Or is it time to go off the grid? Nicole M. Bennett made me think about these question in a contribution to The Conversation: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for information for private-sector
Not had enough on the Bad Bunny/Superbowl controversy? If not, here is additional critical commentary.
Cambodian-American chef Nite Yun, who was born in a refugee camp, has released her debut cookbook, My Cambodia: A Khmer Cookbook. She shared a recipe for kroeung, a fragrant herb paste, with NPR's Morning Edition. The publisher's abstract of the book: Khmer recipes and culinary techniques