The changing face of American immigrants

So Pew Research Center has looked at where this country’s immigrants have come from in the last 40 or so years. Interestingly, last fiscal year, most of our immigrants came from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Phew, what a weekend!

As I write this, protests have gone on and are being planned all over the country (including one scheduled by CAIR at  Bradley International Airport here in Connecticut) over an executive order signed by the Republican president on Friday night. (This is an old hat trick used by despots everywhere — do  your dirty work …

Succinctly, baby Jesus is crying

Tuesday was a bad day for the environment. Wednesday was a bad day for immigrants. And today? Trump’s in Philly, at a GOP retreat. Might that take his attention from destroying the planet and ruining people’s lives?

Immigrant? Or real American? (Just watch)

For more on Billly Eichner, go here.

Here are some cities who intend to remain sanctuaries

What the president elect will actually do in regard to so-called sanctuary cities is anybody’s guess, but he has promised — and this could change — to cut off federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities that shelter immigrants who are here without proper documentation. Those cities have promised a fight. Not included on the CityLabs list …

And another thing…

And thanks, Helen, for the link.

No, they’re not taking our jobs

A new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that immigrants are not taking our jobs. The report also addresses whether immigrants burden government budgets, but that’s another story. (By the way? That links takes you to a page where you can download it for free, as I did. I thought I …

Some facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.

From Pew Research Center. You can read more here.

The every day lives of refugees, worldwide

Right here.

Red Cross and other aid groups fight to keep borders open in Europe

And we admire them very much.