Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
The Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy is endangering a Pentagon initiative to offer citizenship in exchange for service. According to POLITICO and the Associated Press, Pentagon officials had been hoping to revamp a critical services program. Under its purview, individuals with ‘critical medical or Asian and African language skills’ would be allowed to joined the
Facebook said on Friday that a recent data breach has compromised the personal information of some 50 million users. The company says it discovered the breach this week. Hackers purportedly exploited a feature in the social media website’s code that allowed them to take over individual accounts en masse. Facebook claims it’s already fixed the
California Gov. Jerry Brown is facing a Sunday deadline to approve or veto a measure that’d reinstate Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Last month, reports the Wall Street Journal, ‘California Republicans joined Democrats in the state legislature to approve what experts say are the nation’s strongest net-neutrality provisions.’ The bill would, among other things, prevent internet
On Thursday, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills that would have granted non-citizens extraordinary rights within the state. One proposal would have allowed non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, to serve on state boards and commissions. Another bill would have barred immigration authorities from making arrests inside courthouses across California. Brown’s actions present an interesting break
A legal claim filed against the City of San Diego alleges that officials let hundreds of employees remain in dangerous, asbestos-filled buildings to save money on lease cancellations. The San Diego Tribune reports that ‘weeks after employees were moved from a rented high rise south of City Hall,” Deputy Chief Operating Officer Ronald Villa said
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution against granting undocumented immigrants the right to vote. The unusual measure was, according to POLITICO.com, ‘essentially a protest’ against a small handful of cities which allow illegal immigrants to vote in certain local elections. The move, supported by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), might be
A Department of Homeland Security proposal could deem immigrants with low credit scores inadmissible to the United States. Signed Friday by DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the proposal’s intent is to prevent immigrants from becoming legal permanent residents if they’re ‘public charges.’ A public charge, writes MarketWatch.com, refers to individuals or households which draw substantial government
The Trump administration plans to reallocate more than a quarter-billion dollars in funds from government programs to child detention centers. The plan, outlined in a letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, cuts refugee support programs by nearly $80 million. An additional $180 million, reports The Hill, will be taken out of healthcare
A federal appeals panel may revive a defamation suit filed by former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Court Circuit of Appeals in Manhattan seemed poised to rule in favor of Palin on Friday. Filed against the New York Times, the suit was scrapped last year after another court had
The Trump administration has publicly posted a proposal that’d bar legal immigrants from receiving green cards or citizenship if they’ve recently received welfare or other government assistance. Under the new rule, which POLITICO reports was posted on Saturday, immigrants can be denied ‘lawful permanent residency’ if they’ve availed certain public benefits—or if the Department of