Artificial intelligence has made its way on to the agenda of the government’s annual political show in Beijing, urged on by the country’s business and technology elites China’s government is preparing for a war of sorts with the United States to claim the vantage point to define the technological trend for the next generation. At the annual meeting of China’s parliament this week, the usual Communist Party agenda of economic growth, social welfare, jobs, health care and pension made way for an unusual addition: a clarion call by some of China’s most influential business and technology leaders for the government to set policies to define what they consider the Next Big Thing.
Category: Immigration Reform
Laurene Powell Jobs, Widow of Apple Co-Founder, Talks Immigration With Trump
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and a critic of Trump’s travel ban, at the White House on Wednesday, according to an administration official. The meeting comes after the president issued a second executive order temporarily barring travel and immigration from six predominantly Muslim countries.
Grandmother, – backbone’ of military family, sent back to Mexico
“She’s not a criminal, that’s where I’m at. I just feel that she’s definitely not in that category.”
Viagra inventor makes premature ejaculation drug
‘The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us’: Trump strikes a presidential tone while addressing Congress as he tells them to reform tax and repeal Obamacare Shining star: Glittering Melania receives a standing ovation from Congress as she, Ivanka and Jared are joined by widows of men killed by illegal immigrants at Trump’s ‘biggest speech yet’ Trump is open to compromise legislation that would allow most illegal immigrants to STAY and may bring it up tonight in his speech to Congress Kellyanne Conway said she ‘meant no disrespect’ after being caught on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels because she was asked to take a photo of the leaders of black colleges ‘We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its very ugly forms’: Trump speaks out over anti-Semitic attacks and Kansas race murder in address to Congress … (more)
Viagra inventor makes premature ejaculation drug
‘The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us’: Trump strikes a presidential tone while addressing Congress as he tells them to reform tax and repeal Obamacare Shining star: Glittering Melania receives a standing ovation from Congress as she, Ivanka and Jared are joined by widows of men killed by illegal immigrants at Trump’s ‘biggest speech yet’ Trump is open to compromise legislation that would allow most illegal immigrants to STAY and may bring it up tonight in his speech to Congress Kellyanne Conway said she ‘meant no disrespect’ after being caught on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels because she was asked to take a photo of the leaders of black colleges ‘We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its very ugly forms’: Trump speaks out over anti-Semitic attacks and Kansas race murder in address to Congress … (more)
Code Load On Cyber Coolies
The alarm bells may have started ringing a little too soon. Indian infotech firms like Infosys began losing the confidence of shareholders last month when bills proposing changes to the H-1B visa programme, which allows nearly 1.5 million skilled Indians to work in the US, were tabled in Congress.
Father of girl who met with Pope fights to stay in US
Immigrant Mario Vargas takes questions from the media, before attending his first removal hearing before an immigration judge, during a news conference at his attorney’s office in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Vargas appeared before an immigration judge in Los Angeles on Thursday for the first time since he was released from an immigration detention facility in Louisiana on bond in 2014.
Letters, Feb. 3, 2017: Rain, rain, go away
We are told if the Senate does not approve Trump’s pick for Supreme Court, the so-called “nuclear option” is to be used. Well as ugly as that is, Harry Reid opened the door, and as the saying goes, payback is a … .
Trump Twitter Bursts Throw Decades-Old Alliances Into Disarray
“When you hear about the tough phone calls I have, don’t worry about it,” Trump said to an audience of religious and political leaders at the National Prayer Breakfast, a yearly event in Washington. “The world is in trouble — but we’re going to straighten it out, ok? That’s what I do.”
Trump administration signals that some temporary bans on entry into U.S. could become permanent
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pauses while speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to discuss the operational implementation of the president’s executive orders. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pauses while speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to discuss the operational implementation of the president’s executive orders.
ETF Buyers Return to Precious Metals Amid Trump Policy Angst
Add the flap over U.S. immigration policy to investor concerns that are reigniting demand for precious metals as havens. Long-only exchange-traded funds backed by precious metals have attracted about $200 million this month, on course for the first monthly inflow since October, data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence showed.
Judges Block Parts of Trump’s Order on Muslim Nation Immigration
Demonstrators protest outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in New York, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.
Border Patrol Chief Out Day After Trump Border Fence Decree
The Border Patrol chief has been forced out a day after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan to build a wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday. Mark Morgan told senior Border Patrol agents about his ouster during a brief video conference on Thursday morning, saying he was asked to leave and that he decided to resign rather than fight the request, according to the official, who was on the call.
Federal agents are reinvestigating Syrian refugees in U.S. who may have slipped through vetting lapse
Migrants and refugees, many of them Syrian, rest on the ground as they wait to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border on Nov. 18. Migrants and refugees, many of them Syrian, rest on the ground as they wait to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border on Nov. 18. Federal agents are reinvestigating the backgrounds of dozens of Syrian refugees already in the United States after discovering a lapse in vetting that allowed some who had potentially negative information in their files to enter the country, two U.S. law enforcement officials said.
Lawmaker introduces H-1B reform bill
When Trump pledges immigration reform, he’s largely talking about building a wall and deporting illegal immigrants. But in Congress, there are numerous proposals to reform the H-1B visa — the incredibly popular visa for high-skilled foreigners.
What to expect in President Trump’s first 100 days in…
President Trump’s unorthodox quest for the White House was fueled by his disregard for convention and the nagging sense that he – and ultimately his supporters – were underestimated and disrespected. Now sworn in to office as the 45th president, Trump and his team are determined to deliver quickly on promises – on the economy, healthcare, tax reform and immigration – that critics told him he could not possibly fulfill.
Trump still says he’ll make Mexico pay for his border wall, but can he really?
Every few days, President-elect Donald Trump repeats his threat to build a massive border wall – and force Mexico to pay for it. “Neither today, nor tomorrow nor never Mexico will pay for that stupid wall.
Sen. Cotton’s Immigration Stance Delusional, Counterproductive
The junior senator from Arkansas, Tom Cotton, appeared on “Fox News Sunday” on New Year’s Day and was asked about The New York Times op-ed piece about immigration that had appeared under his byline a few days earlier. The Fox News anchor Shannon Bream asked Mr. Cotton, “whether you’re saying, we also need to slow legal immigration?” Mr. Cotton’s answer was unequivocal: “Yes, absolutely.
Goodbye 2016, what did we learn from you?
As a result, a modern day carnival barker ascended to the presidency, England voted to abandon the European Union to its detriment and the cancer of worldwide terrorism slaughtered innocents at home and abroad.