Tricia Perry’s Blog

Yet again I’ve found myself unable to post with much regularity, but I’m still emailing myself tidbits that I think are worthy of mention. There has been some interesting media work/commentary on immigration over the last few weeks, such as this onion video and a funny blog post about a newly released book (that is somewhat less funny). And there was lots of excitement this year surrounding the April 1st opening of the H-1B visa numbers; a good friend who is still in immigration law worked tremendously hard over the last couple weeks in order to ensure that all her applications were received by the USCIS on the first possible day. And don’t quote me on this, but I think she said that 130,000 applications were received (for the 65,000 or so slots) on the first two days? That’s intense.

In other news, I’ve been spending a good deal of time with a smart and savvy photographer, Ida. A fellow workaholic, full of energy, she’s got a ton of interesting projects in the works, from documenting fair trade cooperatives (coffee in Guatemala, tea in India) to punk rock shows. She’ll be taking the Human Rights and Media course with me this summer, in Brazil. We like her.