January 23, 2018


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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-interviewed-by-special-counsel-in-russia-probe/
CBS NEWS January 23, 2018, 5:15 PM
James Comey interviewed by special counsel in Russia probe

Last Updated Jan 23, 2018 7:19 PM EST

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team recently interviewed fired FBI Director James Comey as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, CBS News' Andres Triay confirms.

The New York Times first reported Tuesday that Comey spoke with Mueller's team.

The special counsel's office questioned Comey about the memos he wrote to record his conversations with President Trump, the Times reported. Comey has testified publicly about the memos, divulging to members of Congress that some of his talks with the president made him uneasy.

Comey first met with then-President-elect Trump on Jan. 6, 2017 at Trump Tower, when he informed him of the existence of the Russian dossier and the unproven, unsavory material about Mr. Trump. He began typing up notes on his meetings with Mr. Trump on a laptop in his car at this time.

Later, on Jan. 27, Comey was invited by the president to have a private dinner at the White House. At this meeting, according to Comey, Mr. Trump asked him for his "loyalty." Comey would only agree to be honest.

And during a Feb. 14 meeting, Mr. Trump allegedly told Comey that Michael Flynn, who was being investigated for lying about his Russian contacts, was "a good guy," and he hoped that Comey would be able to "let this go," in reference to his investigation into Michael Flynn. In December, Flynn pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI.

Last week, Mueller's office also talked with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the first known meeting between Mueller's team and a Trump cabinet official.

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ANOTHER STUDENT HAS GONE ROGUE AT HIS SCHOOL AGAIN. IT'S VERY SAD TO ME THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE A COMPULSION TO KILL, NOT ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, AND ENEMY PERHAPS, BUT JUST WHOMEVER THEY HAPPEN TO SEE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-school-shooting-marshall-county-hs-students-shot-today-live-updates/
CBS/AP January 23, 2018, 10:49 AM
Last Updated Jan 23, 2018 1:03 PM EST
Kentucky school shooting: At least 5 shot at Marshall County High School - live updates

BENTON, Ky. -- Authorities say at least five people were shot Tuesday morning at a southwestern Kentucky high school. A suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, has been apprehended, according to officials with Marshall County Emergency Management.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin tweeted soon after the incident that at least one of the victims died as a result of the shooting, but said there is "much yet unknown" as first responders continue to operate at the school. Kentucky State Police have confirmed one dead.

Kentucky Rep. James Comer told CBSN the shooter in custody is a student.


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Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS...Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded...Much yet unknown...Please do not speculate or spread hearsay...Let’s let the first responders do their job and be grateful that they are there to do it for us...

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Authorities say seven people have been taken to hospitals. Darlene Lynn of Marshall County Emergency Management tells CBS News that some of the wounded were flown by helicopter for medical treatment. Four patients were transported by medical helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, LifeFlight spokesperson Jerry Jones told CBS Nashville affiliate WTVF. Their ages and extent of their injuries were unknown.

Nearly 100 children ran out of Marshall County High School seeking safety, said Mitchell Garland, who rushed outside of his business when he heard about the shooting.

"They was running and crying and screaming," Garland told the Associated Press. "They was just kids running down the highway. They were trying to get out of there."

A half-dozen ambulances and numerous police cars converged on the school. Officers in black fatigues carrying assault rifles showed up as well. Federal authorities also responded, and Gov. Matt Bevin ran out of the Capitol to rush to the school. Parents left their cars on both sides of an adjacent road, desperately trying to find their children.

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Kentucky State Police Detective Jody Cash said during a phone interview on CBSN that the "situation is secure and is no longer active." Authorities have no reason to think there are any other suspects.

Cash confirmed that one suspect is in custody at the campus, which is staffed by a school resource officer, but could not give details about that suspect. It is not clear if any staff were among the victims.

A Marshall County deputy apprehended the shooter, according to state police. The FBI is en route to the scene.

The Marshall County Tribune-Courier reports students were being bused late Tuesday morning to nearby North Marshall Middle School, where parents could pick them up.

A Marshall County Schools staffer reached by phone told CBS News the school's superintendent is expected to release a statement shortly.

"This is a tremendous tragedy and speaks to the heartbreak present in our communities," Bevin said in a statement released on Twitter. "It is unbelievable that this would happen in a small, close-knit community like Marshall County. As there is still much unknown, I encourage people to love on each other at this time. Do not speculate, but come alongside each other in support and allow the facts to come out."

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The scene at Marshall County High School in Kentucky, where a shooting was reported Jan. 23, 2018 CBSN

Marshall County High School is about 30 minutes from Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, where a 1997 mass shooting killed three and injured five. Michael Carneal, then 14, opened fire there about two years before the fatal attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, ushering in an era when mass school shootings have become much more common.

Meanwhile, in the small North Texas town of Italy, a 15-year-old girl was recovering Tuesday after police said she was shot by a 16-year-old classmate in her high school cafeteria on Monday, sending dozens of students scrambling for safety.

The scene of Tuesday's shooting was chaotic, with parents and students rushing around trying to find each other, said Dusty Kornbacher, who owns a nearby floral shop.

"All the parking lots were full with parents and kids hugging each other and crying and nobody really knowing what was going on," Kornbacher said.

Barry Mann said his 14-year-old son was put on a bus and taken to another school for him to pick up.

"He gave me a call as soon as he run out the door and I didn't know what was happening to him," he told the AP. "It sounded like his heart was in his throat."

Garland said his son, a 16-year-old sophomore, jumped into someone's car and sped away before reaching his office.

"Everyone is just scared. Just terrified for their kids," Garland said. "We're a small town and we know a lot of the kids."

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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THIS CNN ARTICLE ON THE LATEST ICE DETAINEE GIVES MORE DETAIL ON WHAT IN NIEC’S BACKGROUND COULD POSSIBLY JUSTIFY HIS ARREST BY ICE, HANDCUFFS AND ALL. NOT EVERY INSTANCE IN HIS BACKGROUND WAS DETAILED, AND I SAW ONLY THREE THAT SEEMED SERIOUS AT ALL – DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, DOMESTIC ABUSE (2013, ACQUITTED), SPEEDING, PLUS ONE OTHER ODD ONE: FAILURE TO CHANGE THE ADDRESS ON HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE. THE LAST ONE SOUNDS LIKE IT’S ABSOLUTELY UNIMPORTANT TO ME, BUT TO ICE IT MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS AN EFFORT TO AVOID DETECTION ON FURTHER ISSUES. HE DID HAVE A MUCH HIGHER THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF TOTAL POLICE ENCOUNTERS OF VARIOUS KINDS, HOWEVER, WHICH IS UNUSUAL TO ME. PERHAPS BEING BROUGHT TO THE USA AS A CHILD AND NOT HAVING BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN MIGHT GET HIM ON A HIT LIST OF A SORT BY POLICE.

IT IS CLEAR THAT POLICE DO STOP BLACK PEOPLE OVER MANY SMALL ISSUES WHEN THEY ARE DRIVING PEACEFULLY DOWN THE STREET. SURELY POLISH BORN WHITES WOULDN’T BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY – UNLESS HE IS JEWISH AND JEWS ARE ON A PERSECUTION LIST. I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HERE IN THE USA, BUT IT WELL MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN AS LATE AS 1979 IN POLAND.

IMMIGRATION LAWYER CHARLES KUCK SAYS TWO SIGNIFICANT THINGS IN MY VIEW: *” UNTIL YOU BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN, YOU'RE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEPORTATION, HE SAID.” ON HIS ARREST, ICE TOLD CNN THAT HE WAS ARRESTED FOR "ADMINISTRATIVE IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS." . . . . *BUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS AFFECTING IMMIGRATION EXPANDED THE ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES OF THE OBAMA YEARS BY TAKING A SWEEPING APPROACH TO THE DEFINITION OF "CRIMINAL."

THIS REMINDS ME OF THE TOO COMMONLY REPORTED INSTANCES OF POLICE IN CITIES USING “BROKEN WINDOWS” POLICING. LOOK THAT UP ON THE WIKIPEDIA WEBSITE. WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS A POLICE FORCE THAT IS “OUT OF CONTROL,” SEE THE PATHEOS ARTICLE ON THIS GENERAL SUBJECT BELOW. ANOTHER ARTICLE BY CBS FOR TODAY STATES THAT NIEC HAS RETAINED TWO IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS. THAT’S GOOD TO KNOW. IS ICE GOING TO BE AMERICA’S SS? YES, I’M KIDDING, BUT THE PATTERN IS DISTURBING.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/us/michigan-doctor-detained-ice/index.html
ICE detains Michigan doctor who left Poland in 1979; family wants answers
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By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN
Updated 12:55 PM ET, Tue January 23, 2018

(CNN)Dr. Lukasz R. Niec was 5 years old when his parents fled Poland with their two children in 1979, his sister says.

Now he's a doctor in Michigan with a family of his own. He was enjoying a day off at his lakeside home near Kalamazoo a week ago when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took him away in handcuffs.
Now his family fears he faces deportation to a country he's never known.
"He doesn't even speak Polish," his sister, Iwona Niec-Villaire, told CNN affiliate WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids. "He doesn't know anyone, he wouldn't know where to go." Niec received a temporary green card and later became a lawful permanent resident, The Washington Post reported.
His sister said the family is waiting for answers while Niec sits in Calhoun County jail.
In a statement Tuesday, ICE said Niec was arrested January 16 over "administrative immigration violations."

Niec entered the United States lawfully, ICE said, but he was found "amenable to removal proceedings as a result of two 1992 state convictions for malicious destruction of property and receiving stolen property, both of which are crimes involving moral turpitude."
"He most recently came under agency scrutiny as a result of 18 encounters with local law enforcement. He will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of removal proceedings."
The statement defined a crime of moral turpitude as "a crime against a person (such as assault), fraud, perjury, robbery, theft and bribery." A crime of moral turpitude can be either a felony or a misdemeanor, it said.
WOOD reported that Niec was a teenager at the time of the two misdemeanor convictions.
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Detroit dad deported after 30 years in US
While questions remain about Niec's immigration status, his background and the reason for his detention, his situation offers a cautionary tale for permanent residents with a criminal record, no matter how minor or old the convictions may be, immigration lawyer Charles Kuck said. Until you become a naturalized citizen, you're still eligible for deportation, he said.
Legal permanent residents convicted of crimes have long been the targets of deportation orders. But President Donald Trump's executive orders affecting immigration expanded the enforcement priorities of the Obama years by taking a sweeping approach to the definition of "criminal."

"(Niec) is a microcosm of what's happening all over the country but doesn't get publicity until it happens to a white guy from Europe living in the suburbs," Kuck said.

RELATED: Trump's plan to deport criminals won't be easy. Just ask Obama

"He's an excellent physician, he's loving, he's caring, he's an honorable husband and he's always helping others," his wife, Rachelle Burkart-Niec, told WOOD.
Niec specializes in internal medicine for Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo. After his detention, his colleagues rallied around him, offering letters of support to authorities.
"He's exactly the kind of person that our immigration policy should be encouraging to prosper here," Dr. Michael Raphelson said.
Niec has had other legal problems.
In 2013, he was charged with domestic violence but was found not guilty by a Kalamazoo County District Court jury, according to court records obtained by CNN. Details of that case were not immediately available.
Niec was convicted of driving while intoxicated in 2008, records say. He completed his probation, paid a fine and the conviction was set aside, the records show.
He also was charged with 20 other minor traffic offenses, such as speeding or failure to change the address on his license, from 1997 to 2016, court records show.
CNN's Linh Tran and Ralph Ellis contributed to this report.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/22/ice-detains-a-polish-doctor-and-green-card-holder-who-has-lived-in-the-u-s-for-nearly-40-years/
Morning Mix
ICE detains a Polish doctor and green-card holder who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 40 years
By Samantha Schmidt January 22, 2018

Lukasz Niec was 5 years old when his parents brought him and his sister to the United States from Poland. With two suitcases in tow, his parents — both doctors — left behind a country on the verge of social turmoil. It was 1979, about two years before the country’s authoritarian communist government declared martial law.

Niec received a temporary green card and, in 1989, became a lawful permanent resident. He grew up in Michigan, went to medical school, became a doctor, and raised a daughter and stepdaughter.

Niec, now 43, never fathomed that his legal status in the United States would become an issue. With a renewed green card, and nearly 40 years in the country, his Polish nationality was an afterthought for Niec, his sister told The Washington Post. He doesn’t even speak Polish.

But on Tuesday morning, immigration authorities arrested Niec at his home, just after he had sent his 12-year-old stepdaughter off to school. Niec, a physician specializing in internal medicine at Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo, Mich., has been detained in a county jail ever since, awaiting a bond hearing and possible deportation.

“It’s shocking,” said his sister Iwona Niec Villaire, a corporate lawyer. “No one can really understand what happened here.”

According to his “notice to appear” from the Department of Homeland Security, Niec’s detention stems from two misdemeanor convictions from 26 years ago. In January 1992, Niec was convicted of malicious destruction of property under $100. In April of that year, he was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property over $100 and a financial transaction device.*

[* A “FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE?” COULD THE WRITER OF THIS ARTICLE POSSIBLY MEAN A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD? THIS IS THE MOST ABSTRUSE BIT OF WRITING THAT I’VE SEE IN A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT'S REALLY ANNOYING.]

Because Niec was convicted of two crimes involving “moral turpitude,” stemming from two separate incidents, he is subject to removal, immigration authorities wrote in the notice to appear, citing the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Both of the offenses took place when he was a teenager. He associated himself “with some bad people” his sister said. The first of the incidents involved an altercation with a driver after a car crash, Niec’s sister said. He was one of multiple teenagers in the car at the time.

The second of those convictions was eventually expunged from his criminal record, his sister said, as part of a guilty plea through Michigan’s Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, a program intended to help young offenders avoid the stigma of a criminal conviction. But even though the crime was scrubbed off his public record, it can still be used against him for removal from the country, his sister said.

ICE has not responded to requests for information from The Washington Post and declined to comment to WOOD-TV. Since Thursday, a spokesman for the ICE Detroit Field Office has not responded to requests for information from MLive, except to say he was looking into the case.

According to Kalamazoo County court records cited by MLive, Niec also pleaded guilty in 2008 to operating impaired by liquor. After he completed probation, the conviction was set aside, the plea withdrawn and the case dismissed. He was also charged with domestic violence in 2013 and a jury found him not guilty after a trial, MLive reported.

Niec’s record has multiple blemishes. But his wife insists that he is not a risk to the public. When he renewed his permanent green card a few years ago, he was given a “false sense of security,” that it would be enough, she said.

Over the decades, tens of thousands of legal residents have been deported for relatively minor offenses. But under previous administrations, immigration authorities have often let low-level offenders off the hook, prioritizing the deportations of violent criminals. A memo from the Obama administration in 2011 directed immigration officials to look at a number of factors, such as familial relationships with U.S. citizens, criminal history, education and contributions to the community, in deciding whether arrests and prosecution are warranted, as The Post’s Kristine Phillips reported.

But the Trump administration has issued sweeping new guidelines expanding the range of immigrants that count as high priority for deportation, including low-level offenders, and those with no criminal record — regardless of how long they have lived in the country. Now, immigrants feel the threat of deportation more than ever, advocates say, whether they are residing here legally or not.

Villaire, the doctor’s sister, said she previously felt as though green-card holders were “like anybody else.” She was a green-card holder until she successfully applied for citizenship during law school, she said.

“You couldn’t vote, but that was really the only difference,” she said. “That’s not the case anymore. . . . Having that status is no longer enough.”

Lucasz Niec had been considering applying for citizenship, particularly after his July 2016 marriage to his current wife, Rachelle Burkart-Niec, who is an American citizen, she told The Post. But with both of their demanding schedules, they had not gotten around to it yet, she said.

Lucasz Niec has been a doctor for more than a decade. He treats patients at three different Bronson hospitals, and is responsible for scheduling all physicians in his group, covering about five hospitals in the area, his wife said. He was picked up by immigration officials on his first day off after working a week straight, including several double shifts.

His wife was working her shift as a charge nurse at a Bronson hospital Tuesday morning when she received the phone call from her husband, saying he had been arrested by immigration officers. She was so taken aback that she thought he was pulling a prank on her, she said.

Now, after nearly a week in jail, Lucasz Niec has yet to see a judge, and his family says he has received no information from immigration authorities since the day of his arrest.

“He is needed in the hospital,” his wife said. Hospitals in the area are packed full, she said, in part because of the widespread influenza. The Kalamazoo area has seen an increase in flu cases in recent weeks, in numbers well above the four-year average, according to the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department.

A number of his hospital colleagues have written letters to an immigration judge, rallying support for Niec, MLive reported.

“The consensus about his character is overwhelming with no single complaint I have ever heard from anyone over 10 years,” Kwsai Al-Rahhal, M.D. wrote, according to MLive. “He is loving, caring and respectful.”

Another colleague, Jose Angelo L. De Leon, M.D., wrote about how Niec often stepped up to take on extra hours due to staff shortages.

“I cannot say enough about his work ethic and his service to our community,” De Leon wrote.

Villaire said she is hiring a lawyer for her brother, and is hoping Michigan’s governor considers pardoning his misdemeanor offenses. She is also seeking other avenues by digging through her family’s archives.

For example, Villaire knows her mother became a naturalized citizen, but she is not sure when. If she was granted citizenship before Lucasz Niec turned 18, he may already be a citizen by default, Villaire said. But both their mother and father are now deceased, and some crucial documents are missing in the archives they left behind with their children.

Deporting Lucasz Niec would mean sending him to a country and culture completely foreign to him, his sister said. He has been back to Poland once, as a teenager, she said. He has maintained no relationships with family or friends there and has never felt much of a connection to his Polish heritage, his sister said, adding that her brother is “as American as anyone gets.”

“He can’t be deported,” his wife said. “He can’t speak Polish. He wouldn’t know where to go. He would be lost.”


“WELCOME TO MADNESS.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/01/21/ice-arrests-doctor-kalamazoo-decades-old-misdemeanors/
ICE Arrests a Doctor in Kalamazoo for Decades-old Misdemeanors
JANUARY 21, 2018 BY ED BRAYTON
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rounding up immigrants and they scooped up a physician in Kalamazoo, Michigan and are holding him in jail to face possible deportation over two minor and decades-old criminal charges for which he served his penalty.

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After working a full week, Bronson HealthCare Dr. Lukasz R. Niec, M.D., had a day off. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appeared at his door on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 16, his plans changed.

Now, family, friends and colleagues are working to support his effort to stay in the United States, fearing deportation, as Niec waits in a jail cell.

Niec, 43, a doctor at Bronson HealthCare who came from Poland to the U.S. as a child, is being detained at the Calhoun County Jail, according to his wife, Rachelle.

He’s been here since he was 3 years old. He’s married to an American. He has a permanent green card. He had two misdemeanor convictions when he was in high school, both of which were handled by the courts at the time. And he went on to become a doctor. But the Trump administration apparently wants to deport him. Welcome to madness.

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/01/21/ice-arrests-doctor-kalamazoo-decades-old-misdemeanors/#PXU3BZ7HQcU7WA03.99



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lukasz-niec-michigan-doctor-detained-ice-family-speaks-out/
CBS NEWS January 23, 2018, 11:45 AM
Sister of Michigan doctor detained by ICE: "He doesn't even speak Polish"

Family and friends of a Michigan doctor who is facing possible deportation are fighting to keep him in the U.S. Lukasz Niec was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The 43-year-old emigrated to the U.S. from Poland when he was five. His family believes his arrest is tied to misdemeanor charges from more than 25 years ago.

Although he's not an American citizen, Niec became a permanent U.S. resident with a green card shortly after he moved here with his family in 1979. He's now being held in a Michigan County jail. His family fears that even if he is allowed to stay in the U.S., the battle could take months.

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"Him being away this long really does, you know, take love to a whole new level," said Niec's wife, Rachelle Burkhart-Niec.

Burkhart-Niec says she thought it was a prank when her husband Lukasz called to say he had been detained by ICE. She says three ICE agents came to their Michigan home and put the father of two in handcuffs.

"We need him here. And we're lonely without him and he knows that," Burkhart-Niec said.

"He is fighting to be in his home which is the United States. He doesn't even speak Polish," said Niec's sister, Iwona Niec-Villaire.

She believes the detention stems in part from a 1992 misdemeanor arrest for property damage that Niec pleaded guilty to when he was 17.

"We did go see him on Wednesday. He was shaking….Just kind of shell-shocked and what I said was you don't have anything to apologize. You did nothing wrong," Burkhart-Niec said.

According to court records obtained by the Michigan news website, MLive, Niec also pleaded guilty to a 2008 charge related to drunk driving. The plea was eventually withdrawn and the case dismissed after he completed probation. In 2013, a jury reportedly found him not guilty of a domestic violence charge.

Niec's colleagues and friends are now writing letters to an immigration judge in hopes it will rally support.

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Lukasz Niec's colleagues and friends. CBS NEWS

"He's exactly the kind of person that our immigration policy should be encouraging to prosper here," said Mike Raphelson, a colleague of Niec's.

Another colleague added: "He's been just completely the model physician that you want the physicians to be."

Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital – where Niec has worked for more than a decade – says he has contributed "exemplary patient care" and is requesting "he be allowed to return to work and his family as soon as possible."

"I just miss him and I want him home. He's the person I call whenever anything goes wrong or right, and now I can't do that and it's, it's just breaking me up," Niec's sister said.

A close friend says Niec has obtained two immigration attorneys and could be granted bond when he faces a judge next month.

CBS News reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Their response was they could not respond to our questions while the government was shut down but said they would respond later on Tuesday.

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PROPUBLICA SENIOR EDITOR CHARLES ORNSTEIN TWEETED "FEELING SAFER?", CASTING DOUBT ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION WOULD MAKE AMERICANS FEEL MORE SECURE. . . . . BILL KRISTOL, THE WELL KNOWN CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT TWEETED: “SURELY THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.”

BUT DACA RECIPIENTS ARE NOT THE ONLY IMMIGRANTS UNDER THREAT SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE: ICE HAS STARTED CRACKING DOWN ON THESE COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE, AND AS OF LAST NOVEMBER, NEARLY 40 PERCENT MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY THE AGENCY COMPARED WITH 2016. . . . . THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTED THAT GARCIA'S WIFE, CINDY, WILL ATTEND TRUMP'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ON JANUARY 30. “I HOPE THAT WHEN THEY SEE ME THEY CAN CONNECT AND FEEL WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH,” SHE TOLD THE POST, “THAT THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF COMPASSION, IF NOT FOR ME THAN [SIC] FOR THE CHILDREN WHO WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR DAD.” . . . .
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL, UNBOUND BY CONSCIENCE, MORALITY, OR LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF DISCRETION. IT IS AN INSTRUMENT OF EVIL. HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/JESSESINGAL/STATUS/955090099888369665 …

https://www.bustle.com/p/michigan-doctor-lukasz-niec-arrested-by-ice-after-living-in-the-us-for-40-years-7971796
Michigan Doctor Lukasz Niec Arrested By ICE After Living In The U.S. For 40 Years
ByCOURTNEY VINOPAL
January 23, 2018 2 days ago

A doctor living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was arrested and jailed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday. The Polish doctor, Lukasz R. Niec, has lived in the U.S. for 40 years, and his family now fears that that he will be deported back to Poland following the arrest.

. . . .

The current government shutdown has been driven by the immigration debate. Democrats and a handful of Republicans have been working to strike a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era policy that allowed immigrants brought to the United States as children to stay in the country without being deported. Trump ended DACA last year and said it was up to Congress to find a solution. No solution was achieved, which is in large part what led to the shutdown.

But DACA recipients are not the only immigrants under threat since Trump took office: ICE has started cracking down on these communities as a whole, and as of last November, nearly 40 percent more illegal immigrants had been arrested by the agency compared with 2016.

. . . .

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Surely this should not be happening. https://twitter.com/nwarikoo/status/952878794007875584 …

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The Washington Post reported that Garcia's wife, Cindy, will attend Trump's State of the Union address on January 30. “I hope that when they see me they can connect and feel what we’re dealing with,” she told the Post, “that they have some type of compassion, if not for me than [sic] for the children who were separated from their dad.”

Thus far, reactions to Lukasz Niec's case have been similar to those given in response to Jorge Garcia's. ProPublica senior editor Charles Ornstein tweeted "feeling safer?", casting doubt on the assumption that Trump's crackdown on immigration would make Americans feel more secure.

. . . .

Lawyer Michelle Kuo called ICE "an instrument of evil."


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A Michigan doctor who has been in the US for 40 years, and who works in my beloved native Kalamazoo, is being deported. ICE is out of control, unbound by conscience, morality, or legal principles of discretion. It is an instrument of evil. https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/955090099888369665 …

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As demonstrated by the statement that ICE put out back in November, though, the agency is standing behind the Trump administration's instruction to be tougher on illegal immigrants: "ICE continues to execute our mission professionally and in accordance with the law, and our communities will be much safer for it."



".... THE FAR RIGHT HAS FELT EMBOLDENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN EXPRESSED IN MANY STREET MARCHES AND RACIST ATTACKS."

OUT OF CURIOSITY I WENT TO GOOGLE TO FIND, IF POSSIBLE, WHY NIEC’S PARENTS LEFT POLAND. THE WAY IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY NIEC’S FAMILY MEMBER, THEY TOOK TWO SUITCASES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND LEFT FOR AMERICA. THAT WASN’T IN 1939, BUT 1979. I FOUND NO STATEMENT ON WHAT REASONS EXISTED OTHER THAN THE EUPHEMISTIC “TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE.” I SUSPECT THAT THE NIEC FAMILY MAY BE JEWISH, BUT I FOUND NO EVIDENCE ON THE NET OF THAT, EITHER. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE ON NAZIS IN POLAND WAS WHAT I EXPECTED, BUT IT IS SET TODAY RATHER THAN 40 YEARS AGO. READ THESE ARTICLES ON THE CURRENT NEO-NAZI PROBLEM.

http://www.newsweek.com/polish-neo-nazis-arrested-hitler-video-788527
NEO-NAZIS IN POLAND ARRESTED AFTER VIDEO SHOWED HITLER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
BY BEATRICE DUPUY ON 1/23/18 AT 2:15 PM

Polish authorities have arrested and charged three people from a neo-Nazi group after an investigation from a news channel found footage of them wearing Nazi uniforms and celebrating Adolf Hitler's birthday.

Poland’s prosecutor general launched an investigation into the group known as “Pride and Modernity” Sunday after increased pressure following TVN24’s exposé the day before. The members could face up to two years in prison.

The footage uncovered group members performing Nazi salutes and burning a swastika to mark the 128th anniversary of Hitler’s birth last spring.

"I would like to raise a toast to all gathered here to Adolf Hitler, to our beloved Poland and to us. Heil Hitler, Heil Hitler, Heil Hitler,” one of the member’s said in the video, according to Deutsche Welle.


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The office of the prosecutor general told Deutsche Welle that the neo-Nazi group was behind a November protest that included pictures of European Parliament lawmakers being hung on fake gallows.

Mateusz S., who led the group, was one of the people arrested, according to the Associated Press.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a Tuesday news conference that Poland would not have the “slightest tolerance of Nazi, fascist or communist symbols."

"The use of them is against the law and against all of our values," he said.

The World Jewish Congress welcomed the “the Polish government's swift condemnation.”

“Anti-Semitism and xenophobia are rising at an alarming rate in Poland, rearing their ugly heads beyond the fringes of society and into the mainstream,” World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer in a statement.

In November, about 60,000 people attended the eighth annual independence day rally held by the National Radical Camp, where protesters marched through Warsaw carrying banners with “White Europe” and “Pray for Islamic Holocaust.”


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Propagowanie faszyzmu lub innych totalitaryzmów jest nie tylko niezgodne z polskim prawem.Jest przede wszystkim deptaniem pamięci naszych przodków i ich bohaterskiego wysiłku walki o Polskę sprawiedliwą i wolną od nienawiści.Nie ma przyzwolenia na tego typu zachowania i symbole

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Rafal Pankowski, the head of Never Again, an organization that tracks extremists told the Associated Press that "the far right has felt emboldened in the last two years, which has been expressed in many street marches and racist attacks."

"It's time for Polish leaders to condemn xenophobia and take concrete steps against it," Pankowski said. "I hope the recent statements by Prime Minister Morawiecki are just the beginning of a new attitude to the problem on the part of the ruling elite."



SO FAR, NOBODY IN THE PRESS HAS ASKED AND ANSWERED THIS QUESTION THAT I HAVE SEEN; NOR HAVE I HAD ANY LUCK WITH GOOGLING “NIEC JEWISH SURNAME.” THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING ARTICLE ON FIGURING OUT WHO IS OR ISN’T “JEWISH” DOES NOT EVEN MENTION NIEC OR ANYTHING SIMILAR. I FOUND THE ARTICLE VERY INTERESTING IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT CLEARLY IS UNBIASED AND SCIENTIFIC.

THERE ARE ONLY THREE SURNAMES GIVEN THAT ARE MOST FREQUENTLY THOSE OF JEWISH FAMILIES, WITH ANOTHER THAT FAIRLY OFTEN IS. MOSTLY THE “JEWISH” NAMES ARE ACTUALLY JUST GERMAN, POLISH, OR WHATEVER OTHER NATIONALITY YOU FIND, INCLUDING ENGLISH. MILLER IS ONE OF THOSE NAMES.

https://www.thoughtco.com/is-my-surname-jewish-3972350
Humanities › History & Culture
Is My Surname Jewish?
Last Names More Common Among Jewish Families
by Kimberly Powell
Updated March 17, 2017

Many of the names that people think "sound" Jewish are, in fact, simple German, Russian or Polish surnames. The point? You generally can't identify Jewish ancestry by a surname alone. Actually, there are really only three surnames (and their variations) that are generally specifically Jewish in nature: Cohen, Levy and Israel. Yet, even variations of these common Jewish-specific surnames may not be Jewish.

The surnames Cohan and even Cohen, for example, could indeed be Jewish in origin; but could also be an Irish surname, derived from O'Cadham (descendant of Cadhan).

Clues to Surnames That May Be Jewish

While few names are specifically Jewish, there are certain surnames that are more commonly found among Jews:

Names ending in -berg (Weinberg, Goldberg)
Names endin in -stein (Einstein, Hofstein)
Names ending in -witz (Rabinowitz, Horowitz)
Names ending in -baum (Metzenbaum, Himelbaum)
Names ending in -thal (Blumenthal, Eichenthal)
Names ending in -ler (Adler, Winkler)
Names ending in -feld (Seinfeld, Berkenfeld)
Names ending in -blum (Weissblum, Rosenblum)
Names having to do with wealth (Goldberg, Silverstein)
Names derived from Hebrew words (Mizrachi, from mizrakhi, meaning "eastern, or easterner")

Estee Reider, in Jewish World Review, also points out that some Jewish surnames may originate from professions that are exclusive to Jews.

The surname Shamash, and its variations such as Klausner, Templer and Shuldiner, means shamash, a synagogue sexton. Chazanian, Chazanski and Chasanov all derive from chazan, a cantor.

Another common origin for Jewish surnames are "house names," referring to a distinctive sign attached to a house in the days before street numbers and addresses (a practice primarily in Germany, by both Gentiles and Jews).

The most famous of these Jewish house names is Rothschild, or "red shield," for a house distinguished by a red sign.

Why do Many Common Jewish Last Names Sound German?

Many of Jewish-sounding surnames are actually German in origin. This may be due to a 1787 Austro-Hungarian law that required Jews to register a permanent family surname, a name they also required to be German. The decree also required that all surnames that had previously been used in Jewish families, such as those originating from a place where the family lived, should be "totally abandoned." The chosen names were subject to the approval of Austrian officials, and if a name was not chosen, one was assigned.

In 1808, Napoleon issued a similar decree that compelled Jews outside of Germany and Prussia to adopt a surname within three months of the decree, or within three months of moving into the French Empire. Similar laws requiring Jews to adopt permanent surnames were passed at various times by different countries, some well into the latter-half of the 19th century.

A Surname Alone Can't Identify Jewish Ancestry

While many of the above surnames have a greater likelihood of belonging to a Jewish family, you can't assume that any of the last names are actually Jewish, no matter how Jewish they may sound to you, or how many Jews you know with that name.

The third most common Jewish surname in America (after Cohen and Levy) is Miller, which is also obviously a very common surname for Gentiles as well.

More in-depth discussions of Jewish surnames can be found at Jewish Names from Judaism 101, History of German Jewish Surnames: Is My Surname Jewish? by Esther Bauer, PhD, and The Names of the Jews by Joachim Mugdan at JewishGen.



HERE IS SOME MORE UNFAIRNESS AND WORSE ON THE MATTER OF GROUP IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE GREAT AND INCLUSIVE USA. THIS TAKES PLACE IN FLORIDA. BORDER PATROL, WITH NO WARRANT OF ANY KIND, FORCIBLY CONFRONTS PEOPLE WAITING FOR THEIR BUS TO PULL OUT IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.

I KNOW THEIR GOAL IS TO CATCH THOSE “CRIMINALS” BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GO NORTH BEYOND THE 100 MILE LIMIT. ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LEGAL WARRANT, BUT THAT TAKES TOO LONG, I SUPPOSE. SO INSTEAD THEY CHOSE A WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE HER CITIZENSHIP CARD/PAPERS/WHATEVER AND ARRESTED HER FORTHWITH. SOMEONE TOOK A VIDEO OF THE WHOLE THING WITH THEIR HANDY SMART PHONE. AS A RESULT, WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS CASE, AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE OTHERS THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE NEWS.

BY THE WAY, THE ARTICLE STATES THAT WHILE NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE, IT IS COMMONPLACE. THIS LADY SEEMS IN A MOOD TO SUE, INCLUDING GREYHOUND, SO THERE MAY BE SOME PROGRESS ON THE MATTER, OR AT THE VERY LEAST “CLARIFICATION.” MAYBE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MATTER CAN BE ADJUDICATED, OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR TEN YEARS.

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CBS NEWS January 23, 2018, 10:53 AM
Border Patrol defends arrest made on Greyhound bus amid outcry

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Photograph -- A woman who was unable to provide legal documents proving her citizenship was removed from a Greyhound bus in Florida. CBS MIAMI
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MIAMI -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are defending their right to detain and arrest a woman found on a Greyhound bus in Fort Lauderdale without legal documents proving her citizenship. According to CBS Miami, agents boarded the bus on Friday as part of a routine inspection and asked passengers for proof of citizenship.

A video taken by a passenger, which was later posted on Twitter by the immigrant advocacy group Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC), appears to show a border agent asking a woman the location of her belongings before taking her off the bus.


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The video went viral over the weekend amid the government shutdown and breakdown in immigration reform talks. It's been viewed over 3 million times.

According to FLIC, the bus driver told passengers security was coming onto the bus for a routine inspection. Instead, agents entered and began asking passengers to demonstrate proof of citizenship.


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After nearly 20 minutes, passenger Raquel Quesada said the woman, who was later identified as Beverly, was taken off the bus.

"They asked everyone for documentation. It had to be specifically a U.S. identification or a passport with a stamp of entrance," Quesada said. "They grabbed her carry-on and escorted her off the bus."

Just three days after she was taken into custody, Beverly was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) for removal proceedings. According to border agents, she overstayed her tourist visa.

Florida Immigration Coalition membership director Isabel Souza said she spoke to Beverly's frantic daughter-in-law.

"She says she took her mother-in-law to the bus stop and hasn't heard from her since," Souza said.

Souza added that the incident, though unfortunate for Beverly and her family, is not uncommon.

"We've actually heard accusations of border patrol agents getting on Greyhound buses, specifically, for years," she said.

Greyhound responded to the incident through a written statement, which reads in part: "We are required to comply with all local, state and federal law. Unfortunately, even routine transportation checks negatively impact our operations and some customers directly."

Quesada said seeing it play out first-hand was more than some riders could handle. While agents were abiding by the law, she said it is important to not be afraid to ask questions and know who is looking at your documents.

"At the end of the day, it is your responsibility as a citizen to ask those questions because if you don't ask them, nobody is going to ask them for you," Quesada said.

FLIC claims border patrol agents should not have been allowed to board the Greyhound bus without an official judicial warrant.

However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say it's agents who routinely engage in enforcement operations at transportation hubs within the state of Florida.

A former U.S. assistant attorney told CBS Miami that agents can do checks within a hundred miles of the ocean. In this case, that applies to the entire state of Florida.

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NEIL DIAMOND OF “CRACKLIN ROSIE” IS RETIRING FROM THE LONG AND EXHAUSTING TOURS, DUE TO THAT KILLER, PARKINSON’S DISEASE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE PLANS TO BE ABLE TO WRITE AND RECORD IN LESS STRENUOUS WAYS FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. HIS ILLNESS IS SAD FOR ME, BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THOSE SINGERS WHOSE SHEER PIZZAZZ WAS ENOUGH TO ENLIVEN ALL OF MY NERVE ENDINGS. IT’S LIKE LISTENING TO A TRUMPET PLAYING THE FANFARE FOR A BULLFIGHT. OTHER SINGERS IN THE CATEGORY ARE – JUDY COLLINS, JANIS JOPLIN, CHRIS CHRISTOPHERSON, JOE COCKER AND MORE, WHO SING WITH THEIR EMOTIONS RATHER THAN MERELY THEIR HIGHLY TRAINED VOCAL CORDS. THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH VOICE TRAINING, BUT WITHOUT FEELING IT IS EMPTY TO ME. THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY 1970S GENERATION OF MUSIC AND SINGERS. IF I STARTED OUT DEPRESSED, I WOULDN’T BE WITHIN A FEW SECONDS.

SEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0y0mtecLY

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https://www.healthline.com/health/parkinsons/life-expectancy

SEE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/01/22/neil-diamond-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-immediate-retirement/1056520001/
Neil Diamond thanks fans for 'outpouring of love' after Parkinson's diagnosis
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY Published 9:40 p.m. ET Jan. 22, 2018 | Updated 5:28 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2018


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CBS/AP January 22, 2018, 10:23 PM
Neil Diamond, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has Parkinson's disease

Photograph -- Singer Neil Diamond performs on stage during a concert at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 15, 2011. AP

NEW YORK -- Neil Diamond is retiring from touring after he says he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Days shy of his 77th birthday, the rock legend is canceling his tour dates in Australia and New Zealand for March. He was on his 50th anniversary tour.

According to a press release issued by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's team, Diamond will continue to write, record and pursue new projects.

"The onset of the disease has made it difficult to travel and perform on a large scale basis," a spokesperson said in part, according to CBS Los Angeles. "Based on his doctors' advice, the third leg of Diamond's 50th Anniversary tour, set to land in Australia and New Zealand this March, has been cancelled."

Diamond said it was with "great reluctance and disappointment" he made the announcement, adding that he planned to "remain active in writing, recording and other projects for a long time to come."

"I have been so honored to bring my shows to the public for the past 50 years," he continued. "My sincerest apologies to everyone who purchased tickets and were planning to come to the upcoming shows."

"My thanks goes out to my loyal and devoted audiences around the world," he said. "You will always have my appreciation for your support and encouragement. This ride has been 'so good, so good, so good' thanks to you."

Diamond's numerous hits include "Sweet Caroline," ''America," ''Love on the Rocks" and "Hello Again."

Diamond turns 77 on Wednesday and will get the lifetime achievement award at Sunday's Grammy awards.

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