Paul Burke, father of cartoonist R.E. “Becky” Burke, is speaking out about the treatment his daughter received in the ICE detention system after being detained over a question about her VISA. Becky, with no criminal record, was detained for 19 days. On a Facebook post, he explained what happened and provided a FAQ on the […]
British cartoonist R.E. Burke has been released from US custody and returned to the UK last night. She spent three weeks in an immigration detention center in Tacoma, WA after she was turned away from entering Canada due to a visa mix-up and she tried to re-enter the US. A GoFundMe fundraiser was set up […]
The family of British cartoonist R.E. Burke, who detained at the Canadian border by US Immigration authorities, has set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to help offset legal costs and help her return home. D.D. Degg mentioned her plight earlier this week. The crux of the issue is Burke used a cultural/hospitality exchange website to arrange […]
An existential threat to Kentucky’s community newspapers Yeah, big newspapers that are part of big groups are turning their potential readers off by moving the news editors to out of town newsrooms that don’t care about local news. But Linda Boileau‘s cartoon above for The State Journal brings our attention to the smaller locally owned […]