Claudia Kolker: The TT Interview
Claudia Kolker has traveled the world as a reporter, including stints in Japan, the Caribbean, Mexico, India and Central America. In doing so, she’s learned and absorbed volumes about different cultures and the habits of millions of people outside the U.S.
Now living in Houston, Kolker — who has reported for the Los Angeles Times, The Economist, The Boston Globe and the Houston Chronicle — drew on her experiences as a world traveler to focus on what traditions first-generation immigrants bring to this country. In her new book, The Immigrant Advantage, Kolker discusses more than a half-dozen practices brought from ...
Comments (2)
David Doss
This looks like a very interesting and insightful book; however, the number of typos in the article should be an embarrassment to the TT.
Juan Reynoso
Legal immigrants made a huge contribution to this United States, this is why we are oppose to illegal immigration and the open border policies of the Obama administration. uncontrolled immigration has created a crisis in our schools and social services. Illegal immigrants do not contribute to the economic of the country, cheap labor has taken jobs from Americans that pay taxes in this country and also decrease their wages, employers are the only winners with the Obama immigration policy, not the people. Illegal immigrants should not be call immigrants; it is an insult to us that we come to this country legally to be part of this United states and be loyal to our new country. Mexicans want to make our United sates like Mexico, We do not want to be like Mexico; if they love Mexico they should go back to Mexico; not one will hold them to remain here in our country. if they want to come here they should follow our immigration laws. PAZ ES EL RESPETO AL DERECHO AJENO – PEACE IS THE RESPECT TO THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS (ILLEGAL ALIENS RESPECT THE US SOVEREIGNTY )