March 3, 2012 by survivaltimes
Dear Readers,
? It?s a fact!? ?Legal? immigration in the U.S. provides amazing success stories every year.? This article captures just a few remarkable stories.
? Enjoy ?
Bob Grafe
Editor & Columnist?
By?Dan Moffett,?About.com Guide
Immigrant Americans grabbed their share of headlines in 2011. But not all those headlines were flattering.
It Was a Year of Scandal for the Governator
After leaving office as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger made plenty of headlines ? most of them in the tabloids.
Schwarzenegger admitted fathering a child with his longtime housekeeper, and wife Maria Shriver filed for divorce. It was Hasta la vista, Arnold!By the end of 2011, there were rumors of reconciliation for the couple, however.
Born in Thal, Austria, in 1947, Schwarzenegger moved to the United States when he was 21.?He may have violated immigration laws by overstaying his visa before becoming a U.S. citizen in 1983 and the Hollywood superstar we all know and try to love.
Natalie Hershlag, better known to moviegoers as Natalie Portman, has dual Israeli and American citizenship.
Portman was born in Jerusalem in 1981, and her family moved to the United States in 1984. She graduated from Harvard College in 2003 and went on to take graduate courses at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
In February, she won the Oscar for best actress in a leading role for her performance in Black Swan. She also won a Screen Actors Guild award and Golden Globe for the role.
Madeleine Albright Receives USCIS Honor
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services honored former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with its Outstanding American by Choice award.
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), in 1937, she emigrated to the United States as a teenager as her family fled communist rule in the Soviet bloc.
Albright became the first woman to serve as secretary of state when Bill Clinton appointed her in 1996. Albright was a strong supporter of an expanded NATO and the Clinton administration?s ?assertive multilateralism.? ,p>She became a U.S. citizen while studying at Wellesley College in the 1950s.
Ozzie Guillen Named Miami Marlins Manager
The newly renamed Miami Marlins?signed Ozzie Guillen to a four-year, $10 million deal to manage the ballclub.
Along with his wife and son, the Venezuelan native took the Oath of Allegianceon Jan. 20, 2006, his 42nd birthday and only three months after he led the Chicago White Sox to the World Series Championship.
?A lot of people fight and die to be American citizens,? says Guillen. ?A lot of Latin people are dying to be where I am today.?
Miami is just the place for this outspoken skipper who never leaves people guessing what he?s thinking.
Indra Nooyi Leads PepsiCo.?s Global Expansion
CEO Indra Nooyi continued to grow PepsiCo.?s global markets and produce some staggering numbers. The company now has the world?s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generate more than $1 billion in annual sales.
As a school girl growing up in Chennai, India, Nooyi had no inkling that decades later, she would become the chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company and one of the world?s most influential women.
?I admired everything about this country,? she says of the United States. Nooyi became a U.S. citizen in 1990.
Pierce Brosnan Makes Frightening Return to TV
Irish actor Pierce Brosnan made a triumphant return to television, starring in the miniseries ?Bag of Bones,? an A&E Network production based on a 1998 Stephen King novel.
Brosnan?s last big gig on TV was as detective Remington Steele.
Brosnan played James Bond four times in the movies, but he says the one role that will serve him a lifetime is that of an American citizen. He took the oath in 2004. He said President George W. Bush made him do it:
?I became an American so I could have a voice and vote Bush out of office. It?s tragic what he has done, from the war in Iraq?to the environment.?
Huffington Sells Web Site to AOL and Pockets Millions
Born Arianna Stasinopoulou in Athens, Greece, she became a naturalized American citizen in 1990.
In February, AOL announced it was paying her $315 million to acquire The Huffington Post, the news site she co-founded.
As part of the deal, Huffington, 61, agreed to stay on as president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media group within AOL. Not bad for an on-line journalist who believes journalists should work for free.
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