Over two years ago, Representative Anthony Weiner tried to change the nation's immigration laws to help fashion models who can't get the necessary work visas to come to America (and NYC in particular). The tabloids had a good laugh, because Weiner wants models ha ha, and the legislation went nowhere. But today on his radio show, Mayor Bloomberg hopped on the model bandwagon, urging Washington to change the immigration laws to enable thousands of professional good looking people to flood our borders. And so, in response to Hizzoner's sudden interest in the plight of international models, Weiner got a little catty on the Twitter. more ›

Despite intervention from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team had to miss the World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England because the British Consulate would not issue them visas. Though they already had to forfeit their Thursday night game, there was hope that they would be issued visas in time to play a game today against Japan. But the British refused to honor their Haudenosaunee passports, and now they have run out of time. One player told the Times, “I felt it was coming, but I didn’t want to believe it until I actually heard it." more ›

Just after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cleared Iroquois tribe members to travel outside of the U.S. with their tribe-issued passports for an international lacrosse competition, the Iroquois Nationals faced another set back as the United Kingdom announced it still wouldn't accept their passports. Team manager Ashley Jemison told NY1, "It was a little bit of a shock when we thought that we did have an arrangement, an agreement with them, that things were going to be okay once we got the part that we needed to take care of. But you know, we're still staying positive." more ›

A team of Iroquois lacrosse players are on an impromptu vacation in New York after being barred from flying to a tournament in England. The passports—issued by the Haudenosaunee confederacy of six Iroquois nations—have been accepted for over 20 years. But JFK airport wouldn't accept them on Sunday, and now The Iroquois Nationals are stuck in the city. more ›

Make sure you’re sitting down: Because of a surge in visa requests, America is currently in the grips of a severe fashion model shortage. The problem is that professional good looking people from overseas have to apply for the same H-1B visas that pasty high-tech workers require. According to Politico, demand for the visas is double the 85,000 spots available in the category per year; in the fiscal year 2007 only 349 models from overseas got the H-1B (for which there is no cure). more ›