Funeral arrangements set
for Caribbean academic US deports
Jamaican
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Wake and funeral details for
Dr. George Irish announced
By Nelson A. King
The family of late Caribbean
academic, Montserratan
born Dr. George Irish,
on Feb. 20 announced his
funeral arrangements.
Dr. Irish’s widow, Joy, told
Caribbean Life that a wake
was held on Feb. 28, from
6 pm to 9 pm, at McCall’s
Bronxwood Funeral Home,
Inc., 4035 Bronxwood Ave.,
Bronx.
The next day, Mrs. Irish
said viewing and tributes
will take place from 4 pm
to 7 pm at Bethel Gospel
Assembly, 2-26 E. 120th
Street, in Manhattan.
She said a “Celebration
of Life Service” will immediately
follow the viewing
and tributes at Bethel Gospel
Assembly.
Dr. Irish’s body will be
interred on the morning of
March 2. The family did not
disclose where this will take
place.
Dr. Irish passed away on
Feb. 12 after he was hospitalized
since Jan. 8, Mrs. Irish
told Caribbean Life. She did
not disclose the name of
the hospital nor the cause
of death.
Medgar Evers College said
Dr. Irish officially retired
from the institution in
August 2018, with the title
Professor Emeritus.
Dr. Irish joined Medgar
Evers College on Sept. 1,
1993, as a professor in the
Department of Social and
Behavioral Science and the
Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies.
He was Dean of the School
of Liberal Arts and Education
(now the School of Liberal
Arts) from April 2014 to
August 2016.
The school responded
to the news of Dr. Irish’s
death.
“It is with a heavy heart
that we share word of the
passing of our friend, and
colleague, Dr. George Irish,”
said Medgar Evers College,
City University of New York
(CUNY), in a statement.
Additionally, he was the
Executive Director of the
Caribbean Research Center
(CRC) at Medgar Evers College,
from September 1989
until January 2018, and
Director of International
Programs, from 2002 to
2007.
The Caribbean Research
Center on Feb. 13 described
Dr. Irish as “a scholar and
statesman,” stating that his
penchant for social activism
and passion for education
“will continue to resonate
on global, social, cultural
and intellectual levels.
“The Caribbean Research
Center cherishes his contributions,
and will perpetuate
his legacy through its
research, programs, publications
and events,” the statement
said.
The family requests that
no flowers be sent, but asked
that donations be made to
the LIDC Foundation, Inc.,
in care of Dr. Ruth Allen, in
Brades, Montserrat.
By Nelson A. King
The United States Customs
and Border Protection
(CBP) agency says
officers have ordered
three Jamaican men
deported at Baltimore
Washington International
Thurgood Marshall
Airport for coming to
the United States to work
without authorization at
a Wisconsin hotel.
After some basic
questioning at primary
inspection, the agency
said on Feb. 20 that its
officers “selected the
three men for a secondary
examination to have
more time to interview
them about the intent of
their travel.
“During the secondary
inspection, each of the
20-year-old men admitted
they were invited
to work at a Wisconsin
hotel for four months
and expected to earn
about US$10 per hour,”
officials said.
They said they were
not releasing the men’s
names “as none were
criminally charged.”
Foreign nationals must
obtain prior authorization
to work while in the
US, the statement said.
“CBP officers use their
training and experience,
as well as a variety of
tools, to ensure that
the traveler standing
before them is a legitimate
traveler visiting
the United States for a
legitimate purpose,” said
Casey Durst, CBP’s Field
Operations Director in
Baltimore. “We are a
welcoming nation, and
one that gladly accepts
visitors who respect our
laws.”
The agency said it routinely
conducts inspection
operations on arriving
and departing international
flights, and
intercepts narcotics,
weapons, currency, prohibited
agriculture products,
counterfeit goods
and other illicit items at
the nation’s 328 international
ports of entry.
On a typical day, it
said officers refuse 592
inadmissible persons at
US ports of entry.
Dr. George Irish. Photo via Government of Montserrat
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