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Devastating Investigative Report Exposes One Part of the H-1B Problem

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

There are two major problems with the H-1B program: It routinely drives down wages for everyone in the high-tech industries and deprives resident workers of ……Read More

Napolitano Rallies Behind White House “Executive Action” Plans from Her Academic Perch

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano gave a speech at the University of Georgia Law School this week (see full text here), telling us ……Read More

When Ignored, Minor Crimes Can Lead to Major Crim

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

My colleague Jessica Vaughan has laid out many of the weak points where immigration enforcement meets criminal law enforcement. Those weak points came to the fore with ……Read More

Sonia Nimr’s ‘Strange Travels in Amazing Lands’ Wins Etisalat’s YA Award for Arabic Children’s Literature

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

This morning, the Etisalat prize for Arabic Children’s Literature announced that Sonia Nimr’s Strange Travels in Amazing Lands was chosen as the second annual winner in its Young Adult category: ……Read More

One Girl ‘Against the Tide’: A Gazan Story, a Universal Story

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

Today, organizers will announce the winners of the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature, including in the Young Adult category. Last year, Taghreed Najjar’s Sitt al-Kol was on a ……Read More

A Year in Qena’: What You Don’t Know About the Egyptian Countryside…

November 6, 2014 Sara 0

Egyptian writer Hadil Ghoneim’s A Year in Qena was one of five books on a shortlist for this year’s Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature, in the Young Adult category, ……Read More