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...this happen do we understand that we are partners in the same battle. This is a reminder to the world. We are the target, and it's not just Israel but the whole Western world. As we understand it, they were looking for guests with American, British, and Israeli citizenship." Several Israeli tourists and businessmen were among those held hostage in the Taj and Oberoi hotels but later managed to escape or were freed...
However Cuba changes, there will be difficult times with its neighbor to the north. Even before the murderous enticement of Washington's wet-foot, dry-foot policy that rewards Cubans who survive the trip across the waters with citizenship (while denying many visa requests made through proper channels in Havana)--even before Fidel Castro--relationships have been uneasy between Cuba and the U.S., which essentially colonized the island after Spain left in 1898. There was the U.S. administrator who in the early 1900s announced plans to "whiten" the population. And the 1901 Platt Amendment, which helped carve the U.S. Naval...
...recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration reform act that included a provision allowing public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants. If passed, the bill would have also opened a path to citizenship for illegal aliens who entered the country as children and who either complete two years of higher education or serve in the military. Both provisions were also part of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a law sponsored by Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin which failed...
Stressing the need for immigration reform, Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez discussed his personal hopes for change and the feasibility of reform under President-elect Barack Obama last night at a dinner hosted by the Political Union and Citizenship Tutoring programs of the Institute of Politics. Welcoming questions from the audience composed of approximately 15 students, Dominguez described his position on the necessity of immigration policy reform. He explained that reform is truly needed yet is highly unlikely to take place. “I don’t think that there’s likely...
...international students come to the United States to study at numerous institutions, including Harvard College. According to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, the Class of 2012 is 17 percent “international;” this includes all students with either exclusively foreign or dual U.S. citizenship. But despite all the institutional advantages conferred by a Harvard diploma, many recent alumni are left out in the cold by University Hall. Harvard’s delayed commencement date—in 2009, graduating seniors will receive their diplomas on June 4—is more than two months...