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...issue of students' rights, the law is somewhat fuzzy as to whether public institutions can insist on compliance, a subject in which the American Civil Liberties Union is taking a close interest. According to Associated Press reports, the ACLU's Pennsylvania chapter will keep a beady eye on Philadelphia's policy, and could file suit against the school district if it feels the dress code goes too far or does not make provisions for opt-outs (on religious grounds, for example). In the meantime, while there doesn't seem to be much consolation for boys facing the specter...
...most of the country, the reaction was more muted: the raid was the right move but hard to watch. For those who see the seizure of Elian in starker terms, vindication must wait while politicians and appeals courts have their say. The Miami relatives will insist they were reasonable; the Justice Department will contend it was a model of restraint; and others will point to the steady stream of pictures of a happy-looking Elian cavorting with his dad. Those without an agenda will want to look at the key questions...
...members insist they were. At 5 p.m. on Friday, they faxed Reno a proposal they say Podhurst told them Reno wanted--in particular, a commitment to join Juan Miguel at a neutral site for a transition period during the appeals process. But the terms of custody were left vague, and the process soon bogged down and stayed that...
...Friday, when chairman Hatch realized that Republicans could inadvertently be creating a new voting bloc--anti-anti-Castro Cuban Americans--he postponed the hearings (forever, perhaps?) and rethought the possible witnesses. But Democrats will surely insist on calling "the Fisherman"--a cross between Kato Kaelin and William Ginsburg. It will be a priceless television moment when Dalrymple tells how he and Marisleysis let Elian lick his face. The Democrats will also relish hearing from the paramilitary group, Alpha 66, and the four guards with concealed-weapons permits who patrolled the encampment...
IMMIGRANTS Silicon Valley and other high-tech employers are bringing into the U.S. 115,000 computer programmers, engineers, scientists and the like each year under H1-B visas (these allow people with special skills that the economy needs to enter the U.S. outside regular immigration quotas). But employers insist they need more, and bills are moving through Congress to raise the limit to as many as 195,000. Among others, roughly half of all recent alumni of the six-campus Indian Institute of Technology are said to be working in the U.S., including Harmanjit Singh and about 24 others from...