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...migrant lives segregated from native workers--in barrack-like compounds in West Germany; in overcrowded shantytowns in France. Victimized by sleep merchants (housing profiteers), and endangered by unfamiliar machinery, the migrant also has no political rights to speak of--he can be deported at any time, and his residence visa depends upon his work permit. Alone in a strange, hostile city, unable to speak the language, working constantly, living at the mercy of his employer and the authorities, the migrant experiences the most drastic alienation of any worker in the West. He is wanted in the 'host' country only...
...addition to providing students with information and keeping track of visa data, the office runs a host family program that eases the transition by matching students up with families in the area. All but the Business and Medical schools participate...
There is some legal confusion about whether the corporations that adhere to Saudi Arabia's racist visa restrictions are liable to federal prosecution for their hiring policies. David Marblestone, a Justice Department staff attorney, has stated that "no court has ever held that it is illegal to do business with a country that excludes all Jews." On the other hand, some legal observers feel that corporations complying with Saudi Arabian hiring restrictions might be subject to action by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
...time Mstislav Rostropovich made his first American tour in 1956, he had already won international acclaim and the status of a superstar. One young professional cellist, upon hearing that the Russian had obtained a two-year emigration visa in 1974, left his wife and cello behind in the States, hopped a plane to England, and for the next few months spent days seeking out his demigod and nights sleeping on park benches and in public toilets. Today, wherever Rostropovich plays, tickets sell out within hours. Only one week after he announced his decision to defect, the National Symphony chose Rostropovich...
While in the Soviet Union, Katz smuggled an application to Harvard out of the country and last July applied for a visa to emigrate to Israel. He received permission to leave the country on December 4 and until arriving in Cambridge last week, spent two months in Vienna and Rome...