Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, says the House bill’s immigration provisions, while more limited than originally proposed, would still be the most significant immigration legislation in decades.

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Joe Margulies, professor of law and government, says the verdict in Derek Chauvin’s case underscores that police should only respond to calls requiring an armed officer.

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Kristin Roebuck, professor of history at Cornell University, says the Imperial Household Law in Japan, a set of laws governing the marriage of Princess Mako, may doom the royal family. 

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Stephen Yale-Loehr and Ian Kysel, professor of law, comment on the Biden administration's decision to end Title 42, a controversial policy barring migrants from entering the U.S. during the pandemic. 

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President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit on Monday evening amid rising tensions between the countries.

International

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David Shmoys, professor in computer science, says advances in data science can make the algorithms used to parse U.S. Census Bureau data more equitable. 

Law and Policy

Computing & Information Sciences

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Valerie Hans, professor of law at Cornell Law School, has conducted extensive research and written widely on juries. She says the legitimacy of the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin depends on the jury for being racially representative.

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Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on Congress taking up either Biden's immigration wide-ranging bill or smaller pieces of legislation, offering historical, legal and labor perspectives.

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Industrial and Labor Relations

Arts and Sciences

Law School

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The House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion social spending bill on November 19th. 

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Public Engagement

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, professor of immigration law and director of Cornell University’s Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic, says the court strike-down of the Biden administration's proposed 100-day moratorium on deportations means that it engage more effectively with ICE on conducting deportations.

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