Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration at Cornell Law School, notes that the Biden administration can do more to help Afghans at risk as the Taliban consolidate power. 

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Joe Margulies, professor of law and government, says that possible charges brought against officers by the Louisville attorney general this week would not be enough to address the deeply flawed criminal justice system that led to Breonna Taylor’s killing.

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Kim Weeden, professor of sociology and director of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, says a new White House executive order addresses that some regulation is necessary to protect consumers, but occupational licensing creates inequality in the workforce.

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that President-elect Biden’s inauguration ‘theater of unity’ will be more powerful than the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, says a new Department of Labor rule will require employers to pay significantly higher wages for H-1B and other foreign national employees. 

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Doug Kriner, professor of government and an expert on presidential power, comments on President Trump's positive test for COVID-19. 

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Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist, says growth of American farms is constrained due to demand for farm labor not met by the domestic population and passing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would be a major step in stabilizing the agricultural workforce.

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David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, says the politics of Georgia and other southern states, along with tight margins of party control in Congress, will force leaders to consider new legislative strategies.

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Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, compares what Trump paid in federal income taxes in 2016 with what undocumented immigrants pay. 

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Steve Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, says that the Supreme Court decision on DACA offers Dreamers a temporary sigh of relief. 

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