<div>                <br>As I understand it one may find it insightful to view these policies as an extension of the larger tensions between the local/national and the global.<br><br>It is my understanding that things have moved on since Robert Reich wrote his Work of Nations in the previous millenium and predicted some of the key variables for current globalization.<br><br>Various countries in the British Commonwealth (Bo Jo, Modi, and Scot Morrison) have chosen the local/national over the global while Justin Trudeau as I understand it is global whose position in parliament is shaky.<br><br>Beyond the British Commonwealth as well, Abe, Bolsonaro, and Ing-Wen it is my understanding belong to the local/national.<br><br>Hence, questions such as who gets to benefit from globalization or lose out as a result of globalization both here and there may provide insight. Are Dalits from the country of India benefitting from the H-1Bs, for instance?<br><br>Joseph            </div>            <div class="yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;">                                                                                                <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">                                <div class="yiv9133720152yqt7314723708" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd50044"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt7950393730" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd18609"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt4662947552" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd66796"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt3003024294" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd21381"><div>                    On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 08:38:01 PM EDT, Robert Irish <r.irish@utoronto.ca> wrote:                </div>                <div><br clear="none"></div>                <div><br clear="none"></div>                <div><div id="yiv9133720152"><div>As a Canadian, I know we have our own justice and human rights challenges—similar to but also different from those in the US. <div>So, I have been following this conversation with great interest and pride in you all for stepping bravely into the moment. It obviously is not a one-and-done moment, but an occasion for constant vigilance. </div><div>I was so glad to see the reversal of the racist policy. </div><div>In Canada, the government has just announced that students studying at Canadian universities can count their online school time toward a post-graduation work permit (which is often a first step toward citizenship).  You can see the report in the linked article. <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://apple.news/A1SScjHlWTfqgauaOPuY9gg">https://apple.news/A1SScjHlWTfqgauaOPuY9gg</a></div><div>I hope that saner minds can prompt the US toward a similar position. </div><div>In the meantime, do celebrate the small victory achieved by your activism and compassion. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>In support and solidarity, </div><div>Rob Irish </div><div>University of Toronto. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt5886610425" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd06554"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 14, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Savage, Gerald <gjsavag@ilstu.edu> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv9133720152yqt5886610425" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd69902"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks, Angela. Good news like this is rare lately.</div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jerry<br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9133720152appendonsend"></div><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%;" tabindex="-1"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9133720152divRplyFwdMsg"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt;" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org> on behalf of Haas, Angela <ahaas@ilstu.edu><br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 14, 2020 4:35 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Attw-l@attw.org <Attw-l@attw.org><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] SEVP modifications being reversed</font><div> </div></div><style>#yiv9133720152       filtered {}#yiv9133720152    filtered {}#yiv9133720152    filtered {}#yiv9133720152    filtered {}#yiv9133720152     p.yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal, #yiv9133720152     li.yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal, #yiv9133720152     div.yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal       {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New;}#yiv9133720152     h1       {margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:16.0pt;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal;}#yiv9133720152     a:link, #yiv9133720152     span.yiv9133720152x_MsoHyperlink   {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;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-</p><p class="yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal">Angela M. Haas, PhD</p><p class="yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal">Graduate Program Director and Professor, Department of English, Illinois State University</p><p class="yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal">President, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing</p><p class="yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal">Coordinator, Computers & Writing Graduate Research Network</p><p class="yiv9133720152x_MsoNormal">Pronouns: She/Her/Hers</p></div></div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>ATTW-L mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span>ATTW-L@attw.org</span><br clear="none"><span>http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org</span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv9133720152yqt5886610425" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd38434"></div></div></div><div class="yiv9133720152yqt5886610425" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd29954">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">ATTW-L mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ATTW-L@attw.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:ATTW-L@attw.org">ATTW-L@attw.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org">http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div>            </div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv9133720152yqt3003024294" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd81679"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt4662947552" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd99258"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt7950393730" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd18475"><div class="yiv9133720152yqt7314723708" id="yiv9133720152yqtfd58801">                </div>                        </div>        </div>        </div>        </div>