ANALYSIS | Prioritizing Immigration Reform

There have been 48 immigration policy changes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bush Institute Executive Director Holly Kuzmich explains how these changes make it harder for foreigners to work and study in the United States and urges Congress to prioritize comprehensive immigration reform.
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EDUCATION | Identifying the COVID Slide

Come September, the fairest way of assessing student progress will be to require beginning-of-the-year exams. Bush Institute Senior Editorial Advisor Bill McKenzie explains how the data will be used to diagnose any gaps that might need attention.
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HUMAN FREEDOM | End the Internet Shutdown in Burma

Burma — already notorious for the world’s longest ongoing civil war — now owns the distinction of having the world’s longest internet shutdown. Bush Institute Program Manager Jieun Pyun wrote a piece for The Diplomat urging the international community to put pressure on the Burmese government to restore internet access.
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CONVERSATION | The Richness of the Texas-Mexico Border

Dr. Juliet Garcia was born in Brownsville, Texas, to parents who saved $10 at a time to make sure she got a college education. She later became the first Mexican-American female to head a U.S. university. She joins Anne Wicks, the Bush Institute's Ann Kimball Johnson Director of the Education Reform Initiative, to discuss the remarkable South Texas region.
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