March 3, 2006
U.S. Withholds Visa From Bolivian Scholar Hired to Teach at U. of Nebraska
A Bolivian scholar hired by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln has been unable to take up his post because the federal government has withheld his visa. The case has again raised concern over what critics have described as the arbitrary use of government power to keep foreign academics out of the United States.
Waskar T. Ari earned a Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University in 2005 and was hired by Nebraska as an assistant professor of history and ethnic studies. His job was to
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