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Require Certain Construction Industry Employers to Use E-Verify
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TESTIMONY BEFORE OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House Commerce and Labor Committee TESTIMONY BY Kristen Ziccarelli SENIOR POLICY ANALYST FOR HOMELAND SECURITY & IMMIGRATION AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE Chairman Johnson, Vice Chair Lear, Ranking Member McNally, and Members of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, My name is Kristen Ziccarelli, and…
View EntryYes, Trump Can Cut Funding To Universities That Violate Civil Rights Law
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Originally published by The Federalist In a recent piece for National Review, John Yoo and Robert Delahunty argue the Trump administration is justified in challenging Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bob Jones University v. the United States (1983), the authors point to precedent establishing university…
View EntryPresident Trump Defends Americans’ Civil Rights
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PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESTORING AMERICA’S Proud CIVIL RIGHTS TRADITION CIVIL RIGHTS AT A CROSSROADS America’s identity is informed by a shared commitment to a set of ideals. The Declaration of Independence asserts “all men are created equal” and endowed by God with “certain unalienable rights” including “life, liberty and the…
View EntryPresident Trump Takes Real Action to Reform College Accreditors
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PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO IMPLEMENT NEEDED COLLEGE ACCREDITATION REFORMS The Higher Education Act of 1965 restricts federal grant and loan support to students attending officially-recognized (accredited) institutions of higher education. Accrediting agencies must, in turn, be recognized by the Department of Education. Accreditation serves a vital quality…
View EntryPresident Trump Combats Foreign Influence at American Universities
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PRESIDENT TRUMP REQUIRES UNIVERSITIES TO FOLLOW THE LAWPRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS FAILED TO ENFORCE FOREIGN FUNDING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires institutions of higher education to disclose foreign gifts and contracts valued at over $250,000. This requirement is critical to tracking foreign adversaries’ and extremists’ efforts to…
View EntryPresident Trump Takes Real Action to Promote Jobs in the Skilled Trades
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President Trump Takes executive Action to Promote employment in family-sustaining Skilled Trades PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STREAMLING FRAGMENTED FEDERAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS A new executive order signed by President Trump directs the Departments of Education, Labor, and Commerce to develop a “Comprehensive Worker Investment and Development Strategy” to ensure federal support…
View EntryRethinking Tariffs as Bold Tools for American Security & Global Fairness
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Introduction What is the Trump Administration’s rationale for tariffs, particularly those imposed on U.S. allies? For a little over a month, the debate on this topic has raged on in Washington, D.C., and globally, spurred by the announcements made at the White House on April 2, 2025, or “Liberation Day.”…
View Entry“Low-hanging Fruit” Solutions for Grade Inflation
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AFPI Tackles Grade Inflation The America First Policy Institute has released a new report proposing simple solutions to grade inflation, the tendency for average grades to rise overtime (Schorr, 2025). Drawing on 10 semesters of data obtained from 21 disciplines at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), the report…
View EntryTo Stop Iran, Focus on Jordan and the West Bank
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Originally published by the Defense Post President Donald Trump has initiated a long overdue reversal of US policy toward Iran’s support for terrorist organizations in the Middle East. He has voiced unconditional support for Israel’s fight against Hamas in Gaza and authorized US military operations against the Houthis in Yemen.…
View EntryAre the ‘Studies’ Worth Studying? A Cross-department Comparison of Academic Rigor at The University of Texas at Austin
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Introduction In competitive environments, a common dictum holds: “They can’t all be winners.” University grading seems to defy this rule. During the last three decades, grade point averages (GPA) rose 17% at four-year public universities and 16% at private non-profit universities (Nam, 2024). Grade inflation diminishes the value of grades…
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