James Zogby
James Zogby
James Joseph Zogbyfounder and president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C.–based organization which serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world. In September 2013, Zogby was appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom by President Obama. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues and a Visiting Professor...
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NSEERS was so poorly conceived and badly managed that it created chaos and fear. Trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement was severely strained and, in the end, there was no evidence that any terrorists were apprehended as a result of the effort.
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There's nothing more dangerous than a panicked politician.
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They have a surplus of capital, and they're doing quite well.
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They recognized the Taliban, as did Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, because the United States wanted them to.
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a coherent policy that can punish the regime while offering sustenance and hope to the people of Iraq.
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As long as these kids grow up not only in an economic underclass but excluded from being French or Dutch it's problematic. When people in my community get angry about American foreign policy they get angry as citizens and they fight back as citizens. The process is more open to including them.
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And the reason why people are afraid is because leadership led them down this path, it exploited the fear, the concern, and it used an Arab bogeyman to do it.
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The bottom line is that NSEERS is a failed and unfair program. An understaffed INS (Immigration and Naturalization Services) couldn't implement the program and almost 14,000 of those who complied were placed in deportation proceedings.
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He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world,
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He is understanding of the concerns. He is someone whom we've known and worked for a long time, many of us, and we feel confident that he is a person with whom we can work.
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Some of the biggest battles, recognition of the Palestinians as a real people and ending stereotypes were achieved. We now can refer to this moment as the date when it became possible to have a different discussion about Palestinians.
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Societies, even those claiming to be just societies, are often built on the backs of an underclass ... What is happening in Paris now happened in the United States in the 1960s.
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In this region, as well, in many places, workers, be they Palestinians or other Arabs or south Asians, are trapped in horrible conditions, denied justice and their basic humanity.
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The country is wasting its resources in trying to reach out to the Americans through their media. Such a strategy has turned out to be counter-productive.