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Federal immigration offices are bracing for a flood of paperwork next week, as the world's biggest technology companies file to secure special visas for highly skilled foreign workers. And they better get their applications in on time -- last year's visas disappeared in just one day. We look at why the tech sector is lobbying Congress to expand the number of so-called "H1B-visas", and how political concerns about outsourcing might derail their plans.
Robert Hoffman, Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, Oracle
Ron Hira, Assistant Professor, Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology; Author, "Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs" (AMACOM)
Many highly-skilled immigrants first enter the U.S. under a special visa status that ties them to working for a certain company. But once here, many of those immigrants want to convert their visas to green cards. We hear from a representative of the half million visa holders currently lobbying Congress for the right to stay in the country indefinitely.
Mark Bartosik, Software Engineer; Member, Immigration Voice
Since 1986, violence in Uganda has displaced more than two million people and claimed the lives of thousands. The International Criminal Court wants to try the rebel leader responsible for much of the violence. But some Ugandans and at least one humanitarian group worry that international players risk prolonging the fighting. Kojo explores whether there's a tradeoff between justice and peace in one of Africa's longest-running conflicts.
Betty Bigombe, Distinguished African Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Donald Steinberg, Deputy President, International Crisis Group
Rory Anderson, Deputy Director for Advocacy & Government Relations, World Vision
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It can be hard to know what to expect next from Pulitzer-prize nominated novelist Mary Doria Russell. Her books blend religion with anthropology, biology with science-fiction, and often embraces controversial moments in history. Her latest work is a simple story set in a complicated place and features an American schoolteacher who finds herself in Cairo during the 1921 Peace Conference that led to the creation of the modern Middle East.
Mary Doria Russell, author "Dreamers of the Day" (Random House)
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