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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with these concerns below. I would like to emphasize that the screening requirements will impose unworkable costs in terms of money, time, and effort. Some of the screening may not even be possible without people trained in the
languages or local contacts who can work in the country. There is also the question of whether a person who is not a citizen of a FCoC but who nonetheless has an affiliation of some kind. Since we don’t know, we will have to subject everyone to scrutiny. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Nancy Biggio<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 28, 2023 10:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> B. Ramu Ramachandran <ramu@coes.latech.edu>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Act 767 questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ramu,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you for this list. I will work to compile all questions as I promised. To others who email me with their questions, please email to both my UNO account (<a href="mailto:nbiggio@uno.edu">nbiggio@uno.edu</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>> on behalf of B. Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2023 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Act 767 questions</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This email is meant for you bit I am copying the mailing list in case others want to jump on this thread. Thank you for agreeing to compile the questions/concerns
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The main problems I see with Act 767 are these:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1) There does not appear to be an official list of Foreign Countries of Concern (FCoC) that we can consult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2) The Act leaves it up to the institutions to determine whether the individual's past history poses a concern. Section 1826.3 (D) (6) says (see slide 13 of John
Maloy's presentation, my bold-face): "Requesting further investigation, including but not limited to a second background check performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Louisiana State Police, or any other qualified local law enforcement agency, if
any of the individual's information provided on the online non-immigrant visa application Form DS-160
<b>raises any security concerns for the institution</b> about the individual's relationship with a foreign country of concern."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3) Section 1826.3.(A) (1) (c) (Page 5 of the Act) says the additional screening should kick in if "The person has at least one year of prior employment or training
in a foreign country of concern as defined in R.S. 17:1826.2, except for employment or training by an agency of the United States government." If the practice of providing part-time employment to graduate students is common in other countries, then it seems
to me that we are essentially prohibited from hiring anyone with an advanced degree from a FCoC as faculty, or as a PhD student (assuming they have earned a Master's degree from the FCoC). (The additional screening mentioned above will probably take so long
that a candidate for a position may not wait for it to complete.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As I mentioned at the meeting, I am sympathetic to the spirit of the Act and agree that the US should do more to safeguard its intellectual property. I am attaching
the report from The New York Times that I mentioned. It is long but once you start reading, I think you will keep reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ramu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black">--------- <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">B. Ramu Ramachandran<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">P. O. Box 7923<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Ruston, LA 71272, USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">318-257-4304<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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