Shariq Siddiqui: Let’s embrace real solutions for immigration woes
Most studies suggest that increased legal immigration will result in a positive impact on our economy.
Shariq Siddiqui / Special to IBJ
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Shariq Siddiqui: Let not-for-profits be innovative, willing to fail
The challenge is that social value is hard to achieve when making a profit or worrying about the bottom line.
SHARIQ SIDDIQUI: Education reformers lose sight of humanity
Have we considered that education can be not only utilitarian but also transformative? Transformative not in terms of the economic benefits it can produce, but in the way it can lead to meaningful lives and a better world.
Shariq Siddiqui: Not-for-profits need to maintain innovation
Innovators and entrepreneurs (business and philanthropic) sometimes have to go beyond that which we know is achievable.
SHARIQ SIDDIQUI: Movies could change perception of Islam, Muslims
Hollywood, when it wants to, can change narratives and transform the way we think about creatures, beings and people.
SIDDIQUI: Close Islamic center vote shows we have work to do
As a former civil rights investigator, I have rarely heard prejudice stated directly.
Siddiqui: Chain immigration, DACA are separate issues
We need a solution for DACA recipients. They should be allowed a pathway to citizenship.
SIDDIQUI: DCS is troubled—and not for the reason you think
Politicizing this issue doesn’t help us develop a better solution.
SIDDIQUI: Tax cut plan doesn’t set good example for other nations
The tax reform debate has little connection to research, data or thought-out policy implications.
Siddiqui: A user-fee is just a tax (not even in disguise)
There are two fundamental questions. First, is it the responsibility of lawmakers to create a long-term, sustained commitment to the regular upkeep of our infrastructure? Second, how do we fund this commitment?
Siddiqui: Obamacare not all good or bad, so let’s fix it
Perhaps parents who are under 65 but lack insurance should be allowed to be added to their children’s insurance.
Siddiqui: Consumer protection—in all its iterations
This man didn’t understand the difference between actions that cost people their lives and a Facebook post that simply articulates unprofessional business practice.
Siddiqui: Eliminate public funding of political primaries
We should require each political party to develop, fund and implement its own mechanisms to select electoral candidates.
SIDDIQUI: Middle East policy: new hope or wishful thinking?
Although the president is having popularity problems in the United States, he has a very deep level of support among the people I met in Saudi Arabia.
SIDDIQUI: Holcomb will be ‘beacon of hope’ for diversity
Gov. Eric Holcomb hosted Muslim Hoosiers at the Muslim Alliance of Indiana-organized Muslim Day at the Statehouse a few weeks ago.
SIDDIQUI: How to do privatization the right way
The use of funds generated through privatization of public resources seems like a quick fix to a short-term budget gap.
SIDDIQUI: How Bill Clinton pushed Republicans to the far right
Many have seen Bill Clinton’s triangulation as simply a pragmatic way of making public policy in the center. Through the lens of history, I disagree.
SIDDIQUI: Was Trump rhetoric continuation of Obama’s message?
Donald Trump’s coalition was not the same as Barack Obama’s, his language was not inspiring, but he promised the same outcome: The American people are the change and must rise up as a social movement to defeat the party elite.
SIDDIQUI: GOP should decry Trump’s attacks on soldier’s family
I hope my son is inspired by great American heroes rather than drowning in appropriate contempt for the GOP politicians who value electoral partisan victory over the core values of their party.
SIDDIQUI: A look at our super-charged immigration debate
Our current immigration laws would permanently prohibit Superman from receiving legal immigration status. This would remain true even if he married Lois Lane, a U.S. citizen.