according to the historian jerome cariban, they poured over records but it wasn t clear who was jewish so a ranking system was used. j1 for students clearly jewish. j2 more than likely jewish. j3 could be jewish. the findings, in 1922 harvard was 21% jewish. the president decided to take action. i am instituting a jewish corridor. there was strong push back to the ugly idea of counting jews. they looked for ways to hold down jewish enrollment without actually having a specific jewish quota number or antijewish policy. several other ivy league schools, yale,columbia, were also dealing with the so-called jewish problem. one answer turned out to be legacy admissions. to be one of another greater
in addition, mr. chairman, pursuant to house rule 11, cause 2, j1, the republican members transmit our request to convene a minority day of hearings. to date you have blocked key witnesses that we have requested from testifying in this partisan impeachment inquiry. this rule was not displaced by h660 and therefore under house rule 11, clause 1a, it applies to the democrats impeachment inquiry. we look forward to the chair promptly scheduling an agreed upon time for the minority day of hearings so that we can hear from key witnesses that you have continually blocked from testifying. i would also like to take a quick moment on an assertion ms. hill made in the statement she submitted to this committee in which she claimed that some committee members deny that russia meddled in the 2016
come back and see economic opportunity. and you look at the top, you have a president and governor focused on jobs and economic opportunity. elizabeth: i was curious about that and there were people saying, yes, we rely on the visa program, but at the same time they want to offer that who locals before they offer overseas, is that what you re seeing and from the governor as well? yes, we need to do both. and if you look at governor hogan s focus on economic development and jobs since he came into office in 2015, the state of maryland has gone from number 49 in economic development to number 11 in 2016. that s a tremendous, tremendous progress being made, but you have to put the focus on that. you re right, it has to be a balancing act. our small business owners in ocean city depend on the j-1 student and also depend on their own students and their own children coming back and running the businesses.
and nebraska. all right, young lady. so i have patients who have traveled hundreds of miles to come see me. and there are many patients who i travel to go see. we also use airplanes to get physicians out into those rural communities when the distance is significant. reporter: but there s one place al nafal is hesitant to fly to. out of the u.s. to see relatives. president trump s executive order bars citizens of seven muslim maurgeity countries, including syria, from entering into the united states. with that order in legal limbo, he is afraid he may be forced to leave his patients behind if he travels abroad and can t get back into the u.s. that s because he s not a u.s. citizen. he is here on a special j-1 visa waiver. a specific but important program that allows about 1500 international physicians each year to temporarily work in underserved areas of the country.
from those countries who are living and working in the u.s. right now? like syrian doctor allah al nafal. he s in this country on a special j-1 visa waiver that allows 1500 physicians to come from overseas each year to this country to temporarily work in underserved parts of the country. christine romans has his story. south dakota is considered an underserved area where there s shortage of physicians. that s why international physicians are welcome here. reporter: it s winter in sioux falls, south dakota. i was born and raised in damascus, syria. i went to medical school back home in damascus. graduated in 2008 and came to continue my education here in the united states. reporter: today dr. nafal is a pediatric endocrinologist at the medical clenic serving patients from north dakota and south dakota, minnesota, iowa