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For two years, Bolivian scholar Waskar Ari has puzzled over why his request for a work visa to teach Latin American history in Nebraska wasn’t approved. After all, he had lived in the United States for a decade, receiving a doctorate from Georgetown University, teaching at Western Michigan University and working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas. Then the U.S. Department of Homeland Security got involved. Ari is one of a growing number of foreign scholars whose visas have been revoked, denied or delayed based on their ideology or political views, say civil rights groups and attorneys....

An independent alumni association at the University of California-Los Angeles has offered rewards of up to $100 for students willing to out politically biased professors. Founded by Andrew Jones, a 2003 graduate of the public university, the Bruin Alumni Association has been formed to curb “an exploding crisis of political radicalism on campus” which is “endangering the very core of UCLA — the undergraduate experience,” according to the association’s website. Jones, on the group’s website, says he experienced “political harassment, violence, intimidation and biased teaching” during his time at UCLA, adding his experience is “entirely typical for any student who...