Niyati Desai, originally from Mumbai, will be eligible to work in the U.S. under a new plan detailed by Homeland Security this week. (Courtesy photo)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.