Immigration
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Migrant Caravan Hysteria Returns
There's no evidence this caravan is full of Middle Eastern terrorists.
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Who Do You Want to Lose the Midterms Most?: Podcast
If hatred is the country's main political motivator these days, you might as well lean into it.
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Despite—or Maybe Because of—Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Record Number of Families Crossing Southern Border
Trump's failed immigration policy reveals hard truths about intentions versus outcomes.
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Trump Says Kidnapping Unauthorized Immigrants' Children Is an Effective Deterrent
His homeland security secretary says that rationale for family separation is "offensive."
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Child Separation Policy at Border Led to Procedural, Personal Chaos, Says Inspector General Report
Children imprisoned longer than legal limit, resources directed away from actual border security, misleading statements about databases all surround the "zero tolerance" border policy
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The Trump Administration’s Border War Is Actually Catching Fewer Drug Traffickers
This is what happens when “zero tolerance” meets the limitations of government resources.
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Most ICE Detainees Aren't Criminals, Report Reveals
As if we needed any more evidence that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants aren't bringing crime into the country.
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Immigration Debate Could Use Some Historical Context: New at Reason
Maybe both sides need to take a trip to Ellis Island.
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Immigration Debate Could Use Some Historical Context
Maybe both sides need to take a trip to Ellis Island.
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What Did We Learn from the Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation?: Podcast
On the market for political combat and the lack of interest in the Afghanistan War
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A 21st Century Immigration Policy for the West: A Reason Foundation-Michigan State University Conference
Will the future problem of the West be too little rather than too much immigration? And what should we do about it?
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Yet Another Federal Court Rules Against Trump and Jeff Sessions in a Sanctuary Cities Case
The decision is the latest in a long line of legal setbacks for the administration's efforts to force sanctuary cities to help deport undocumented immigrants.
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Immigrant Girl Will Be Deported Because Adoptive Father Missed Deadline While Serving in Afghanistan
Is this the America you really want to live in?
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Cato Unbound Symposium on the Constitutional Scope of Federal Power Over Immigration Continues
Responses to my lead essay by legal scholars John Eastman and Gabriel Chin have now been posted, along with my rejoinders to them.
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State Department Demands Spouses of Gay Diplomats, U.N. Staff Get Legally Married to Visit—Even if They Can't
An absurdly petty intersection of anti-gay and anti-foreigner policies.
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Ethnic Nationalists Won the Quebec Election. What Fueled Their Rise?
Don't mistake this election for a Trump-inspired victory – Quebec's toxic anti-immigration politics are home grown.
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Far-Right German Party Tries to Recruit Jews by Attacking Muslims
But many of the Alternative for Deutschland's leaders have questionable track records when it comes to anti-Semitism.
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Dear Immigration Restrictionists: Milton Friedman Was Not on Your Side
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Trump Attempts a Sweeping Reduction of Legal Immigration by Executive Fiat
From "immigration, yes; welfare, no" to "welfare, whatever; immigration, no."
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A Priest Is Being Deported After Committing the Heinous Crime of Voting
Father David Boase was led to believe that he was eligible to vote. His mistake caught up with him 12 years later.