My New Article on "Freedom Through Foot Voting"
The article adapts and expands some of the ideas developed in my recent book "Free to Move," and is now available for free download on SSRN.
The article adapts and expands some of the ideas developed in my recent book "Free to Move," and is now available for free download on SSRN.
The new president issued a 100-day moratorium on deportations.
President Biden should also provide refuge for democracy lovers who want to escape authoritarian Chinese rule.
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On his first day as president, Biden will end both of Trump's travel ban policies. It's a big step in the right direction, though more remains to be done.
Obama was also no immigration hero.
Judge Rao writes an opinion rejecting all claims in equity, among other things
Current law caps the number of employment-based green cards that can be granted each year at 40,000, which doesn't meet demand.
It is often argued that we need to restrict immigration in order to protect democratic institutions. But ethno-nationalist immigration restrictionists are a much bigger threat to those institutions than immigrants.
This would prevent repetition of some of the shenanigans Trump has used to divert funds for his border wall project.
My response to a badly inaccurate review of my book that portrays me as claiming otherwise.
Joe Biden can easily stop further work on the wall, protect property owners against further takings of private property, and save money in the process. Additional steps may be tougher, but are still worth considering.
His rationale is both weak and would have justified keeping out his own father - a refugee from Cuba.
Mory Keita was involved in two cases against the government, including an ACLU suit challenging ICE and a case alleging abuse by Butler County Jail guards.
Cruz not only dimmed America's status as a bastion of freedom for the world's oppressed people, but spat upon his own heritage as the son of a political refugee.
A new book documents that newcomers revitalize beliefs in hard work, property rights, and the rule of law.
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to Trump's plans for being "premature" until the administration actually does what it says it plans to do.
The case was dismissed on procedural grounds that will change when and if the administration actually decides which people will be excluded.
A new book, Wretched Refuse?, documents that newcomers not only increase economic activity but often revitalize faith in free market, limited-government institutions.
The case against the popular pornography site rests on misleading data and hidden agendas.
Would-be migrants are not the only victims of immigration restrictions. Natives also suffer in a wide variety of ways.
Conservative judges have stymied Trump in his election challenges - and many other cases where his positions went against their legal principles. But a populist/nationalist GOP could gradually change the nature of conservative jurisprudence.
The administration’s approach should discourage the drug war, encourage immigration.
America has undone its longstanding policy of granting special treatment to individuals with Hong Kong passports at exactly the wrong time.
Some of the changes are reasonable. But many of the new questions are badly designed and incorporate serious errors. Moreover, such tests raise the deeper issue of why immigrants are required to pass a test to get the right to vote, but natives are not.
Charges against Kraft were (rightfully) dismissed. The women he patronized now have criminal records.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to rule that the Fifth Amendment requires a prompt post-seizure hearing.
Giving Tuesday is an appropriate time for me to begin carrying out my pledge to donate 50% of the royalties generated by my book "Free to Move" to charities benefiting refugees.
Many of the justices seem intent on avoiding the substantive issues at stake in a case challenging the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for congressional representation.
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My response to a common, but vacuous trope often brought up in debates about immigration policy.
Bounchan Keola was injured while fighting the deadly Zogg Fire. California rewarded him with a possible deportation.
Among other parallels, both restrict liberty and opportunity based on arbitrary circumstances of birth.
Elon Musk, now the third-richest person in the world, was born in South Africa but eventually came to the United States via Canada.
Both new vaccines were developed at firms established by immigrants or their children. It's a dramatic example of the enormous benefits of international freedom of movement.
The brief filed by Univ. of Texas law professor Sanford Levinson and myself explains why the Trump administration's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for allocating seats in the House of Representatives goes against the text and original meaning of the Constitution.
Just about everyone—conservatives, progressives, libertarians—should be glad to say goodbye to this cruel approach to immigration policy.
Libertarianism is far from wildly popular, overall. But libertarian causes have done well in referenda in recent years. We can build on that.
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to fully reinstate DACA. But such a move will surely be challenged in court. Here's an easy way to reduce the risk that such challenges might succeed.
Biden's underperformance among Cuban-American voters likely cost Democrats Florida. He can begin to heal the breach by reversing the Obama administration's cruel policy (continued by Trump) of barring most Cuban refugees.
Both candidates have serious flaws. But a Trump victory would be a much greater evil than the alternative.
Judge Susan Brnovich said no reasonable person would question her impartiality just because her husband already says they're guilty.
We discuss my book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom," and his "Supreme Disorder: The Politics of America's Highest Court."
The much-publicized result is ocnsistent with previous studies on the impact of sanctuary city
The issue is currently before the Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. New York.
Trump's immigration record is uniquely appalling but he didn't do it all by himself. Before you start building cages, you should ask how your political opponents might use them.
The government deported the parents without making any provision for reuniting them with their children.
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