Trump's Travel Ban Is Legal but Dumb
Irrational, half-baked anti-terrorist policies are not necessarily unconstitutional.
Irrational, half-baked anti-terrorist policies are not necessarily unconstitutional.
Understanding the Supreme Court decision at the heart of the travel ban case.
SCOTUS agrees to hear travel ban cases, will schedule oral arguments for October.
The Court unanimously rejects the government's position that any misstatement by an applicant can justify denaturalization years later.
Global refugee population from 2012-2016 spikes from 10.5 million to 17.2 million; Trump so far admitting fewer than 3,500 per month
An escalation of immigration enforcement tactics in the Southwest
Examining McCain's philanthropic past reveals a long history of personal abuse of nonprofit resources, shady connections, and shoddy work.
From pill theft to cozying up to authoritarians, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador on human rights has a long history of abusing the system.
DAPA proved particularly controversial among libertarian legal scholars.
Conservatives who claim that immigrants import anti-liberty attitudes are wrong.
An appeals court upholds an injunction against the president's travel ban but once again leaves him perfectly free to improve screening.
Missouri's governor has called a special session to try to override the ordinance. Here's what libertarians need to know.
Even the police can't control human-trafficking hysteria anymore, and it could backfire for them.
In a reversal of Obama era policies, even immigrants who've committed no other serious crimes are having cases reopened for deportation.
A batch of frightening new bills take aim at all sorts of civil liberties under the guise of stopping sexual exploitation.
These are the tools of pornographers, "sextortionists," and human traffickers, Sessions told a police conference this week.
In an unprecedented move, it wants them to assist in border patrol.
New MassTLC study richly documents how newcomers grow the economy, cause less crime than natives, and do high-tech jobs that Americans won't do.
Intent on blocking visitors from Muslim-majority countries, the president confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
The president's counterterrorism policy confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
Senators drafting massive combination bill with "Kate's Law" and "Back the Blue" mandatory minimum sentences that are expensive, unneeded.
The decision highlights the importance of drawing distinctions among "sex crimes."
Naturally, they're portraying it as a success.
The nativist Iowa congressman should have met my uncle before railing that you can't "rebuild civilization" with "somebody else's baby."
Which is more important to the president: hurting Muslims or looking tough on terrorism?
The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.
New laws are under debate, but the practice is more common than you think.
Executive order scaled back in attempt to satisfy courts.
Former Oakland cop Brian Bunton is one of dozens of area police officers who've been implicated in the sexual exploitation of "Celeste Guap."
Bill would keep states and cities from restraining police cooperation.
That's 332 times as many sex workers arrested in the stings as people indicted on federal charges involving a minor.
They'll let states enact their own guest-worker programs.
Maria Navarete says police told her "shut up, you have no rights" as they handcuffed and pinned down her and her children.
And it does not involve a big, beautiful wall
Maryland no longer prosecuting Henry Sanchez Milian and Jose Montano for sexual assault.
No cities in the state have been targeted by the Justice Department for noncompliance, but never mind.
A Yale professor illustrates the tendency to frame what should be critiques of government power as complaints about particular politicians.
"It's like we lack enough empathy to understand the choices of others, and therefore deprive them of agency."
Police could be punished if they don't cooperate with federal requests to detain people to deport.
The federal government says yes, but the Supreme Court seems skeptical.
The order's "facially unconstitutional directives and its coercive effects weigh heavily against leaving it in place."
The feds can't make cities help them deport immigrants. This is about communication lines.
Spurning talent is never a road to greatness.
He is baiting opponents to sue him.
An Oregon think-tank's study finds undocumented workers contributes $81 million to state and local government coffers.
Reason editors Brian Doherty, Nick Gillespie, and Katherine Mangu-Ward discuss the week's news.
'Immigration represents an opportunity rather than a threat to our economy and to American workers.'
New study finds that workers living in cities that welcome immigrants generally earn higher wages.