The Hereditary Aristocracy of Citizenship
We pride ourselves on having abolished the hereditary privileges once associated with aristocracy. But our citizenship system replicates many of the same evils.
Immigration
Government Can't Find Parents for 38 Children Under 5 in its Custody
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar feels aggreived at how fast he's being ordered to comply with the court order to reunite captive immigrant children with parents.
Tennessee Congressional Candidate Builds Literal Wall in Cringeworthy Campaign Ad
Jason Emert really wants people to know he supports Donald Trump.
Federal Court Rules Against Trump Administration on Most Issues in California "Sanctuary State" Case
The ruling is just the start of what may be a prolonged legal battle over immigration and federalism.
Trump's Attack on Fleeing American Companies Is the Flip Side of His Attack on Incoming Foreigners
It makes sense if you think the government's job is to protect U.S. jobs
United Gates of America: The Trump Administration's Relentless Assault on Legal Immigration
It is systematically jamming every legal channel with red tape.
Good Riddance to Trump's Border Bouncer
"If you're in this country illegally and you committed a crime by entering this country, you should be uncomfortable."
Could Puerto Rico Be the Solution to Our Latest Immigration Fight?
The island's population has fallen dramatically even as Spanish speakers from other nations are desperate for a new home.
D.C.'s 'Families Belong Together' March More About Midterms Than Migrants
What was billed as a single-issue protest felt more like a Democratic get-out-the-vote drive.
ICE Investigators Are Sick of Being Confused With Immigration Enforcement
The enforcement of "zero tolerance" immigration policies by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations is harming another part of the agency.
Feds Show Up at ICE Whistleblower's CBS Interview
Former spokesperson James Schwab received a unexpected house call from federal agents after saying ICE forced him to lie about immigration raids in Oakland.
Feds Arrest 'Occupy ICE' Protesters in Portland
Officers in riot gear made their move Thursday in an attempt to reopen Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland.
Despite Trump Endorsement, GOP Immigration Bill Rejected in Landslide House Vote
More than 100 Republicans voted against the GOP's "compromise" bill.
Gorsuch Was More 'Liberal' Than Kennedy This Term, in an Unusual Supreme Court Twist
Comparing the records of two right-of-center justices.
My USA Today Op Ed on the Travel Ban Decision
The op ed outlines some of the grave flaws in today's Supreme Court ruling.
Initial Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Terrible Travel Ban Decision
Some preliminary comments on a badly flawed ruling.
We Are in the Midst of the Third Bogus 'White Extinction' Panic in Just as Many Centuries
Anti-immigrant fearmongers of demographic doom proved wrong in the 19th and 20th centuries, and today's will be no different.
Supreme Court Rules 5-4 in Favor of Trump's Travel Ban
"The Government has set forth a sufficient national security justification to survive rational basis review."
The "Travel Ban" Decision, in One (Non-Snarky) Sentence
The U.S. has nearly unlimited power to decide when foreigners are admitted to the country, even based on factors (such as ideology, religion, and likely race and sex) that would be unconstitutional as to people already in the country.
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to "Travel Ban"
In a narrow, 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction against Travel Ban 3.0, while also declaring Korematsu has been overruled.
Is 'Civility' Possible, Let Alone Desirable, in Trump's America?: Podcast
Reason editors grapple with disassociation etiquette, family separation, third-party legal doctrine, health association plans, and the existential despair of Fozzie Bear
Do Trump's Border Moves Reveal a Clever Machiavellian or a Bumbling Doofus?
The political advantages of the president's zigzagging on family separation and the "Muslim ban" are not obvious.
A Libertarian Defense of the Red Hen's Right to Refuse Sarah Huckabee Sanders
"If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant...you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them."
A Quick Due Process Lesson for the President
It is well-established that everyone within the United States, even those who may have entered illegally or over-stayed a visa, are entitled to Due Process.
We Are Most Likely Alone in the Universe
No pesky Romulans, Klingons, Ferengis or Vulcans to get in way of Terran colonization of the galaxy
Pennsylvania's Libertarian Senate Candidate: 'Abolish ICE'
"There's no constitutional authority for [ICE]," says Dale Kerns. "There's really no need for them, either."
Trump Is Using the Border Crisis to Stoke Human Trafficking Hysteria
Misleading claims about people smuggling serve only to justify the government's already bloated surveillance and law enforcement powers.
Migrants Boost Per Capita Incomes and Lower Unemployment Finds Yet Another Study
Thirty years of data show "refugee burden" is a myth: Migrants to Europe have been a significant economic benefit
Beginning of the End of Trump's Zero Border (In)Tolerance?
He seems to be backing away from criminally prosecuting all unauthorized border crosses
Greyhound Should Just Say No to the Border Patrol's Bus Sweeps
The company has no legal obligation to let alien hunters harass its customers unless they have a warrant or probable cause.
Immigration Hardliners Lose Today in an 8-1 Supreme Court Ruling
The ruling also raises questions about the future viability of "Chevron deference."
Trump's Hostage-Taking Strategy on Border Enforcement Backfired
The great negotiator acts like a mafia boss
The Needless Cruelty of Trump's Border Policy
Trump's approach has been a model of brutality, inflicting unspeakable horror on children and parents.
Trump Signs Executive Order Reversing Family Separation Policy
The administration says it will continue its "zero tolerance" approach to illegal immigration.
The Factual and Rhetorical Silliness of Family Separation Whataboutism
People who supported Trump's policy justified it by falsely claiming that today's critics never cared about Obama's detention facilities.
The Government Unjustly Separates American Families Too. But Shouldn't That Make Us More Sympathetic?
An unsatisfying answer to the question of why Trump country seems unfazed by immigrant family separation.
How to Fight Inhumane Immigration Policies? Better Smugglers
Improving smuggling efforts isn't ideal, but it's better than just watching kids get torn from their families.
Worldwide Refugee Population Hits All-Time High, U.S. Intake Reaches All-Time Low
Mike Pompeo celebrates World Refugee Day by bragging about America's "leadership" on the issue, but the numbers tell a different story
If You Cross the Border, We'll Kidnap Your Child
Trump can't escape responsibility for the predictably cruel consequences of his "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
Yes, Trump's Immigration Policy Is Just Like the Holocaust, Except for the Genocide
Nazi analogies do not strengthen the case against forcibly separating illegal border crossers from their children.
Tattoos Shouldn't Be Cause for Deportation
ICE claimed tattoos are evidence of gang activity, grounds for deportation.
Judge Spikes Kansas Voter ID Law, Orders Trump's 'Voter-Fraud' Czar to Take Remedial Legal Classes
Kris Kobach suffers legal, factual, and professional humiliation at the hands of a federal judge, though his conspiratorial cause still lives on at the White House.
Maybe Snatching Toddlers From Their Asylum-Seeking Parents Is Who We Are: Podcast
Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
Fatal Texas SUV Crash a Result of Irresponsible Policing, Not Poor Border Security
We'd be outraged by the unnecessary pursuit if Americans had been killed.
Donald Trump Is Terrible on Immigration, But Congress Is the True Monster
The president's policy of separating families at the border is wrong, but he's enabled by a lack of legislative action dating back decades.
Trump's Policy of Separating Immigrant Families Makes for a Contentious Father's Day: Reason Roundup
Plus: More evidence emerges that Harvard University discriminates against Asians.
'Enforcing the Law' Doesn't Justify Separating Migrant Children from their Parents
The main justification for the Trump administration policy of forcibly separating immigrant children from their families is that it is supposedly mandated by law. This claim is both false on its own terms, and an inadequate defense even if it were true.
