Trump's Wall Is Performance Art, Not Border Security
The president's wall promise rests on the same basis as a Ponzi scheme.
Immigration
Jeff Sessions' Case Against California's Sanctuary Cities Is a Constitutional Loser
The Constitution prevents the feds from commandeering state and local officials.
The Growing Insurrection Against Trump's War on Immigration
A California mayor issued a public warning of an ICE raid earning the administration's wrath
Trump Says the Border Wall Will Pay for Itself. It Won't.
The president is touting a study that underestimates the wall's cost by a wide margin.
Is it Unconstitutional for States to "Discriminate" Against the Federal Government?
This is one of the questions that may well arise in Jeff Sessions' new lawsuit against California's sanctuary laws.
Jeff Sessions's Flawed Lawsuit Against 'Sanctuary State' California
Immigration, federalism, and the 10th Amendment
Sanctuary Showdown: The Feds Sue California
The Justice Department wants to block three laws that it says hamper immigration enforcement.
The Lunacy of Trump's Trade War: Podcast
Reason editors dispute presidential notion that "trade wars are good, and easy to win," and also argue over the Oscars.
$20 Fee for Porn Access Proposed in Rhode Island
Device makers would be required to block porn, prostitution hubs, and all content that fails "current standards of decency."
Florida Lawmaker Drops Proposal to Let Victims of Sex Trafficking Sue Hotels
Disney allegedly lobbied against the bill behind the scenes.
Supreme Court Sets the Stage for a More Important Immigrant Detention Fight
Indefinite detention carried the day in Jennings v. Rodriguez, but the ruling affirms an important principle that may eventually kill the practice.
Ted Cruz Challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, on a Possible DACA Deal: 'I'm Not Seeing It'
El Paso Democrat, trying to change Texas from red to blue, talks about guns, weed, and how we've already got "record safety and security on our border"
House Passes 'Anti Sex-Trafficking' Bill Opposed by Both DOJ and Trafficking Survivors
The bill makes "promoting prostitution" a federal crime, holds websites legally liable for user-posted content, and lets states retroactively prosecute offenders.
Border Control Installs Camera On Man's Property Without Asking. When He Takes It Down, They Demand It Back. Now He's Suing.
Ricardo Palacios is fighting for his right to be left alone.
Even in Health Care, Immigrants Do Jobs Americans Won't
If we want to solve the doctor shortage, we should import more foreign physicians.
Are Libertarian Responses to Mass Shootings Persuasive?: Podcast
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, Robby Soave and Nick Gillespie talk gun violence, immigration politics, Russian electoral interference, and Black Panther.
Border Bouncers Don't Need Big Brother Spying Powers Over Americans
ICE and border patrol agents want access to NSA intel obtained without warrants.
Rush Limbaugh Is More Progressive on Immigration Than Anyone on Capitol Hill. Seriously.
His amnesty proposal is the least draconian plan around right now
Mitt Romney Now Wants to Make Being Welcoming on Immigration a Key Part of His Campaign
He's not the most natural standardbearer for the cause of turning around the Trump GOP's animus toward immigration.
Appeals Court Rules That Trump's Travel Ban 3.0 Is Unconstitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that the ban violates the First Amendment because it is intended to discriminate against Muslims.
Trump Leads GOP in Turn Against Legal Immigration
The president's plan would slash legal immigration by as much as half, the most drastic cut in nearly a century.
Trump's Orwellian Plan to Make America's Immigration System 'Merit Based'
He is trying to get foreign techies to self deport or not come at all.
Immigration Authorities Want Access to All the Raw Intelligence the Feds Already Collected on You
And Donald Trump just might be the president to give ICE free rein.
Don't Count on Institutions to Stop Trump
Our institutions are strong enough to restrain a president, but they're also strong enough to empower him.
Trump's Bigly Lie that He'll Make America's Immigration System More Merit-Based Like Canada's
He has launched a two-front assault on high-skilled foreign talent
'Keep Your Tyranny Off Our Titties,' Say New Orleans Strippers
In a series of protests, strip club workers and their allies are pushing back against abusive policing.
Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Myth Gives Good Cover for Federal Security Theater
Minneapolis is being transformed into a police state.
Immigration Restrictionists Seek to Weaponize the Census
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach would prefer to upend the Constitution's directive to apportion House seats based on total population, not voter rolls. So barring that, the author of Mitt Romney's "self-deportation" policy wants Census-takers to ask about citizenship.
Restrictionists Are Misleading You About Immigrant Crime Rates
Restrictionists are inflaming public opinion to justify a harsh crackdown
The Prejudicial Cynicism of Trump's SOTU Talk About MS-13
Conflating illegal immigration in general with criminal gangs is wrong, and will lead to bad, wasteful, damaging immigration policy.
Congressman Calls on Capitol Police to Arrest 'Dreamers' at State of the Union
So it's come to this.
What Donald Trump Should Say About Immigration in Tonight's State of the Union
We can fantasize, can't we?
The New York Times Is Now a Nazi Paper. Wait, What?
If everything problematic is evil, silencing and punishing everything problematic becomes a social necessity.
Both the Grammys and the State of the Union Worship at the Cult of the Presidency: Podcast
Working toward a de-presidentified future while trying to imagine an immigration deal that isn't awful
Republicans Who Think Trump Has Gone Soft Have a Plan: Criminalize Dreamers, Slash Legal Immigration, and Invade Americans' Privacy
The Securing America's Future Act is a nativist nightmare.
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Means ICE Will Track Your License Plate Even if You're Not an Immigrant
Think immigration crackdowns don't affect you? You're wrong.
Immigration Is the Only Thing Saving Connecticut From an Even Worse Budget Crisis
Residents are fleeing Connecticut at a rate of nearly 30,000 per year, but the state's ability to attract foreigners has cushioned the blow.
The White House's Proposed Dreamer Fix Is an Abomination
It'll throw millions more immigrants under the bus than it'll save.
Trump is no Deregulator on Immigration
My new Penn Regulatory Review article explains why widespread claims that Trump is a deregulator are undermined by his immigration policies, which include increases in regulation that outweigh reductions he may have achieved elsewhere.
Texas Cops Charge 'Child Sex Trafficking Victim' With Felony
They also arrested her younger friend for prostitution.
Trump and GOP Nativists Are Preparing to Screw Dreamers
Their poison pill demands are making a deal nearly impossible.
Suspicionless Immigration Bus Sweep Caught on Video
If you hear "papers, please" on a Greyhound, thank the Supreme Court.
Reminder: The Parts of the Federal Government Authorized to Shoot You Are Still Functioning
The federal "shutdown" doesn't lead to anarchy. It won't even lead to less government spending.
