Justice Dept.'s Threatening Letter to Sanctuary Cities Is Less Than It Seems, and That's Good
The feds can't make cities help them deport immigrants. This is about communication lines.
Immigration
President Trump's Executive Order Targeting Foreign Techies Will Hurt American Companies and Workers
Spurning talent is never a road to greatness.
Trump's Executive Order Targeting the H-1B Visa Program Is Pure Theater
He is baiting opponents to sue him.
Undocumented Workers Do Indeed Pay State Taxes
An Oregon think-tank's study finds undocumented workers contributes $81 million to state and local government coffers.
Taxes, Testosterone, and the Virtues of Overbooking [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors Brian Doherty, Nick Gillespie, and Katherine Mangu-Ward discuss the week's news.
Welcoming Immigrants Means Higher Wages
'Immigration represents an opportunity rather than a threat to our economy and to American workers.'
Immigrant Diversity Boosts Native-Born Wages: New at Reason
New study finds that workers living in cities that welcome immigrants generally earn higher wages.
Customs and Border Patrol Wants to Get Rid of Hiring Polygraphs Because of How Many Applicants Use Drugs
60 percent of CBP applicants can't pass the hiring polygraph.
Portland Resistance Radicals Trying to Disrupt an Anti-Immigration Speaker Thwarted by Lewis & Clark Students
The student organizers were a model of how to engage your intellectual opponents, even hateful ones
Will a Constitutionally Questionable Doctrine Save Trump's Travel Ban?
The justices could choose to look the other way because of the plenary power doctrine.
America Needs High-Skilled Foreign Workers
If companies can't hire foreign techies in the U.S., they'll flee to where they can.
Even Trump Administration Not Quite Sure What Counts as a 'Sanctuary City'
Report to track uncooperative communities suspended over accuracy issues.
The Hypocritical Logic Behind Republican Plans to Ban Online Porn (Unless You Pay $20)
State lawmakers say porn is a public health crisis that causes rape and sex trafficking-but watch all you want as long as the state gets a cut.
'I'm Not Willing to Sacrifice Freedom of Expression on the Altar of Cultural Diversity'
Muhammad cartoon publisher Flemming Rose talks about immigration, free speech, and toleration.
Topeka Teen With Violent Pimp Faces More Than 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking
Kansas CPS said Anthony Long was to stay far away from then 16-year-old Hope Zeferjohn. He didn't listen. Now she's being treated as his accomplice.
D.C. Cop Pays 15-Year-Old for Sex, Steals the Money Back at Gunpoint Afterward
Police say she was "acting on her own" and "not a victim of human trafficking."
Border Agents Misuse Customs Regs to Try to Unmask 'Rogue' Twitter Account (Update: Attempt Withdrawn!)
This week in 'Privacy for me but not for thee.'
'Bad Hombres' Aren't the Only Ones Trump's Scary New Surveillance Tool Will Catch
Big Brother could go after American citizens too.
You Don't Have to Be a Foreigner to Have Privacy Violated by Trump's 'Extreme Vetting'
Have a friend visiting from another country? DHS wants to know your connections.
Proposed Tweak to Internet Law Could Spur Seismic Shifts in Web as We Know It
A bill related to sex trafficking and Section 230 could have far-reaching consequences for web content, publishers, and apps.
Why the Wall Won't Work
The legal, practical, economic, and moral case against Trump's border barrier.
Congressional Republicans Introduce a Trump-Pleasing Tax Hike
If you send money to friends and relatives abroad, the GOP wants more of it to go to Washington.
Enough Stranger Danger! Children Rarely Abducted by Those They Don't Know
U.S. kids are no more likely to be abducted today than they were decades ago, and much more likely to be returned safely when they are.
The Nativist Bias in the Welfare State
It is making even Canadians act more ruthlessly rather than benevolently
Sessions' Targeting of Sanctuary Cities Not Exactly What It Appears
The rule invoked is about communication and doesn't require cities detain or help deport immigrants.
Jeff Sessions Threatens Unconstitutional Action Against Sanctuary Cities
The Attorney General aims to dragoon state and local officials and leave them "no real option but to acquiesce."
Steve Bannon vs. the Tea Party Libertarians [Reason podcast]
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk Trump, Ryan, gender-neutral pronouns, DJ Khaled, and more.
Banks Flagging Frequent Pharmacy Trips, Bulk DVD Rentals, and Other Ordinary Activity to Turn Over Tips to Government Snoops
All sorts of normal behavior are now triggering financial surveillance as banks try to comply with confused government policies on human trafficking.
The Divisive Logic of the Welfare State
It is feeding forces of nativism in the West, including in compassionate Canada
Julian Simon Would Tell Us: America Needs More Immigrants
The economist taught that people are the "ultimate resource."
First ICE Report on Police Who Won't Detain Immigrants Shows How Small the Problem Is
Around 200 refusals, and many of those were merely charged, not yet convicted.
Philadelphia Cancels Cinco de Mayo Parade Over ICE Raid Fears
But ICE insists it does not conduct raids that "target alien indiscriminately."
St. Patrick's Day Parades Were the Cinco De Mayo Festivals of 18th-Century
We're all mongrels on St. Paddy's Day (and the rest of the year, too).
The Dubious Premise of the TRO Against Trump's Revised Travel Ban
Trump's main goal is looking tough, not discomfiting Muslims.
Do Crimes Against Immigrants Deserve More Attention?
The coverage of recent shootings of Indian Americans was muted compared to terrorist attacks
Steve King's Fear of Immigrants Is Ignorant of History
History shows a pattern of assimilation, not danger.
Border Guards Now Snatching and Searching 5,000 Cellphones a Month
Think you have a right to your own property and information at the airport? Not one that law enforcement recognizes.
My Parents Were 'Somebody Else's Babies' - And Model Americans
Steve King's nativism is wrong on all counts.
Steve King Wants Us to Become More Like Europe So That We Don't Become More Like Europe
The Eurocentric paradox at the heart of American nationalism
American Sex Police
With sweeping "sex trafficking stings," the FBI returns to its roots as the nation's vice squad.
Donald Trump Makes Sh*t Up, Justin Amash Misses a Vote, Steve King Disses Immigrants (Reason Podcast)
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk about why the GOP is screwing up Obamacare replacement and much more.
Justin Amash Destroys Steve King's Xenophobic Tweet About Immigrant Babies Destroying America
"I'm an American no less than you are."
Europeans Reconsidering Visa-Free Travel for Americans
Visa Waiver Program faces an uncertain future, though your summer vacation plans are almost certainly safe
Meet Your New Robot Workmate: Flippy, the Burger-Cooker
Don't fear automation. It's what makes us human - and richer, too.
The Libertarian Response to Ryancare
Judge Napolitano, John Stossel, Matt Welch, and more bring out the long knives on Kennedy
