How the Supreme Court's Conservative Justices May Have Saved Undocumented Aliens in Sanctuary Cities
Trump's executive order is toothless
Immigration
Director of Anti-Sex Trafficking Doc I Am Jane Doe Doesn't Understand the Laws She's Trying to Reform
Watch Elizabeth Nolan Brown discuss the film with director Mary Mazzio, who aims to overhaul Backpage and federal law in the name of sex-trafficked teens.
Trump Mulls Suspending the Visa Waiver Program 'Indefinitely' UPDATE: Story Was Wrong; it's the Visa Waiver Interview Program
Hope you enjoyed your visa-free travel to Europe while it lasted!
Trump's Sanctuary City Funding Threat Protects Police Money
Law enforcement representatives had worried about loss of grants.
If Trump Is Going To Start Deporting Immigrants Who Broke the Law, Will He Start with Melania?
A lot of evidence suggests the First Lady broke the law in her early days in the United States. Which is an argument to CHANGE THE LAWS.
Trump Brings Back Ban on Funds for Groups That Promote Abortion, While Congress Reconsiders Global Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Here we go again, and again, and again...
9 Reasons Why Libertarians Should Be Worried By Donald Trump
The new president has repeatedly vowed to make America less open, less free, and more burdened by an expansive federal government.
Obama's Last-Minute Cuba Change Scrambles Immigration Politics, Disrupts Lives
Eliminating 'Wet Foot/Dry Foot' has been a longtime goal of immigration reformers and restrictionists alike, though Cuban-Americans remain split.
Backpage Backed Into Corner Over Adult Ads. Is Government's Goal a Goodbye to Sex Trafficking, or Free Speech?
As Congress puts Backpage on trial, Section 230 is the big fish in this barrel of red herrings.
The Business of Government Is Hysteria
Sessions hearing brings out the worst in senatorial statism, Matt Welch argues in the L.A. Times
Backpage Shutters 'Adult' Ads Section Following Years of Government Bullying
"It's a sad day for America's children victimized by prostitution," said victims services advocate Lois Lee.
Meet California's Face of Federal Government Resistance—Eric Holder?
His Department of Justice prosecuted legal marijuana growers in the Golden State, but that was totally different!
You Do Realize that if You Keep All the Jobs in America, the Mexicans Will Return?
Has Donald Trump really thought through the implications of not letting U.S. companies outsource low-level work?
Tom Cotton's Immigration Restrictions Are Delusional and Counterproductive
Cotton's idea that a flood of immigrant labor is to blame for depressed low-skill wages is just flaky
Obama Officially Kills Bush-Era Muslim Registry Program Before Trump Can Resurrect It
Some 93,000 immigrants were put through the NSEERS program without a single one being convicted on any terrorism charges.
Texas Is a Model for a More-Libertarian, More-Diverse America: Avik Roy
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity co-founder discusses diversity and free markets in the Trump Era.
'The Review Board' Bust: 12 More Men Face Felony Charges for Posting to Seattle Web Forum
The area has previously prosecuted more than a dozen men in 2016 for online speech related to prostitution.
Maryland Police Association Director Resigns Over Prostitution Charges
And he's not the only criminal justice official in the news for sex offenses this week...
Backpage Leaders Beat Pimping Charges as Court Affirms Importance of Immunity for Web Publishers of Third-Party Speech
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this Court, to revisit."
Sherri Papini Sex-Trafficking Evidence Almost as Flimsy as PizzaGate Proof
While the particulars of Pizzagate are especially outlandish, it's not a narrative that sprung up in an alt-right vacuum. Just look at the coverage of Sherri Papini's case.
What Can Donald Trump Really Do About Sanctuary Cities?
The constitutional conflict between states and the federal government over undocumented immigrants.
Libertarianism in a Rapidly Diversifying America: Reason Debate on 12/8 in DC
Nick Gillespie, Shikha Dalmia, Avik Roy, and Charles C.W. Cooke talk about immmigration, limited government, and cosmopolitanism.
4 Incredibly Dumb Ways the Government Is Spending Your Money to Punish People for Having Sex
And making a mess of civil liberties and people's lives in the process
If You Care About the Second Amendment—And Incredibly Terrible Reporting That's Biased Against Guns—Support Reason!
Yesterday's terrifying non-shooting at Ohio State exemplifies how the media is anti-gun and anti-freedom.
National Police Union is Not Happy With Donald Trump's Proposed Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities
The union may have loved Trump's law-and-order rhetoric, but they don't want to lose funding over cities' refusal to comply with immigration crackdown.
Trump Says Millions Voted Illegally but Any Recount Would Be Pointless
The president-elect claims he would have won the popular vote if Clinton had not benefited from widespread fraud.
Two Immigrants Debate Immigration
A conversation about who wins and who loses when America opens its golden door.
Alabama Bans Publishing of Prostitution Mugshots, Allows Cops to Hold Suspected Sex Workers for 72 Hours
Constitutional violations abound in Alabama "Human Trafficking Safe Harbor Act."
Pulp Fiction, Pope Francis Figured In Case of Alleged Foot Fetishist Charged With Child Sex-Trafficking
The Wisconsin case centered on whether paying to kiss teen's foot was a "commercial sex act."
Trump Could Resurrect a Failed Bush-Era Screening Program for Muslim Immigrants
The NSEERS program screened more than 93,000 immigrants over nine years but failed to catch a single potential terrorist.
Donald Trump and the Coming Battle Over Legal and Illegal Immigration
The billionaire president-elect may even seek to keep high-skilled foreigners out of the country.
Judge Says Backpage Protected by First Amendment, Rejects Pimping Charges for CEO… Then Backtracks a Few Hours Later
"Congress has spoken on this matter and it is for Congress, not this court, to revisit." Except for maybe later this afternoon...
Trump's War on Immigration Will Reprise the War on Drugs
Reason policy analyst Shikha Dalmia on how the president-elect will make good on his worst threats.
The Coming Resistance to Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Watch for federal/local battles over deportations.
Trump Wants To Deport As Many Undocumented Immigrants As Obama Already Has
The upside: the number of undocumented immigrants with criminal records is less than Trump's stated goal of over two million deportations.
Trump Retreats From Deportation of 'Terrific People' Who Live Here Illegally
After the border is secured, the president-elect says, "we're going to make a determination" about undocumented immigrants.
Trump Is Stacking His Team With Aggressive Nativists
This does not bode well for any future softening of his immigration policy
Will Trump Supporters Like What They Get?
Trade wars and debt increases loom on the horizon.
Alt-Right Nativists Launch Witch Hunt Against Chobani Yogurt Founder For Helping Refugees
They want to stop even private charity by private citizens
Chicago Cop Arrested for Sex Trafficking and Child Porn, Accused of Paying Teens—Including Braces-Wearing 14-Year-Old—for Sex
A 26-year veteran of the department, William Whitley's record reveals 28 complaints against him, going back to 1991.
Trump's Immigrant Bashing Isn't Winning the GOP White Voters
It's just losing it Latinos and minorities
Trump's Insane Immigration Plan Would Add Yet Another Unnecessary Mandatory Minimum
Fast-tracked immigration prosecutions have already cost an estimated $7 billion. Now Trump wants to add mandatory minimum sentences.
Operation Cross Country X: Everything You Need to Know About the FBI's Annual 'Underage Human Trafficking' Sting In One Chart
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
Anti-Immigration Restrictionism Is for Losers
Conservative intellectuals are pushing a turn that will alienate millennials, not secure the GOP's white base.
