Topics covered include affirmative action, legacy preferences, the student loan forgiveness decision, refugee policy, indictments against Trump, Vladimir Putin, political ignorance, and more.
Achieving this goal will require a lot more than banning racial preferences in college admissions. That includes some measures that will make the political right uncomfortable, as well as the left.
A collection of links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which I think remain relevant today.
This is true despite claims to the contrary by some on both the left and right.
Participants included Prof. Adam Cox (NYU), David Bier (Cato), Kit Taintor (Welcome.US), and myself.
It's wrong to use human beings as pawns in an apparent political stunt.
It’s an entirely predictable consequence of an inhospitable immigration system.
Agents claimed to see a gun that wasn't there. Video reveals nervous officers with a hunting mentality.
The 2024 hopeful has put together a platform full of big-government action.
Golden State municipalities are finally overturning their anti-cruising ordinances.
The U.S. is keeping talented foreigners away—and failing to retain them.
A leading US expert on Russia advocates outreach to Putin's Russian opponents and encouraging emigration from Russia. The best way to encourage Russians to leave is to allow more of them to come to the West.
The Supreme Court did not overturn the standing holding of MAssachusetts v. EPA, but it may have left it on life support.
Today’s decision “is narrow and simply maintains the longstanding jurisprudential status quo,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.
The 8-1 decision is a major win for Biden and executive enforcement discretion. I think the Court got the right result, but for the wrong reasons.
The definition excludes a vast range of people fleeing horrific violence and oppression.
Maria Elena Reimers has been caught in legal limbo for years.
Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.
The bill would grant permanent residency rights to many thousands of Ukrainians who have entered the US since 2014. But its exact scope is unclear.
A new Cato Institute report highlights just how hard it is to come to the U.S. legally.
The bipartisan legislation would grant permanent residency and work rights to some 400,000 refugees from Venezuela's brutal socialist dictatorship.
Cato Institute immigration policy expert David Bier outlines how the US immigration system bars the vast majority of potential migrants, much like Prohibition banned almost all uses of alcohol.
Participants include Prof. Adam Cox (NYU), David Bier (Cato), Kit Taintor (Welcome.US), and myself.
Criticizing the law by calling for people to break it is an American tradition.
My response to Rob Natelson's argument that Madison's Report is largely irrelevant to the constitutional debate over immigration.
The Rubin Report host makes the case for the Florida governor, who courageously defied lockdowns but is quick to use the state to punish corporations he doesn't like.
Memorial Day ushers in the unofficial start of summer. But if your pool is missing lifeguards, issues with immigration may be the culprit.
A new study by the conservative Manhattan Institute concludes that the expansion of private sponsorship parole to migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela has reduced illegal migration across the southern border by about 98,000 per month.
British immigration policy expert Sunder Katwala and I discuss the debate over UK immigration policy, which has notable similarities and differences with that in the US.
Plus: Lawsuits over drag shows, a ban on Chinese citizens buying property in Florida, and more...
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
In a federal lawsuit on behalf of legal U.S. residents from China, the ACLU argues that "Florida's New Alien Land Law" is unconstitutional.
The FBI is investigating the shooting, but Supreme Court precedent from last year's Egbert v. Boule will make it nearly impossible for Raymond Mattia's family to find justice through civil courts.
Plus: A listener asks if the Roundtable has given the arguments of those opposed to low-skilled immigration a fair hearing.
I have posted his response to my previous post, along with a rejoinder.
A critique of claims that the federal government and the states can use military force to prevent immigration, based on constitutional powers to prevent "invasion."
Until 2004, all foreign workers could renew their visas without leaving the United States.
Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
Plus: Schools suing social media companies, a bitcoin mining tax is a bad idea, and more...
The argument has some appeal, especially to libertarians. But it's actually a rationale for sweeping statist constraints on liberty.
Title 42 expulsions caused great harm for very little benefit. Biden plans to replace them with a combination of policies, some good and some very bad.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
Certain employment measures in the House GOP’s border bill that are meant to verify citizenship status would harm American workers and employers.
Plus: Connecticut may exonerate witches, federal regulators are waging a quiet war on crypto, and more...
Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the measures will punish peaceful migrants and the Floridians who interact with them.
Politicians attack social media for spreading conspiracies and so-called misinformation. But what about when social media helps someone become an NBA star?
The policy will protect thousands of Afghan refugees against imminent prospect of deportation. Same should be done for Ukrainians and others admitted to US using the parole power. But a permanent solution to this problem requires Congress to pass an adjustment act.
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