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Border Crossings

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Reason Roundup

545 Migrant Kids Snatched by the U.S. Government Are Still Missing Parents

Plus: What Jeffrey Toobin teaches us about Section 230, Wisconsin's Foxconn boondoggle, Breonna Taylor juror speaks out, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.21.2020 9:43 AM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

Surveying the Federal Government's Kafkaesque System of Legalized Larceny, the 5th Circuit Sees No Due Process Problem

Gerardo Serrano, whose truck was seized over five forgotten handgun rounds, waited two years for a hearing he never actually got.

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2020 4:15 PM

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Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America's Immigration Enforcement Regime

The new Netflix docuseries is a damning indictment of ICE.

Shikha Dalmia | 8.21.2020 2:50 PM

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Reason Roundup

Trump and Obama Each Break Records on Bad Immigration Policy

Plus: how Hyperloop could reshape the Midwest, crowdfunding social media, the billionaires behind Democratic candidates, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.19.2019 9:30 AM

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Kurds

From Turkey to Cuba to Mexico to America: A Kurdish Refugee's Journey

There are Middle Easterners hidden among the Latin Americans seeking entry at the U.S. border. But they're not who you think.

Matthew Petti | 10.29.2019 6:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Trump Wanted Snipers and Electrified Spikes to Defend Border Moat Full of Alligators and Snakes, Says New Report

Plus: Rudy Giuliani threatens to sue The Swamp, UPS gets approval for delivery drones, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.2.2019 9:55 AM

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Trump Reportedly Told Subordinates To Break Laws in Order To Build His Border Wall Before 2020

A disturbing picture of a president willfully condoning not only the use of eminent domain to seize private land from Americans for a pet project, but also suggesting—perhaps ordering—his underlings to violate laws in pursuit of that objective.

Eric Boehm | 8.28.2019 2:50 PM

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Reason Roundup

Biden Gets Pummeled for Obama's Ugly Immigration Record

Plus: Tulsi Gabbard is most searched candidate, Kirsten Gillibrand attacks Biden's record on women, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.1.2019 9:30 AM

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U.S. Citizen Was on the Verge of Self Deporting After Being Detained for Weeks at Squalid Immigration Facility

The young man was finally released from custody this week.

Ben McDonald | 7.26.2019 1:50 PM

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Papers, Please! DHS Wants Power to Deport People Faster with Less Judicial Oversight

A policy that allows for quicker deportations near the border could expand nationwide.

Scott Shackford | 7.22.2019 3:45 PM

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Filthy, Overcrowded Border Detention Sites Called a 'Ticking Time Bomb'

Short-term holding tanks marked by poor food and unsanitary conditions as immigrants are imprisoned for weeks longer than they should be.

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2019 1:25 PM

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Immigration

Sharing Food with Migrants Is a Charitable Act To be Praised, Not Criminalized

Americans have long provided migrants with food and water. Why are we now treating that like a crime?

Baylen Linnekin | 6.1.2019 8:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

Migrant Arrests by U.S. Border Patrol Were 'Off the Charts' in April

Plus: Protests against prostitution-loitering laws in NYC, Denver mushroom measure passes, misinformation about Section 230, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.9.2019 9:30 AM

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Border Crossings

A Costless and Humane Fix to the Border Crisis

Give the asylum seekers work visas, but attach a condition.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.8.2019 9:52 AM

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How To Costlessly Fix the Border Situation

Hand the migrants work visas.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.3.2019 1:55 PM

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Trump's Threat to 'Close the Border' with Mexico Is His Most Insane Trade Idea Yet

Closing the border would be a "profit-making operation," says Trump. That's not how any of this works.

Eric Boehm | 4.1.2019 4:00 PM

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Hair-Sniffer Joe Biden Should Apologize for His Whole Career: Podcast

A real American genius Joe is not.

Matt Welch | 4.1.2019 3:15 PM

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Family reunification

The Trump Administration Separated Thousands More Families Than We Thought

We don't even know exactly how many.

Joe Setyon | 1.17.2019 12:55 PM

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2 Big Reasons We Don't Need a Border Wall

The supposed border "crisis" is already solving itself.

Joe Setyon | 1.17.2019 12:00 PM

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Immigration

9 Numbers To Remember While Watching Trump's Immigration Speech

An immigration primer about the figures that matter. And the ones that Trump makes up.

Eric Boehm | 1.8.2019 5:00 PM

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Immigration

John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions for Family Separations That Kelly Touted As a Deterrent to Illegal Immigration

Kelly was talking about seizing children as a way of discouraging unauthorized border crossing a year before Sessions announced "zero tolerance."

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2018 1:00 PM

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CBP Faces New Scrutiny After Second Child Dies in Their Custody

The agency has announced new policies in response.

Zuri Davis | 12.26.2018 12:45 PM

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An Immigrant Girl's Death in CBP Custody Draws Criticism

"Our Border Patrol stations were built decades ago to handle mostly male single adults in custody, not families and children."

Zuri Davis | 12.14.2018 1:20 PM

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Immigration

Trump Says Kidnapping Unauthorized Immigrants' Children Is an Effective Deterrent

His homeland security secretary says that rationale for family separation is "offensive."

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2018 12:45 PM

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Immigration

The Trump Administration's Border War Is Actually Catching Fewer Drug Traffickers

This is what happens when "zero tolerance" meets the limitations of government resources.

Scott Shackford | 10.10.2018 11:30 AM

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Immigration

This Border Patrol Agent Resigned After Changing His Mind About Immigration

"They just want a better life. I think most people in their shoes would do the same. And I stopped being able to reconcile that."

Zach Weissmueller | 9.10.2018 12:36 PM

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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.

Brian Doherty | 7.6.2018 6:50 PM

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Immigration

Beginning of the End of Trump's Zero Border (In)Tolerance?

He seems to be backing away from criminally prosecuting all unauthorized border crosses

Shikha Dalmia | 6.21.2018 5:25 PM

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Tearing Babies from Their Mother's Breasts Is Now Your Government at Work

Zero tolerance enforcement against illegal border crossings turns Wal-Marts into essentially jails for kids.

Brian Doherty | 6.14.2018 1:00 PM

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America Needs to Declare Zero Tolerance for Trump's Border Abuses

Ripping kids from migrant parents is both lawless and cruel.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.13.2018 1:30 PM

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Immigration

Immigration Hawks Dig in, but Why?

As our economy continues to grow, why are we still looking for scapegoats?

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.23.2018 12:00 PM

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Trump's Official Policy: If You Cross the Border, We'll Kidnap Your Children

The president hopes that forcibly separating parents from their kids will deter illegal entry.

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2018 2:00 PM

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Pro-life

Conservatives Are Weeping Over the Plight of Britain's Baby Alfie. But Where Are Their Tears For Border Families Being Torn Apart by the Trump Administration?

Does their commitment to family values stop at the Rio Grande's edge?

Shikha Dalmia | 5.2.2018 12:15 PM

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Should We Build the Wall? We Asked Trump Supporters.

The wall might turn out "big" and "beautiful." But how much will it cost, and what will it do?

Justin Monticello and Zach Weissmueller | 3.23.2018 1:10 PM

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Border Crossings

The Man Who Counts Bodies in the Desert

Christian Britschgi | 3.19.2018 6:00 AM

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