There Is No Party of Immigration in American Politics
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The argument has some appeal, especially to libertarians. But it's actually a rationale for sweeping statist constraints on liberty.
The trend is driven by a huge drop in prosecutions in Arizona, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports.
Can Americans afford to welcome the huddled masses?
COVID-era problems are partially to blame, but so are outdated government practices.
America's approach to the border helps contribute to the overcrowding and violence migrants face in Mexico.
As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye.
All officers and employees of the unit would “have immunity from criminal and civil liability” for performing the activities authorized by H.B. 20.
There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.
Despite his declared commitment to freedom and fiscal conservatism, DeSantis' immigration policies represent a dramatic expansion of government power and spending.
What we did for Ukrainians, we could do for other migrants too.
Both parties are complicit in the lethal policies that gave us fentanyl disguised as Percocet.
As Biden mentioned fentanyl deaths in his State of the Union address, Republicans called on him to close the border. But "open borders" aren't to blame for overdoses.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
His administration has contributed to the problems Biden says he wants to solve.
More than four months after President Joe Biden declared the pandemic to be over, the White House is fighting efforts to lift lingering and nonsensical COVID rules.
A new proposal to more than triple visa entry fees for performers will harm American audiences and culture.
So many Cubans and Haitians arrived at once that Dry Tortugas National Park was forced to temporarily close.
There's still much more to be done to establish fair and efficient processes at the border.
A call for restricting immigration in The Culture Transplant accidentally makes the case for radical liberalization.
While other pandemic policies have ended, the migration measure has “outlived [its] shelf life,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote yesterday.
The U.S. and the Holocaust condemns anti-refugee policies of the World War II era.
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The judge granted the Biden administration a stay, which will keep the policy in place through late December.
A call for restricting immigration accidentally makes the case for radical liberalization.
The anti-immigrant tenor of the state's GOP candidates is keeping reasonable conversations about border security out of reach.
U.S. citizens traveling through legal ports of entry—not undocumented immigrants—are primarily to blame for fentanyl inflows.
A Texas sheriff has certified that the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard were the victims of a crime, which helps clear the way for them to apply for U visas.
From immigration to drug reform, there is plenty of potential for productive compromise.
If you aren't a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, you're out of luck.
Some states that do not border Mexico have sought to play a role in immigration policy.
Democrats pander to immigrants but do little to liberalize the system. Meanwhile, Republicans' hostility to immigrants has increased.
Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”
Their case for the seizure is full of holes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russians should "live in their own world until they change their philosophy." But keeping Russians isolated plays into Putin's hands.
Residents of Nogales are now under the gaze of a round-the-clock surveillance craft.
The Trump administration invoked Title 42 in late March 2020. Biden repeatedly extended it. Now, a federal judge has blocked the administration from lifting the order.
The men, women, and children found dead in a tractor-trailer this week were just the latest casualties of an immigration approach that encourages dangerous journeys.
Scrapping the policy is an important step in restoring a fair asylum-seeking process.
Travelers and families find that some officials just can’t let go of pandemic powers.
Human smugglers at Mexican border won’t be sought after if migrants can come to the U.S. legally.
There's no reason to have one set of rules for airline passengers and another for people who cross the border in a bus, train, or car.
The new inspection initiative duplicated screenings that were already being carried out, irking trade officials and truckers—even those who have supported Abbott up until this point.
Given his track record, it isn’t surprising that Abbott would opt for a blusterous anti-migrant spectacle that comes at the expense of Texas taxpayers.
The controversial public health order will finally meet its end after U.S. immigration officials used it to carry out 1.7 million expulsions.
There are no public health gains from booting kids out of the country.
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