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.
Now is the time to welcome vulnerable Russians and Ukrainians, not turn them away.
Visa pathways are limited for people like the Patels.
Some good changes have flown under the radar. But there have been few wins—political or practical.
Joe Biden promised to do better by migrants upon taking office, but he fell short in 2021.
Though some of the worst misinformation is coming from abroad.
Instead of impoverishing the world, we have to learn to live with COVID-19.
The World Health Organization warns that such restrictions can cause more harm than they prevent.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s crusade is costing the state huge sums just to try to prosecute thousands of misdemeanor trespassing cases.
The Trump-era border measure relegated 70,000 migrants to dangerous conditions in Mexico while they awaited immigration court dates.
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That’s why its role in our lives should be reduced to the minimum.
We’re on our way to having to ask for permission to go about our daily lives.
People and economies are retreating, or being pushed, back behind restricted frontiers.
We can stop obsessing about Islamic terrorists crossing the Southern border.
One of America's most isolated communities has struggled to weather the pandemic.
Paid plasma donation is a financial lifeline for Mexican donors and a medical lifeline for plasma-dependent patients.
The administration's processing of asylum claims is shrouded in mystery.
The Texas governor wants to keep incoming migrants out at all costs. But those costs are insurmountable.
"I feel like I've given up," says a 17-year-old from Guatemala. "I feel like I'll never get out of here."
Border restrictions and testing requirements make vacation a bit less relaxing and a lot more expensive.
Title 42 prevents migrants from legally seeking asylum in the United States.
When pressed by NBC's Lester Holt in a Tuesday interview, Harris laughed the question off.
By discouraging Guatemalans from coming to the U.S., Harris hopes to keep migrants away from a legal immigration pathway they’re eligible to pursue.
More spending on more intrusive government is the Biden agenda all the way down.
Migrants from over 160 countries have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months.
The feds say they can paw through your phone and laptop any time you enter or leave the country.
The latest crisis at America's southern border isn't the result of short-term policy changes but of long-term bureaucratic failures.
Why border activity doesn't look that much different under the Biden administration, and how the media framed the Atlanta shootings
The country just gave almost 2 million Venezuelans a pathway to citizenship.
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The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to rule that the Fifth Amendment requires a prompt post-seizure hearing.
Before putting testing rules in place, officials should have considered whether the public would be willing and able to comply.
Officials have never liked it when people are free to move about—and beyond their reach.
The coronavirus is not in your phone. Why should it be used to justify border searches?
"A cross-border shooting claim has foreign relations and national security implications."
Parts of Trump's expensive vanity project on the southern border have been blown over by stiff winds. Other sections will have massive holes in them, by design.
The Trump administration is treating people of Iranian origin like a potential fifth column.
Militarized borders and military intervention are two sides of the same coin.
Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches are reduced when entering the country, but they’re not completely erased.
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