Borders

Policy

Border Patrol Misconduct Becomes a National Problem

Criminals with badges and federal paychecks

Reason Staff | 11.2.2014 6:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Unsafe at Any Border: U.S. Border Patrol Corrupt, Violent, Flush with Funding—And Unaccountable

Lucian McMahon | 10.31.2014 2:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Beware Canadian Border Guards Pawing Through Your Phone and Computer

J.D. Tuccille | 9.25.2014 9:54 AM

Borders

Border Patrol Admits Internal Affairs System "Broken" as Corruption and Misconduct Cases Pile Up

Ed Krayewski | 9.19.2014 11:11 AM

Borders

Border Patrol to Test Body Cameras

To see if it will reduce misconduct complaints

Reason Staff | 9.18.2014 2:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Sure We Hassled Boy Scouts at the Border, But You Can't Prove We Pulled a Gun, Says DHS

J.D. Tuccille | 9.8.2014 2:13 PM

Borders

The Pipes Are Calling

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2014 6:00 AM

Borders

Brickbat: The Pipes Are Calling

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Feds Steal Old Lady's Money Because She Hid It in Her Girdle

Jacob Sullum | 8.11.2014 5:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Patrolmen Without Borders

U.S. Border Patrol agents are routinely harassing American citizens who just want to drive home from work.

John Stossel | 8.6.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

House Passes (Probably Futile) Border Bill

But it plays to the yahoos

Reason Staff | 8.1.2014 10:22 PM

Immigration

GOP Can't Get Act Together on Border Bill

Some conservatives demanded tougher measures

Reason Staff | 7.31.2014 2:20 PM

Immigration

What's Happening to America in the Borderlands?

Two thirds of Americans live within a hundred miles of a border or coast, where feds are allowed to violate more of their rights

Sheldon Richman | 7.31.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Minors Seeking U.S. Access May Get Refugee Status

No easy solutions to the border mess in sight.

Reason Staff | 7.24.2014 3:42 PM

Civil Liberties

Border Agents Harassed My Family, Forced Me to Delete Recording, 'Because'

Welcome home!

Rogier van Bakel | 7.24.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Drug War Refugees

Thousands of Central American children are fleeing prohibition-related violence.

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Border Patrol Agent Draws Gun on Boy Scout—Over a Photograph (Updated)

J.D. Tuccille | 7.22.2014 5:03 PM

Policy

Rick Perry Sends National Guard to Defend Border From Opportunity-Seeking Kids

Reason Staff | 7.21.2014 3:33 PM

Politics

U.S. Government Creates a Catchy Anti-Immigration Propaganda Song for Central Americans. It's a Hit!

Brittany Morrisey | 7.18.2014 6:00 PM

Immigration

Immigration Activist Released by Border Patrol

Jose Antonio Vargas detained while attempting to board flight in Texas

Reason Staff | 7.15.2014 6:20 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on Foreign Kids and America's Huckleberry Finn Problem

Reason Staff | 7.15.2014 1:00 PM

Immigration

Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Immigration Advocate and Illegal Immigrant, Detained Near Border

While trying to depart via McAllen airport in Texas.

Ed Krayewski | 7.15.2014 12:14 PM

Policy

Friday Funnies: Statue of Go Away

Henry Payne | 7.11.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Obama Passes Immigration Buck to Congress

He still treats the border like kryptonite.

Reason Staff | 7.9.2014 7:36 PM

Policy

CBP Protects the Nation From the Terrifying Threat of Canadian Pot Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2014 1:33 PM

Immigration

On the Border: What to Do About the 'Humanitarian Crisis'?

Zenon Evans | 6.27.2014 6:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Amnesty Legislation Misunderstood by Illegal Immigrants—Now DHS Needs Thousands of Pairs of Men's Briefs for Detained Illegal Immigrant Children

Brittany Morrisey | 6.25.2014 4:25 PM

Policy

With Immigration, Familiarity Breeds Tolerance and Respect

A relatively borderless world that allows free movement of people will be more tolerant, because immigrants carry with them their own antidote to "prejudice."

Shikha Dalmia | 6.10.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Borderline Disorders

Checkpoint nation

J.D. Tuccille | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Handy Guide Tells You What Rights Border Patrol Is Violating When They Pound on You

J.D. Tuccille | 5.30.2014 4:42 PM

Civil Liberties

Federal Agents Beat Retiree at Border Crossing, Claim His Wounds Were 'Self-Inflicted'

J.D. Tuccille | 4.30.2014 1:02 PM

Politics

Bum Drones

Unmanned and unsafe

Brian Doherty | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Border Patrol Threatens Mother, Slashes Her Tire, as Kids Watch

J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2014 5:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Border Patrol Harasses Local Protesters, Tells Them 'You Have No Rights Here'

J.D. Tuccille | 4.17.2014 3:26 PM

Policy

TV Cook Nigella Lawson Barred from U.S. for Admitting She Did Cocaine; Barack Obama Still President

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.3.2014 4:50 PM

Politics

Rep. Beto O'Rourke on "Constitution-free zones" at the Border; Plus Independents Re-Run Open Thread for "Rise of the Machines"!

Matt Welch | 3.29.2014 6:01 PM

Policy

Finally, a Border Solution That Satisfies Everybody

J.D. Tuccille | 3.27.2014 5:07 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Prohibition-Hating Democrat Beto O'Rourke, Russia Conspiracy Theories, Dumb Laws, Jimmy Carter's Surveillance Naivete, Tax Breaks for Diverse TV Writing Rooms (Like Ours!), and Sexy Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 3.24.2014 8:01 PM

Policy

Ed Krayewski on a Libertarian Solution to Immigration Reform

Reason Staff | 3.4.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Border Patrol Use of Force Questioned in Report They Tried to Keep from Congress

Brian Doherty | 2.27.2014 4:38 PM

Mexico

Mexican Government Condemns Fatal Border Patrol Shooting of Alleged Rock Thrower

Mexican allegedly struck the border agent in the head with a rock

Reason Staff | 2.21.2014 6:55 PM

Policy

Man Gets 30 Years in 'Operation Fast and Furious' Murder Case

Killing of border patrol agent revealed the government gun-running scandal

Reason Staff | 2.10.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

Immigrants: Is to Know them To Love Them?

Brian Doherty | 2.10.2014 6:07 PM

Civil Liberties

ACLU Complaint: Border Patrol Routinely Violate Constitutional Rights of US Citizens Near Mexican Border

Just call them pro-lifers?

Reason Staff | 1.16.2014 5:20 PM

Politics

Border Agency "Discovered" That It Lent Predator Drones Almost 200 More Times Than Previously Disclosed

Zenon Evans | 1.16.2014 4:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Customs Destroy Musician's Rare Flutes, Likely Mistaking Them For Bamboo Cane

Told him they were an "ecological threat," but not until he discovered them missing at his final destination and was told by his airline to call Customs

Reason Staff | 1.3.2014 7:20 PM

Policy

Court Upholds Border Gadget Searches

For any reason at all

Reason Staff | 12.31.2013 5:40 PM

Politics

America's Internal Checkpoints

Refuseniks fight back against feds demanding papers

Wes Kimbell | 12.28.2013 12:00 PM