Borders

Policy

Unchecked Checkpoints

A federal appeals court gives a pass to unconstitutional harassment by border cops.

Jacob Sullum | 3.4.2015 12:01 AM

Civil Liberties

Border Drones Cost More Than Advertised and Offer Dubious Benefits, Says Inspector General

J.D. Tuccille | 1.7.2015 12:09 PM

Policy

Best of 2014: You Won't Believe This Border Patrol Checkpoint Refusal Video

Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg | 1.2.2015 6:30 PM

Racial Profiling

Holder's Claim He Will End Federal Racial Profiling 'Once and for All' a Great Big Lie

Scott Shackford | 12.7.2014 12:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Is the Dangerous, Scandal-Ridden Border Patrol Being Quietly Disarmed?

J.D. Tuccille | 11.11.2014 11:18 AM

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