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Immigration

Biden Says His Immigration Policy Will Be Better Than Obama's

President Barack Obama's government deported more people than any other administration in history.

Billy Binion | 2.4.2021 6:00 AM

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Trump's Immigration Policy Was Brutal and Inhumane. Will Biden Fix It?

Obama was also no immigration hero.

Billy Binion | 1.20.2021 11:33 AM

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The Best Thing About a Trump Loss Is Stephen Miller Leaving the White House

Just about everyone—conservatives, progressives, libertarians—should be glad to say goodbye to this cruel approach to immigration policy.

Billy Binion | 11.14.2020 8:00 AM

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A Simple Way to Help Protect DACA Against Legal Challenges

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to fully reinstate DACA. But such a move will surely be challenged in court. Here's an easy way to reduce the risk that such challenges might succeed.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.9.2020 4:31 PM

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Did John Roberts Just Put an End to Remand-Without-Vacatur?

Professor Christopher Walker explores a potential wrinkle in the DACA decision.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.20.2020 10:36 AM

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Was the DACA Decision "Deliberately Designed for One Day and Case Only"?

Professor Zach Price on the Chief Justice Roberts' Decision in Dept. of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.19.2020 5:52 PM

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This Week Confirmed That Control of the Supreme Court Will Be a Critical Part of Trump's Reelection Strategy

Plus: Seattle labor coalition gives cops the boot, supermarkets are a miracle of modern markets, Klobuchar is the last person to realize she won't be Biden's VP, and more...

Eric Boehm | 6.19.2020 9:45 AM

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Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Sound, but Very Narrow Ruling on DACA [Updated]

The decision is only a temporary reprieve for DACA recipients, and still permits Trump or a future president to repeal the program if he is willing to pay the political price of doing so.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.18.2020 1:46 PM

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Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts Saves DACA and Dreamers

Defying expectations, Roberts joined with the four liberals on the court to rule against the Trump administration's elimination of the program.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.18.2020 11:32 AM

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Supreme Court Holds Trump Administration Rescission of DACA Was "Arbitrary and Capricious" (Updated)

In what appears to be a quite narrow ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts holds that if Trump wants to get rid of DACA, he'll have to try again.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.18.2020 10:56 AM

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A Legal Victory on DACA Will Be Terrible Political News for Trump

Trump is caught in a trap of his own making.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.17.2020 1:25 PM

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Republicans and Democrats Rev Up Spin Machine for Start of Public Impeachment Hearings

Plus: the effects of restrictive zoning on education access, DACA's uncertain future at the Supreme Court, and Mayor Pete's miraculous surge

Christian Britschgi | 11.13.2019 9:30 AM

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DACA Has Its Day at the Supreme Court

Plus: New York's rent control expansion has predictable effects, people are boycotting Uber again, and violence continues in Hong Kong.

Christian Britschgi | 11.12.2019 9:30 AM

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Why DACA Is Legal

The Trump administration's justification for rescinding DACA relies heavily on the claim that the program is illegal. But it's not.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.11.2019 11:08 PM

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Trump Will Win on DACA in the Supreme Court. He Should Cut a Deal Anyway.

What one executive does, another can undo.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.28.2019 3:00 PM

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House Tries To Give 'Dreamers' a Path to Citizenship, but Mitch McConnell Won't Even Consider the Bill

The Senate majority leader says he will not allow a vote on it, despite widespread support for the measure.

Billy Binion | 6.6.2019 1:40 PM

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Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Cut Legal Immigration in Half

The RAISE Act would strongly prioritize high-skilled immigrants.

Billy Binion | 4.16.2019 8:55 AM

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ICE Detained a Flight Attendant and DACA Recipient for 6 Weeks, All Because She Worked on a Flight to Mexico

Selene Saavedra Roman was taken into custody in a Houston airport.

Billy Binion | 3.27.2019 4:40 PM

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Dreamers

Trump's Dreamer-for-Wall Proposal Isn't a Good Faith Deal

But Democrats shouldn't simply walk away.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.19.2019 5:30 PM

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Democrats Should Trade Legalization of Immigrants for a Wall That'll Never be Built

Denying Trump a symbolic victory isn't a good reason to play with the lives of Dreamers.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.31.2018 3:00 PM

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Why Are Democrats Silent About the Dreamers?

Democrats should negotiate a partial wall for Dreamer deal

Shikha Dalmia | 12.28.2018 10:52 AM

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Trump's Dreamer Fix Will Drag the Country Back to 1924

The man who derided Mitt Romney for being extreme is now to the right of the Know Nothings.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.15.2018 6:00 PM

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House Republicans Make a Last-Ditch Attempt to Save DACA and Themselves

They are doing an end run around House Speaker Ryan to force a floor vote on a Dreamer fix

Shikha Dalmia | 6.11.2018 1:45 PM

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CUNY's Law Dean Is Wrong About the Attempted Shutdown of Josh Blackman

The student handbook makes it clear that students broke university policy.

Robby Soave | 4.17.2018 9:01 AM

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Trump Bravely Kills the Already Dead DACA Fix

Only a man with a big heart can dump on foreign workers while enjoying their services.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.2.2018 4:00 PM

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Ted Cruz Challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, on a Possible DACA Deal: 'I'm Not Seeing It'

El Paso Democrat, trying to change Texas from red to blue, talks about guns, weed, and how we've already got "record safety and security on our border"

Matt Welch | 2.28.2018 4:15 PM

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The Supreme Court's Punt Is a Setback for Trump's Hardball DACA Tactics

He should make a peace offering to Congress now or suffer midterm losses.

Shikha Dalmia | 2.26.2018 7:30 PM

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Trump Leads GOP in Turn Against Legal Immigration

The president's plan would slash legal immigration by as much as half, the most drastic cut in nearly a century.

Steve Chapman | 2.15.2018 12:15 AM

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Congressman Calls on Capitol Police to Arrest 'Dreamers' at State of the Union

So it's come to this.

Ed Krayewski | 1.30.2018 3:48 PM

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Republicans Who Think Trump Has Gone Soft Have a Plan: Criminalize Dreamers, Slash Legal Immigration, and Invade Americans' Privacy

The Securing America's Future Act is a nativist nightmare.

David Bier | 1.26.2018 5:15 PM

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The White House's Proposed Dreamer Fix Is an Abomination

It'll throw millions more immigrants under the bus than it'll save.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.26.2018 11:20 AM

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Trump and GOP Nativists Are Preparing to Screw Dreamers

Their poison pill demands are making a deal nearly impossible.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.25.2018 8:15 AM

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The Government Shutdown Is Over for Now

Another shutdown looms in three weeks.

Eric Boehm | 1.22.2018 2:20 PM

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Republicans Are Preparing to Shut Down the Government Out of Anti-Immigrant Spite

The GOP is declaring war on Dreamers.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.19.2018 7:02 AM

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Are We Headed for a Government Shutdown over DACA?

Matt Welch talks with Slate Capitol Hill reporter Jim Newell, as well as Michael Shermer and Erin Gloria Ryan, on SiriusXM Insight at 2 pm ET

Matt Welch | 1.18.2018 1:40 PM

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Is Chelsea Manning the First Real 21st Century Politician?: Podcast

Like millions of Americans but with more emojis, the convicted/commuted leaker and would-be Senator has views that don't fit neatly into our two-party mold.

Matt Welch | 1.16.2018 2:40 PM

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A California Judge Overstepped in Ordering Trump to Keep DACA

His heart is in the right place, but his conclusion is faulty.

Shikha Dalmia | 1.11.2018 4:07 PM

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Immigration

Federal Judge Blocks Trump from Rescinding Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

Citing Trump's "flawed legal premise," a federal court temporarily stops the administration from ending DACA.

Damon Root | 1.10.2018 11:20 AM

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Trump Is Offering the Country a Sophie's Choice on Dreamers

Lawmakers should be prepared to shutdown the government to escape it

Shikha Dalmia | 12.20.2017 1:50 PM

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Tax Reform

Senate Republicans Just Took a Big Step Toward Permanently Overhauling the Tax Code

The bill advances lowers corporate and individual tax rates while setting the stage for large increases in the deficit.

Peter Suderman | 12.2.2017 1:51 AM

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Nativists in the Trump Administration Are Demanding Ransom for Dreamers

Congress shouldn't hand it.

Shikha Dalmia | 10.17.2017 11:45 AM

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The Trump Administration Wants to Holds Dreamers Hostage to Advance a Sweeping Restrictionist Agenda

Nativists have taken charge of immigration in the White House

Shikha Dalmia | 10.12.2017 11:55 AM

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