How Did Immigration Politics Get So Toxic?
Changing migration patterns, outdated policy tools, and growing presidential power made it inevitable.
Changing migration patterns, outdated policy tools, and growing presidential power made it inevitable.
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Yes, cheap imports hurt some American companies. But protectionist trade policy harms many more Americans than it helps.
“The entry of any noncitizen into the United States across the southern border is hereby suspended and limited,” said the president’s order.
Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.
Texas is wrong to equate illegal migration and drug smuggling with invasion. If accepted by courts, the argument would set a dangerous precedent.
The "data that exist for this year show consistent declines in major crimes in major cities."
If House Speaker Mike Johnson really wants less chaos at the border, he should look for ways to make legal immigration more accessible—and more attractive—than illegal immigration.
The podcast addresses recent GOP advocacy of military intervention to curb cross-border drug trafficking.
Conflating these issues only serves to make the debate over U.S. immigration policy more toxic and stupid than it already is.
On Friday, the Texas representative will introduce a resolution rebuking recent pushes to conduct military operations against Mexican cartels without Mexico’s consent or congressional authorization.
The state's floating barrier on the Rio Grande will cost about $1 million.
This awful idea is increasingly popular on the right, and has been embraced by several GOP presidential candidates.
Though the 2024 Republican candidate's proposals vary in seriousness, they feature plenty of prohibition and brute government force.
The 2024 hopeful has put together a platform full of big-government action.
A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.
Presidential contender Tim Scott, who announced recently, says he will use "the world's greatest military to fight these terrorists" south of the border. He's not alone.
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"If there is freedom, private property, rule of law, then Latin Americans thrive," says the social media star.
The trend is driven by a huge drop in prosecutions in Arizona, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports.
America's approach to the border helps contribute to the overcrowding and violence migrants face in Mexico.
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.
While a conservative skepticism toward military aggression would be welcome, Republican standard-bearers are all too happy to sign off on war powers in other ways.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.
Like other authorizations for the use of military force—or AUMFs—it would be an unnecessary, unwise expansion of executive power.
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There's still much more to be done to establish fair and efficient processes at the border.
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The judge granted the Biden administration a stay, which will keep the policy in place through late December.
Some states that do not border Mexico have sought to play a role in immigration policy.
The senator from Florida calls for tariffs on imported fruits and vegetables.
The ruling likely allows end of a cruel policy - but also reinforces broad presidential control over immigration.
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.
Human smugglers at Mexican border won’t be sought after if migrants can come to the U.S. legally.
Deportation proceedings are a second layer of prosecution for people who have either served their sentences or had their convictions overturned.
The inspections caused great economic harm, and may also have violated the Dormant Foreign Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
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.
The controversial public health order will finally meet its end after U.S. immigration officials used it to carry out 1.7 million expulsions.
Almost all of America’s avocados come from a single Mexican state. A threatening message threw it into disarray.
Some good changes have flown under the radar. But there have been few wins—political or practical.