A fatal car crash on a country road in Northern Virginia has become part of the national debate on over illegal immigration.

Not surprisingly, there is a great deal of disparity in terms of development on the two sides of the US-Mexican border.

Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

Well, this is rather disconcerting: U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton received hundreds of threats at her court offices within hours of her ruling on Arizona’s tough and controversial immigration law. “She has been inundated,” said U.S. Marshal David Gonzales, indicating his agents are taking some seriously. “About 99.9 percent of the inappropriate comments are people [...]

The Service Employees International Union is out with what may be one of the most intellectually dishonest ads I’ve seen in awhile: There are many arguments that could be made against a border fence — ineffeciency and waste being one, the unjust use of eminent domain laws to complete it being another — but comparing [...]

The link between immigration and crime rates that many immigration opponents point to simply does not exist

U.S. passports still aren’t perfect.

Immigration “moderate” Lindsey Graham is suddenly sounding not so moderate.

The Obama administration is refusing to enforce border security, right?

Yes, a lot of people are dying on the Arizona border, but the cause is not the drug war. Rather, it is simple fact that crossing the desert on foot is a dangerous proposition. (And this is not a new phenomenon).

Less than 24 hours before it was set to take effect, a Federal Judge has put a hold on most of the key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.

Marco Rubio doesn’t want to see the proliferation of SB1070s to other states.

Has the Los Zetas drug cartel seized ranches in Laredo, Texas? Not so much.

More decapitation talk.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.

Since 9/11 there has been a steady trickle of stories about jihadists hooking up with Latin American drug cartels and the like. Here is a guide of story points that can help you identify when such a story is almost certainly bogus.

The White House is making some very odd political choices in its response to the Arizona immigration law.

Not only is Hezbollah taking up with the cartels, they appear to have a massive new geography-bending technology. As such, we are all doomed.

Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Federal Government retains the option of suing Arizona a second time if the state’s new immigration law is enforced in a discriminatory manner.

American cops increasingly think they can harass innocents in the name of keeping us safe.

Let’s revisit the question of crime levels in Arizona.

Arizona has been experiencing a massive increase in violent crime of late, right?

The legal battle over immigration began today as the Obama Administration filed suit against Arizona over its new immigration law.

The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama Administration is ready to file a lawsuit against Arizona’s restrictive new immigration law: The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona on the grounds that the state’s new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives, law enforcement sources said Monday. The lawsuit, which three sources [...]

Via the AP:  Obama says politics to blame for immigration delay. But then again, politics (one way or another ) is to blame for pretty much everything…

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been the darling of the conservative wing of the GOP for his no-nonsense approach to fiscal policy, but they’re not likely to be happy with his stand on immigration: On the hot-button topic of immigration reform, he said he has long declined to “demagogue” the issue as a former [...]

Senator Jon Kyl is distancing himself from earlier comments that he made accusing the President of holding border security “hostage.”

A story has been making the rounds today about Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy West who, during a public hearing on a proposed boycott of Arizona, had this to say: There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography. “If this was Texas, [...]

CBS News is reporting that the Justice Department is preparing to file suit to challenge the Arizona Immigration law: As Hotsheet reported yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a television interview in Ecuador this month that the Obama Justice Department “will be bringing a lawsuit” against the controversial Arizona immigration measure signed into [...]

The author of Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law is preparing for the next step in his crusade, and it promises to be even more controversial than the recently passed law: The author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law is considering a new proposal that would block the children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens if they [...]

A group of law enforcement officials from across the nation came to Washington today to voice their concerns about the Arizona immigration law: Arizona’s new crackdown on illegal immigration will increase crime in U.S. cities, not reduce it, by driving a wedge between police and immigrant communities, police chiefs from several of the state’s and [...]

James’ post on President Obama’s move to send National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border is pretty much spot-on in regards to its criticisms of the policy move.  He specifically notes: We’re not dealing here with terrorists.   Nor, despite heated rhetoric to the contrary, are we suffering an “invasion.”  The problems we’re dealing with are [...]

President Obama is sending an additional 1200 soldiers to the Mexican border, a dangerous and token effort to placate Americans frustrated over illegal immigration. Randal Archibald, NYT (“Obama to Send Up to 1,200 Troops to Border“): President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on [...]

It may turn out to be little more than a throw-away line, but this comment from the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is certain to raise eyebrows: Echoing comments by President Barack Obama and others in the administration, Morton said that Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigration is not “good government.” The law makes [...]

The Arizona immigration law is once again bringing to light an underlying tension on the entire immigration issue among Republicans: LOS ANGELES — Republican lawmakers and candidates are increasingly divided over illegal immigration — torn between the need to attract Latino support, especially at the ballot box, and rallying party members who support tougher action. [...]

Foreign Policy editor Preeti Aroon highlights this factoid from the latest FP Quiz: If the United States deported all its illegal immigrants at once, how long would the bus convoy be? a) 18 miles b) 180 miles c) 1,800 miles Answer: C, 1,800. To deport the 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States en [...]

In her column this week, Michelle Malkin does yeoman work in uncovering a problem that I never realized existed: Terrorists obtaining American citizenship through what appear to be sham marriages. She notes that many of us were confused that Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber with apparent ties to the Pakistani Taliban, was a [...]

The Phoenix Suns will be the “Los Suns” tonight, both in commemoration of Cinco de Mayo and in protest of Arizona’s controversial immigration law.  And, if they happen to make a ton of money selling jerseys, that’s a consequence they’re willing to live with. The Phoenix Suns will wear “Los Suns” on their jerseys in [...]

Arizona has come under fire from many places, here included, for its new immigration law.   Well, the legislature has responded: The Arizona Legislature has narrowed a controversial immigration law in response to allegations that the measure legalized racial profiling and forced police to determine the immigration status of everyone they encountered on the streets. The [...]

Mexico is fighting back at an Arizona crackdown aimed at illegal aliens. Mexico’s government is warning its citizens about travel to Arizona because of a tough new immigration law there. The travel alert from the Foreign Relations Department urges Mexicans in Arizona to “act with prudence and respect the framework of local laws.” It says [...]

Washington Post writer Spencer Hsu reports that senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have had ghostwritten for them written an op-ed in the Washington Post that provides an outline of the immigration reform bill they plan to introduce in the coming weeks; the plan’s “four pillars” are: requiring biometric Social Security cards to [...]

Longtime national security blogger Michael Yon posted this on his Facebook page about an hour ago: Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not “arrested”, but they definitely handcuffed me.) Their videos and audios should show that I was polite, but [...]

A rather bizarre column by Jeff Jacoby is drawing some blogospheric attention. YOU’RE A sensible, principled conservative. You want America to be a land of boundless opportunity and freedom, where people are treated as individuals and judged on their merits. You reject the divisive identity politics of the left – what matters most about any [...]

Eugene Volokh brings to our attention, rather belatedly, the case of Joly v. Pelletier, in which Rene Joly brought a suit some ten years ago alleging that Pelletier and others had conspired to suppress evidence that he was a Martian.  The judge dismissed the case on two grounds: 1. Neither pleading discloses a cause of [...]

I just received a press release claiming that, despite complaints getting them removed from retail store shelves, illegal alien Halloween costumes are becoming an underground sensation.  Indeed, the group claims, “This costume is going to be the most popular costume of 2009 because 78% of Americans oppose any path to citizenship for illegal aliens and [...]

Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is still a little nuts. Wizbang landed chinese — Won Wing Lo. Wyatt Earp has the Magnificent Six. Cowboy Blob lost his beer goggles RT’s Ponderings has been canned. Blonde Sagacity has a real head banger. Military Times is keepin’ cool Other Humor: Icanhascheezburger welcomes you to the [...]

The Cato Institute has recently published a study indicating that amnesty for illegal immigrants would produce a net benefit to the economy–and increased enforcement would be a net drag: This study uses the U.S. Applied General Equilibrium model that has been developed for the U.S. International Trade Commission and other U.S. government agencies to estimate [...]

The Department of Homeland Security is removing the words “United States” from a New York border station for fear that it will make the station a terrorist target. Four years ago, when the federal General Services Administration unveiled its plans for a new border-crossing station here in northeastern New York State, the design was presented [...]

Starting today, every American citizen is now required to have a passport to return to the U.S., even for travel to Mexico and Canada. Beginning today, American travelers entering the U.S. by land, air or sea from Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean are required to carry a U.S. passport. “The basic, number one rule [...]

A few weeks back, Thomas Friedman ran this tongue-in-cheek proposal for getting us out of the financial mess, particularly in the housing market. “All you need to do is grant visas to two million Indians, Chinese and Koreans,” said Shekhar Gupta, editor of The Indian Express newspaper. “We will buy up all the subprime homes. [...]