Texas Passes New Immigration Law

Billions for a wall plus a likely showdown with the feds.

Trump’s Outrageous Statements Helpful With Republican Base

Shocking if unsurprising poll results.

Immigration Roiling Politics Globally

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

American Doctor Told He’s No Longer a Citizen

A bureaucratic nightmare.

Child Labor and Immigration

Mostly a policy lament.

Did Biden Pull a Fast One on Immigration?

A modest regulatory change may have a big impact.

NYC Mayor Goes to El Paso to Rail Against Illegal Immigration

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

Texas Bussed Migrants to Vice President’s House

It’s the spirit of the season.

Pelosi Attacker an Illegal Alien

They’re not sending their best people.

Biden Adopts Trump’s Immigration Policy

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

“Illegal” v. “Undocumented”

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

Today’s Reverse Freedom Rides

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard Stunt

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

Kobach Quits “We Build the Wall” Board

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

Texas and Arizona Bussing Migrants to DC and NYC

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

Biden Wants to Waive Visa Requirements for Russian Scientists

A splendid idea but why stop there?

Abbott’s Border Stunt

Political theater on the southern border.

CDC Rescinds Title 42, Democrats Panic

Two April Fool’s Day orders are no joke. And they’re apparently causing confusion.

Abbott and the Border Wall

The governor of Texas vows to finish what Trump started.

Scapegoating Immigrants

Whataboutism about a visit to Whataburger (and other tales of obfuscation).

Unanimous SCOTUS Keeps Immigration Catch-22 in Place

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

Evacuating the Afghans

President Biden has a second chance to do the right thing.

Biden Taking Fewer Refugees Than Trump!!!

Stenography is not journalism.

Biden’s Immigration Crisis

Immigration policy is harder than it looks.

Biden Wants ‘Aliens’ to be ‘Noncitizens’

A change to the language is being proposed as part of a sweeping immigration overhaul.

Biden’s Amnesty Bill

Every illegal immigrant would have a path to citizenship.

Visas Will be Denied to Online-only Students as Colleges Go Online-only

Harvard joins a growing list of universities who will not offer in-person classes this year.

SCOTUS Rules Asylum Seekers Can’t Challenge Rejection in Court

A 7-2 decision by the highest court in the land is less decisive than the numbers suggest.

SCOTUS Hands Trump DACA Defeat

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

Remember the Wall?

More evidence that walls don’t work as well as claimed.

Portion of the Wall Falls

New section of wall goes all Jericho in Mexicali

Two Federal Courts Hand Trump Defeat On Border Wall

Two Federal Courts have blocked the Administration from diverting Defense Department funds to pay for the President’s border wall

Trump Puts Jared Kushner In Charge Of His Border Wall

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In DACA Challenge

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

Supreme Court Set To Hear DACA Challenge

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

Smugglers Getting Over, And Through, Trump’s Border Wall

Smugglers are getting over and through Trump’s border wall with material you can buy at your local Home Depot.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Diversion Of Funds To Border Wall

A Federal Court has struck down the President’s diversion of funds for his border wall.

Trump ‘Jokes’ About Shooting Migrants At The Border

Apparently, the President thinks shooting people is amusing.

Are We Headed For Another Shutdown Over Trump’s Border Wall?

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

Democratic Candidates Leading Trump By Huge Margin Among Latino Voters

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

Houston Businessman Ensared By Trump’s Irrational Immigration Policies

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

Federal Government Won’t Provide Flu Vaccine To Migrants Held In Border Facilities

The Trump Administration has apparently decided that it will not be providing the flu vaccine to migrants being held in facilities at the southern border.

20 Dead, 26 Injured In El Paso Mass Shooting. Hate Crime Suspected.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

A Note on the Hurd Retirement

The odds have increased all border districts will be represented by Democrats after 2020.

Supreme Court Backs Trump On Border Wall Funding, For Now

The Supreme Court handed the President a victory last night, ruling that the Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging his funding of the border wall did not have standing to challenge his diversion of Defense Department funds. This may only be a temporary victory, though.

Trump’s Mass Immigration Raids Netted 35 Arrests

President Trump threatened mass immigration raids. What was delivered was far less met the eye.

Ronald Reagan v. Donald Trump On Immigration

How times have changed, and not for the better.

Threatened Immigration Raids Haven’t Happened

Another case where the cruelty is the point?