Outside the Beltway

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

Thoughts on the immigration debate.

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

David Brooks warns that failing to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill “could be a tragedy for the country and political suicide for Republicans.”

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.

Some really bad advice for the GOP.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

Marco Rubio has suffered a reversal of fortune among Republicans thanks to his role in the immigration reform debate.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

John Boehner clearly wants to see an immigration bill passed this year, but he has a very narrow path to victory.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

Speaker Boehner seems confident that immigration reform will become law this year, but his confidence may be premature.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

The man some of called America’s toughest Sheriff has been dealt a setback by a Federal Judge.

Ann Coulter: a blonder version of Pat Buchanan

Some info from the World Drug Report

Opponents of immigration reform are deceptively attempting to use the bombing attack in Boston to derail immigration reform.

Another Senator wants to delay immigration reform because of the attacks in Boston.

For better or worse, the attack in Boston is likely to have an impact on the immigration reform debate.

The Senate looks like it’s about ready to take up a bipartisan immigration reform package.

Illegal aliens will henceforth be be called, well, something.

Senator Rand Paul has stepped into the immigration debate, but his plan is less than desirable.