Outside the Beltway

The state of Arizona is seeking donations for construction of the border fence.

It took Andrew Sullivan 18 years to get his request for Permanent Resident status approved. That’s just absurd.

Haley Barbour is making all the moves toward a 2012 Presidential run, but his stand on immigration issues could pose a problem in the Republican primaries.

While illegal immigration in the United States remains enormous, it has dropped considerably over the last three years.

Two Senators are proposing a Constitutional Amendment to redefine what it means to be an American citizen.

Anti-Immigrant groups are beginning their assault on the 14th Amendment, but don’t expect it to go anywhere.

The author of AZ’s SB1070 has a new idea.

UCSD grad student Mark Farrales is a good example of why something like the DREAM Act has merit.

Senate Democrats cancel vote on DREAM Act, meaning the immigration measure is likely dead for the year.

The 9th Circuit has struck down an Arizona law requiring people to show proof of citizenship to vote. No, this doesn’t open the floodgates to illegal alien voting.

The PL issues a statment on immigration policy.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel declare multiculturalism in Germany to be a “failure.” Proof that anti-immigration activists in the United States are correct, right?

Both Congress and the Obama Administration have stepped up enforcement of immigration laws–at immense cost to both the budget and the courts.

Governor Brewer walks back he beheadings claims.

The idea that we are in the middle of an illegal immigration crisis is not supported by the evidence.

An obscure U.N. human rights report has become the latest political outrage of the day in the battle over Arizona’s controversial immigration law.

Ross Douthat’s latest New York Times column demonstrates an appalling misunderstanding of history in the context of immigration.

Again, despite the rhetoric of some, the US does continue to enforce laws relevant to the border and, indeed, enforcement has been on the rise.

According to a new poll, 87% of border residents feel safe.

There isn’t as much GOP unity over the idea of changing America’s citizenship rules as you might think.

The Republican campaign against birthright citizenship doesn’t seem to be gaining the kind of support they expected.

Wherein only one of the various consequences of altering the current status of birthright citizenship is considered: more paperwork for us all.

Is the GOP really serious about changing the citizenship rules in the 14th Amendment ? Not likely.

While it is true, as Jacob Sullum puts it, On Drug Policy, Mexico’s President Has a Bigger Vocabulary Than Ours, it is also true as the headline at Gancho puts it he has Problems with the Legalization Debate (specifically in terms of popular opinion in Mexico).

Despite assertions that the violence in Mexico is spilling over the border, we find a rather stark comparison of two key border cities.

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.

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.