Outside the Beltway

There are no “anchor babies,” there are only Americans.

Donald Trump is still in the lead of the Republican circus, but the rest of the field remains uncertain in the wake of the first debate.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

Donald Trump is leading in Iowa, and very few things make sense anymore.

Once again, Donald Trump is succeeding because he is saying things many Republicans agree with.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

Republicans are finally starting to react to what Donald Trump has been saying.

The sources of new immigrants to the United States are changing, but it’s unclear if that will have any impact on the political debate over immigration reform.

Polling indicates that the American public opposes the GOP position on DHS funding, but that’s unlikely to change many minds on Capitol Hill.

A Federal Judge has issued a temporary halt to the Obama Administration’s deferred deportation program, but appeals can be expected.

A Federal Judge has dismissed the first lawsuit filed against President Obama’s immigration “executive action.”

Judging by recent polling, the President’s executive action has hardened GOP opposition to immigration reform, making progress on the issue going forward much less likely.

Texas has joined with 16 other states in a lawsuit against the Obama Administration over the President’s executive action on immigration. At first glance, it doesn’t appear to have much legal merit.

The fact that Republicans lack anything approaching a coherent immigration plan makes it hard to take their criticism of the President seriously.

If the President now believes he can act unilaterally on immigration reform, why did he spend the last five years saying that he couldn’t?

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.

If conservatives actually believed what they said they do, they would be much more open to immigrants, and immigration reform.

Many Republicans won’t like Jeb Bush’s recent comments about illegal immigration, but he’s right.

The Queen of Corona Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

Republican hardliners are pushing a position on immigration that is completely out of sync with the nation as a whole.

Two states are creating a voting system that will make some people ineligible to vote in state and local elections.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”

Eight of Cameroon’s 37 Olympians are “missing.”

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

The Supreme Court left the most important part of SB1070 intact, but it faces serious challenges in the future.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.