Earlier this week I took part in a Federalist Society Executive Branch Review conference panel on “Law and Order at the Border.” The other two panelists were former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and former Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security deputy general counsel official Sohan Dasgupta. In my presentation, I explained why illegal migration […]
Immigration hawks want you to believe that men are a threat by default. Figures like former President Donald Trump and current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R–La.) argue that immigration is really an “invasion” because many migrants lined up at the border are “military-age males” from “adversarial nations.” The implication isn’t that these people […]
Following up on those shitholes: Donald Trump, at a fundraiser in Florida’s Palm Beach this past Saturday night, decided to clarify some of his thoughts on immigration. He referred to his comments back in 2018, when he questioned why the U.S. should be letting in immigrants from what he called “shithole countries” like Haiti and […]
Immigration ranks as the second-most important issue among registered U.S. voters and the top issue for Republican voters, according to a Marist Poll/PBS NewsHour/NPR poll released last month. Perhaps that’s because of the 3.2 million border encounters documented by Border Patrol in 2023—a new record high that’s so far being outpaced this year. Texas Gov. […]
Blocked: Last year, Texas Senate Bill (S.B.) 4—which would’ve allowed Texas police to arrest those who illegally cross the southern border—passed. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order that blocks the enforcement of the law “until justices decide whether Texas should be allowed to enforce it before federal court challenges are resolved,” reports The Texas […]