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Workplace Raids
Plus: Land acknowledgements, New York's migrant expenditures, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 11.11.2024 9:30 AM
One-Third of Expensive Border Surveillance Towers Don't Work
Decades of border surveillance programs have spent billions of dollars but achieved little.
J.D. Tuccille | 10.23.2024 7:00 AM
Biden's Election Year Border Order
The president's plan to address security at the Mexican border drew backlash both from immigration advocates and border hawks.
Fiona Harrigan | 7.7.2024 6:00 AM
Brickbat: Are You Sure That's You?
Charles Oliver | 7.3.2024 4:00 AM
The Manufactured Crisis of Migrant Terrorists at the Border
Exaggerated threats of terrorists crossing the southern border lead to costly, disproportionate policy decisions.
Alex Nowrasteh | 4.19.2024 10:16 AM
Dave Smith vs. Chris Freiman: What's the Ideal Immigration Policy?
Podcast host Dave Smith and philosopher Chris Freiman debate open borders on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 3.28.2024 12:29 PM
Border Pageantry
Plus: Putin threatens nukes, D.C. mulls a crackdown on theft, Bloomberg blames right-wingers, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 3.1.2024 9:30 AM
Border Bill Blows Up
Plus: Biden's sagging poll numbers, the Amazon Files, and more...
Robby Soave | 2.6.2024 9:30 AM
Texas Troopers Killed 74 People in Vehicle Chases Since Implementing Controversial Border Program
From March 2021 to July 2023, 74 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in vehicle chases occurring in counties affected by Operation Lone Star.
Emma Camp | 11.28.2023 4:31 PM
Politicians Continue To Make a Mockery of 'Emergency Spending'
Legislators abuse the emergency label to push through spending that would otherwise violate budget constraints.
Veronique de Rugy | 8.24.2023 7:00 AM
Newly Released Video Shows Border Patrol Shooting Man Who Called Authorities for Help
Agents claimed to see a gun that wasn't there. Video reveals nervous officers with a hunting mentality.
Brian Doherty | 6.27.2023 4:29 PM
Feds May Need Warrants To Search Cell Phones at the Border After All
Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.
J.D. Tuccille | 6.16.2023 7:00 AM
More Evidence that Biden's Private Sponsorship Migrant Parole Policy Reduced Illegal Migration by Making the Legal Kind Easier
A new study by the conservative Manhattan Institute concludes that the expansion of private sponsorship parole to migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela has reduced illegal migration across the southern border by about 98,000 per month.
Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.28.2023 5:11 PM
Border Patrol Shoots and Kills Arizona Man Who Called Them for Help
The FBI is investigating the shooting, but Supreme Court precedent from last year's Egbert v. Boule will make it nearly impossible for Raymond Mattia's family to find justice through civil courts.
Brian Doherty | 5.22.2023 5:03 PM
The Government Is Turning Border Surveillance on Everyday Americans
As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye.
Fiona Harrigan | 3.28.2023 11:15 AM
Department of Homeland Security
DHS Just Turned 20. It's Time To Abolish It.
Break it up into fewer, smaller agencies that are more accountable to pre-9/11 departments.
Nick Gillespie and Justin Zuckerman | 3.8.2023 10:34 AM
A Historic Refugee Crisis Miscast As a Border Emergency
Providing legal ways to work or seek protection in America is the only viable way to reduce illegal immigration.
Stuart Anderson | 1.26.2023 4:00 PM
This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
Billy Binion | 11.4.2022 10:03 AM
Don't Blame Migrants and 'Open Borders' for Fentanyl Entering the Country
U.S. citizens traveling through legal ports of entry—not undocumented immigrants—are primarily to blame for fentanyl inflows.
Fiona Harrigan | 10.17.2022 6:20 PM
Border Patrol Launched a Surveillance Blimp Over Nogales, Arizona. Town Officials Didn't Know.
Residents of Nogales are now under the gaze of a round-the-clock surveillance craft.
Fiona Harrigan | 7.8.2022 3:15 PM
'Prevention Through Deterrence' Is How You Get 53 Dead Migrants in the Back of a Truck
The men, women, and children found dead in a tractor-trailer this week were just the latest casualties of an immigration approach that encourages dangerous journeys.
Fiona Harrigan | 6.30.2022 5:03 PM
Strict U.S. Immigration Laws Leave Migrants Dependent on Human Smugglers
Human smugglers at Mexican border won’t be sought after if migrants can come to the U.S. legally.
Stuart Anderson | 5.24.2022 8:00 AM
Why Does Border Patrol Need the Ability To Delete Messages?
A lawsuit attempts to find out how federal agents are implementing Wickr, a communications service that has an auto-erase function.
Scott Shackford | 4.4.2022 2:15 PM
CDC To Stop Using COVID as Excuse To Expel Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors
There are no public health gains from booting kids out of the country.
Julian Verdon | 3.23.2022 8:00 AM
Court Says U.S. Cannot Expel Migrant Families to Countries Where They Face Harm
A federal judge wrote that migrants could face "horrific consequences" if expelled to certain places, particularly Mexico and Central American countries.
Julian Verdon | 3.10.2022 1:45 PM
A Border Patrol Agent Assaulted Him and Violated His First Amendment Rights. He May Never Get To Sue.
It is almost impossible to hold a rogue federal officer accountable. The Supreme Court may make it even harder.
Billy Binion | 1.28.2022 5:06 PM
Haitians Meet the New Deporter-in-Chief
Biden presented himself as the immigration antithesis of Trump, but such promises have not been kept.
Billy Binion | 1.13.2022 6:00 AM
Government Eyes In the Sky
The federal government and police are finding new ways to use drones to invade privacy.
Jay Stanley | 10.12.2021 7:00 AM
U.S. To Continue Cruel Treatment of Haitian Refugees—But Not on Horseback
Plus: Debt myopia, tech trade groups sue over Texas social media law, abortion providers ask SCOTUS to reconsider, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.24.2021 9:48 AM
Brutal Treatment of Asylum-Seekers Is the Reality of Government
That’s why its role in our lives should be reduced to the minimum.
J.D. Tuccille | 9.24.2021 7:00 AM
How Immigration Clampdowns Create 'Border Crises'
Today's mediagenic crowds at the border in Del Rio, Texas, are a predictable and unnecessary result of restrictive migrant policies.
Brian Doherty | 9.16.2021 5:02 PM
A Clear and Present Lack of Danger
We can stop obsessing about Islamic terrorists crossing the Southern border.
Alex Nowrasteh | 9.4.2021 6:00 AM
Abolish ICE? Actually, Biden's Budget Proposal Hikes Spending on America's Immigration Cops.
More spending on more intrusive government is the Biden agenda all the way down.
Eric Boehm | 6.3.2021 10:30 AM
New Border Migration Trends Cast Doubt on Biden's Approach
Migrants from over 160 countries have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months.
Fiona Harrigan | 6.2.2021 2:15 PM
Warrantless Border Searches Draw Call for Supreme Court Action
The feds say they can paw through your phone and laptop any time you enter or leave the country.
J.D. Tuccille | 4.26.2021 8:30 AM
Joe Biden, Border Cop
People on both the left and right assumed Biden would lift Trump’s draconian immigration restrictions. But for some hopeful immigrants, things have actually gotten worse.
Billy Binion | 3.18.2021 5:11 PM
Brickbat: Stopping an Invasion from the North
Charles Oliver | 3.8.2021 4:00 AM
U.S. Used Facial Recognition on Millions of Air Travelers Last Year, Found No Imposters
Plus: Biden won't pursue Trump's TikTok and WeChat bans, Mitt Romney's child allowance plan, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2021 9:32 AM
The Zoom Cat Lawyer Used Federal Agents To Torment a Former Lover With Drug Raids and Bogus Charges
In 2014, Reason reported on the misbehavior of Rod Ponton, who has suddenly risen to internet stardom after being unable to turn off an adorable filter during an online legal case.
Billy Binion | 2.10.2021 9:54 AM
Brickbat: Closely Tracked
Charles Oliver | 12.8.2020 4:00 AM
545 Migrant Kids Snatched by the U.S. Government Are Still Missing Parents
Plus: What Jeffrey Toobin teaches us about Section 230, Wisconsin's Foxconn boondoggle, Breonna Taylor juror speaks out, and more...
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.21.2020 9:43 AM
Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America's Immigration Enforcement Regime
The new Netflix docuseries is a damning indictment of ICE.
Shikha Dalmia | 8.21.2020 2:50 PM
CBP Official Allegedly Said Agents Should 'Beat That Tonk Like a Piñata Until Candy Comes Out'
The 2012 internal affairs report complaint was filed by a use-of-force instructor who warned the advice could lead to lawsuits.
C.J. Ciaramella | 7.28.2020 11:25 AM
Sending Secret Police To Do Protester Snatch-n-Grabs Is Bad, Mmmkay?
The Reason Roundtable talks Portland, policing, federalism, coronavirus, and the perennially dumb discourse.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 7.20.2020 3:10 PM
The Feds Are Suspending Some Tariff Payments. They Should Suspend All of Them.
It's almost like Americans are paying for them, and like Trump doesn't actually believe in free trade.
Eric Boehm | 3.25.2020 12:30 PM
Supreme Court: Mexican Family Can't Sue Border Patrol Agent in Cross-Border Shooting
"A cross-border shooting claim has foreign relations and national security implications."
Zuri Davis | 2.25.2020 4:50 PM
Greyhound Finally Says No to Random Border Patrol 'Checks' of Its Buses
The company cited a recent federal memo clarifying that agents are expected to obey the Constitution.
Jacob Sullum | 2.24.2020 1:00 PM
Iranian Americans Targeted by U.S. Authorities in the Wake of Soleimani's Death
The Trump administration is treating people of Iranian origin like a potential fifth column.
Matthew Petti | 1.23.2020 2:30 PM