by Bill Frelick American leaders of all political stripes lament the nation’s broken asylum system, but they also fall lockstep into short-sighted, reactive fixes that don’t solve the underlying problem: […]
Tag: immigration reform
U.S. immigration court ruling on statelessness could have wide impact
by Miliyon Ethiopis I feel like I have been born again, after a U.S. immigration court made a remarkable ruling in my “statelessness” case in June. I hope that my […]
With immigration, perceptions matter more than reality
by Tyler Cowen Whatever else it may be about, the debate over immigration is first and foremost about perceptions. The question is not just how many foreigners are in your […]
A better border battle: Biden has real solutions
In dueling visits to the Texas-Mexico border, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump each tried to make the case that they’re the person best positioned to handle immigration amid polls […]
Republicans want the border to bleed
If House Republicans succeed in sinking the strongest border enforcement bill in a generation, they can go back to playtime, impeaching Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and spreading weird stuff about […]
Our immigration problems require humane solutions
Gov. Jim Justice and 24 other governors of (mostly red) states have signed a letter of support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s so-called “self-defense” tactics to guard against migrants crossing […]
House Republicans don’t actually want to fix the border
by Patricia Lopez House Republicans have a chance to prove they want to solve their declared border crisis, and not just as a means to inflame their base in an […]
Solutions 2024 — fixing the border
by Martin Schram So this guy walks into a bar. He sits down next to me and pretty soon he’s telling me the story of how he got here. He […]
Democrats, make a border deal to save Ukraine
In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants at the U.S.’s […]
I oversaw border protection. NYC and Chicago are doing what they can
by Gil Kerlikowske As America’s immigration crisis expands and evolves, migrants are being bused to urban centers in the interior of the U.S., putting an unprecedented strain on cities that […]
