My New Article on “How Judicial Review Can Help Empower People to Vote with Their Feet”
I recently posted to SSRN a draft of my forthcoming article on “How Judicial Review can Help Empower People to Vote with their Feet.” It is part of a symposium …
Immigration
Haitians Meet the New Deporter-in-Chief
Images of U.S. Border Patrol agents supposedly whipping Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, went viral online in September. President Joe Biden responded by suspending horse patrols. But the photographs …
U.S. Resumes Refugee Admissions After Temporary Pause
The United States will restart refugee admissions this week after a temporary freeze, CNN reported on Monday. Admissions stopped in November 2021 so the U.S. government could devote resources to …
Concentration Camp Survivor Tursunay Ziyawudun on Her Imprisonment in Xinjiang
Before she fled, Tursunay Ziyawudun was one of about 1.5 million Uyghurs and other Muslims imprisoned in western China in what the government insists are “re-education” centers. She describes them …
David Harsanyi: Why America Must Reject ‘Eurotrash’ Ideas
“About three times as many Europeans leave their homelands and immigrate to the United States every year as the other way around,” reports David Harsanyi. Yet “a growing number of …
My Beta Shepherd Website List of “The Best Books on Migration Rights and Democracy”
The Statue of Liberty. The Beta Shepherd website – which features authors’ recommendations of books on topics related to issues they have written on themselves – just posted my …
In 2022, Pay Attention to Right-wing Authoritarianism
At the eve of a new year, it’s traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myself or others, but I do have a wish. …
2021 Was Another Disappointing Year for Immigration Policy
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, he inherited a country rattled by a deadly pandemic, a struggling economy, and a bevy of immigration restrictions that his predecessor …
Canada Granted Permanent Residency to a Record Number of People in 2021
Immigration ground to a halt in the United States this past year, nominally due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Migrants who are already in the U.S. haven’t fared much better …
The Case for an “Immigration Freedom Amendment”
The Statue of Liberty. In a recent Boston Globe symposium on “Editing the Constitution,” prominent conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby makes the case for a constitutional amendment imposing severe limits …
