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Immigration

The 1,200 Migrants Heading For The U.S. Expecting Amnesty Are Playing Right Into Trump’s Hands

April 3, 2018 By John Daniel Davidson

A caravan of 1,200 Central Americans headed for the United States could provoke a crisis that forces us to face the root causes of our failed immigration system.

Immigration

Trump Wants The Military To Build His Border Wall. That’s A Terrible Idea

March 28, 2018 By John Daniel Davidson

Maybe Congress doesn’t want to fund Trump’s wall because it would never work, not even if the U.S. military built it and deployed along the southern border.

Immigration

On The Texas-Mexico Border, Migrants Are Overcoming Every Obstacle In Their Path

March 8, 2018 By John Daniel Davidson

The complexities and realities of the U.S.-Mexico border are inescapable in the Rio Grande Valley, far from the immigration reform platitudes of Washington.

Politics

Video Of Sen. Joe Manchin Resurfaces: ‘I’m Not Voting For The Wall’

February 1, 2018 By The Federalist Staff

At a town hall meeting in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Sen. Joe Manchin told his constituents he would not vote to fund a wall along the United State’s southern border.

Immigration

An Illegal Immigrant Almost Killed My Family. He Was Set Free To Commit More Crimes

January 30, 2018 By Willis L. Krumholz

While Democrats play politics, too many Republicans are either too willing to give Democrats what they want while receiving little in return, or secretly have no problem with porous borders.

National Security

Is Trump Turning A Corner On Immigration With Feint At DACA Deal?

January 10, 2018 By David Marcus

President Trump, who some suggest is mentally unfit, led the most substantial and important debate on immigration we have seen in a generation.

Immigration

Judge Blocks Trump Immigration Order, Saying Borders Are Unconstitutional

October 18, 2017 By The Federalist Staff

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson wrote in an order that suspended the latest version of the president’s travel ban that it ‘plainly discriminates based on nationality.’

Video

Ham: Can Trump Shoot The Wall In The Middle Of Fifth Ave And Get Away With It?

September 15, 2017 By The Federalist Staff

Federalist senior writer Mary Katharine Ham joined “The Lead With Jake Tapper” on CNN Thursday afternoon to discuss Donald Trump’s backroom dealings with “Chuck and Nancy.”

Immigration

President Trump Doesn’t Need A Border Wall When He Can Build Better Paper Ones

September 14, 2017 By David Barulich

The president could fix much of our illegal immigration via tax incentives and a virtual wall—and it would save us billions of dollars.

Immigration

Do More People Have To Die In Semi Trailers Before We Improve Our Border Policies?

July 25, 2017 By John Daniel Davidson

A human smuggling case in San Antonio that left ten people dead shows why we need to make legal migration easier and illegal immigration harder.

Government

Our 100-Day Obsession Only Makes The Presidency More Powerful

April 25, 2017 By Gracy Olmstead

For all his condemnations of Obama’s energetic presidency, Trump feels pressured to be just as energetic, or more so, in the first 100 days of his own.

Immigration

If Trump Is Serious About Illegal Immigration, He Ought To Rethink DACA

February 22, 2017 By Bre Payton

Why is President Trump keeping an Obama-era program that’s delivered thousands of undocumented children into the hands of traffickers?

Culture

Telling People They Can’t Say ‘This Is Why Trump Won’ Is Why Trump Won

January 30, 2017 By Mollie Hemingway

Rather than tell people what they can discuss politically, we should be listening and learning from our political opponents.

Immigration

What Trump’s Immigration Proposal Gets Right And Wrong

September 7, 2016 By Helen Raleigh

Donald Trump’s speech shows that while he is not ‘softening’ on immigration, he has made some progress towards formulating solutions. He needs to make more.