Deportation
DHS spends $140 million on 6 Boeing jets for deportations
In its latest splurge, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will spend nearly $140 million on six Boeing 737 planes to deport immigrants. The new DHS planes are intended to cut costs "by allowing ICE to operate more…
My New Washington Examiner Article on “Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability”
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Today, the Washington Examiner published my article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability." Here is an excerpt: Affordability was the biggest issue in the 2025 off-year…
$6.25 billion Dell donation to Trump’s baby savings plan revives debate on big philanthropy
Is the era of the billionaire philanthropist back? (In fact, had it ever really disappeared, or had our politics just failed to recognize the generosity?) Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, announced…
ICE agents in Indiana detain Afghan asylum seeker with legal status
On October 10, Afghan asylum seeker Mohammad Ali Dadfar fell victim to "Operation Midway Blitz," an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sting to find drivers whose licenses were issued in so-called sanctuary…
Federal agents can continue to use riot control weapons in Chicago
A federal judge's order designed to protect the constitutional rights of nonthreatening protestors and the press in the Chicago area was paused on Wednesday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency…
Trump shouldn’t deport Cubans and Venezuelans to suffer under communism
"Under my administration, we have taken decisive action to stand with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," President Donald Trump said at the White House in 2017. "The same failed communist ideology that has…
ICE arrests Afghan asylum seeker with brain cancer after he asks for directions
On September 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Ihsanullah Garay after he asked for directions while making a delivery in Methuen, Massachusetts. Defending his arrest to the Lowell Sun, ICE spokesperson…
Can the ACLU serve progressives and conservatives?
The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world more libertarian—or at least more interesting—by championing free minds and…
My New Paper on “How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom”
NA I recently posted to SSRN a draft of my new paper on "How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom." It is forthcoming in Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone, eds., Academic Freedom in the Era…
What’s really at stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case?
Thanks to a Supreme Court that has blessed anything short of physical torture, prosecutors have more coercive tools than ever before, including the ability to threaten to indict a defendant's family members or friends.…
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