California is poised on the brink of expanding Medi-Cal (the state Medicaid program) to cover illegal immigrants 19-26. When I read that, my first thought was aren’t they already covered in California? It turns out that previously they only had … Continue reading →
Well, well, well: “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico,” President Trump tweeted Friday night. “The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, … Continue reading →
I recently wrote this post about Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico, and the condemnation of them. In it I said: Regarding those tariffs and all the criticism thereof—I’m not saying tariffs are a good idea to actually implement, but I … Continue reading →
Law professor Ilya Somin makes a very poor analogy between Trump’s Mexican tariffs and the Berlin Wall in this article entitled and subtitled, “Trump’s Plan to Force Mexico to Lock In its Own People: The President’s effort to coerce Mexico … Continue reading →
The alleged killers had been in detention in Maryland, but that state doesn’t have a policy of cooperation with ICE’s requests to turn illegal immigrant offenders over for possible deportation. Thus we have this: Last week, police arrested two teenagers, … Continue reading →
This seems to be the new world-entitlement mentality: Video showed hundreds of illegal immigrants storming a French airport and occupying an entire terminal Sunday, demanding to meet with the country’s prime minister. Hey, why not? [emphasis mine]: Footage posted on … Continue reading →
Apparently about a third of the children are not biologically related to the adults who brought them, and these were not incidences of adoption or step-parenting. I previously wrote about a related issue here.
Continue reading →Yes, really, and it’s not just a single opinion writer, it’s in an editorial. What’s going on? Well, the first thing to notice is that they’re not saying “let him build the wall.” But they do write the following stunning … Continue reading →
SCOTUS will be ruling on whether a question about citizenship can be included on the next census: [It is a question] which critics say would undermine its accuracy by discouraging both legal and unauthorized immigrants from filling out the forms. … Continue reading →
Aside from the very specific charges connected with the whole Russiagate story, or anything about Trump’s politics, the Trump opposition has consistently followed certain basic themes in characterizing Trump’s performance as president in terms of his personality and capability. These … Continue reading →
A change has been announced: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday after butting heads with President Donald Trump over policy and border control issues. He recently asked her “to close the ports of entry along … Continue reading →
The House tried to stop the allocation of funds for the border wall, but Trump vetoed that and now the House has failed to override his veto: The House failed Tuesday to override the first veto of President Trump’s tenure, … Continue reading →