This issue came up in the comments to a post from earlier in the week. Before you answer that question with the obvious no, note that this was a real issue in American history. John Svan was a Finnish immigrant to the United States. He...
immigration
I meant to comment on this a couple of days ago, before I went away on a brief vacation, but I didn't have time. So even though the news is.
The border fence is such a disaster. Here's yet another example: Flooding caused by a border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and.
Neil Genzlinger has a thought provoking piece on the dark side of Ellis Island and American immigration, which he rightfully says is underplayed at the museum: But there’s another side to our national welcome mat that doesn’t get so much attention, even though these days...
The photographer Matt Black has a gallery up at Guernica featuring his photos of the Mixteca, an indigenous region of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. I'd place an example or two.
Last year, the Third Circuit held that a local anti-illegal immigration notice in Hazelton, Pennsylvania was unconstitutional. Today, that decision was vacated by the Supreme Court and remanded "for further.
When I first saw this, I briefly thought that I had wandered into the Onion by mistake. Kansas state rep Virgil Peck (R, of course) suggested that the "immigration problem" could be solved with a method similar to that proposed for feral hogs in the...
It's always nice to see conservative anti-immigration rhetoric boil down to the question of brown people speaking funny languages: I’m at a hearing of the immigration subcommittee, and the pseudo-congressman.
Huh. I guess I always suspected that Tony La Russa was evil: St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa on Tuesday said he's a "supporter" of Arizona's immigration law and.
After David Freddoso raised the alarm earlier today about "new" cases of leprosy in Arkansas, Mark Krikorian quickly lept in to tease out the proper lesson and offer a meaningless gesture of piety:[T]he appearance of leprosy [in Arkansas] is not because of L'il [sic] Abner...
[Sorry to disappear for two days, kids. Was out of town surprising a friend who is getting married and who was in the states from Europe, where she lives. Am.
It's Monday, which means it's time for another round of your [semi-]weekly Adam Liptak appreciation. This week, Liptak takes a closer look at the effect of Female Genital Mutilation on.