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'Stupid and Evil': Trump's Radical Green Card Crackdown Threatens to Force 1M Legal Immigrants Out of US

Donald Trump's administration has pushed through a USCIS memo that makes it far harder for legal immigrants already in the US to secure a green card, forcing many to leave and apply from abroad.

International Business Times UK

Immigration restrictions don't boost native workers. They cut economic mobility for generations, study finds

A Cato Institute report found that immigration quotas in the 1920s actually harmed the economic prospects of native-born citizens.

Fortune

A $20B battleship the U.S. abandoned after WWII is back in Trump's $1.5T defense budget. Experts say modern missiles will easily destroy it

President Trump's record defense budget includes a new class of battleships not seen since WWII.

Fortune

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Immigrants Paid 14.5 Trillion Dollars More in Taxes Than They Received in Benefits for 30 Straight Years - REPORT

The libertarian think tank the Cato Institute found that immigrants paid more in taxes than they received in government benefits every year from 1994 through 2023, generating nearly $10.6 trillion more in federal, state, and local tax revenue than they received in government spending.

Latin Times

Green Cards for Cubans Plunge 99.8% as ICE Arrests From the Island Surge, Libertarian Cato Group Finds

Green card approvals for Cubans have nearly stopped under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while ICE arrests of people from the island have surged, according to a new Cato Institute analysis.

Latin Times

Our Amicus Brief in the Section 122 Tariff Case

I submitted the brief on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.

Reason

Viktor Orban's Hungary Exemplifies the Perils of Nationalism

As a new analysis by Johan Norberg shows, the regime many MAGA Republicans see as a model to emulate has repressed civil liberties, undermined the free market, destroyed the rule of law, and made Hungary the poorest nation in the European Union.

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Trump Administration Reportedly Charged Migrants £1.05bn for Visa Applications, Knowing They Are Banned From Entry

The Trump administration is under scrutiny for allegedly collecting £1.05 billion in visa fees from immigrants barred from entering the US, as reported by the Cato Institute.

International Business Times UK

Trump team accused of ‘largest fraud’ in immigration history by taking $1 billion in fees from migrants

Recent Trump administration policies have stalled visa and legal status applications for citizens of 92 countries, hitting nations that send half of all legal immigrants to the U.S.

The Independent UK

More people are moving out of the U.S. than moving in for the first time since the Great Depression—a bad omen for the $38.8 trillion national debt

How Trump’s immigration crackdown could erase “the most potent fiscal engine this country has ever seen.”

Fortune

Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits

A new Cato Institute study provides the most comprehensive analysis of this issue to date.

Reason

Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues

The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.

Reason

As ICE arrests increased, a higher portion had no U.S. criminal record

FactCheck.org examines the Trump administration’s claims that they are focusing on “the worst of the worst” in immigration enforcement.

Roll Call

"James L. Buckley: The Man and His Principles," by Roger Pilon

A friend profiles Buckley himself, a public servant who spent his life defending constitutional first principles.

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This WebUI vulnerability allows remote code execution - here's how to stay safe

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Cato Institute Looking to Hire an Executive Power Scholar

An opportunity to work at the nation's leading libertarian think tank.

The Independent UK

DOGE promised to cut government spending. It went up under Trump, new report shows

Elon Musk initially promised that DOGE would slash $2 trillion in ‘waste, fraud and abuse,’ a goal that was later reduced to $1 trillion

Reason

Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

The Cato Institute has posted one on its website.

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The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘worst of worst’ ICE surge into cities nabbed thousands of migrants — less than 30 percent have criminal convictions

High-profile operations in major cities mostly targeted people who were never convicted of any crimes, data analysis finds

Latin Times

Over 40,000 Non-ICE Officers Have Been Diverted to Support Immigration Crackdown, Report Finds

The report show one in five U.S. Marshals and FBI agents, roughly half of DEA agents, over two-thirds of ATF personnel, and nearly 90% of HSI staff supported ICE at points this year

The Guardian - US

‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the US president has unleashed an assault on free speech. Some conservatives are questioning his razor sharp U-turn

Reason

Americans Misunderstand Social Security but Appear Open to Reform

Younger Americans seem ready to treat the program as a safety net, not a retirement plan.

Reason

Can Trump Use Emergency Powers To Tax All Imports? His Tariffs Are Back in Court on Thursday.

To win in court, the Trump administration will have to argue against a pair of legal theories that conservatives have spent years developing as a way to check executive power.

Reason

Abolish the U.S. Surgeon General

This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.

Benzinga

Cato Institute, NCLA Urge Appeals Court To Reject Trump Tariffs Citing Unauthorized Use Of Statute: Report

The Cato Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) have called on the Federal Circuit to strike down President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, arguing they rely on a statute that does not grant any authority to impose such tariffs.

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