U.S. illegal immigration

This isn’t the first time government authorities have asked American citizens to host foreign nationals.

Eagle Pass is currently the focal point of the immigration debate in the United States due to the stalemate between the state of Texas and the border agents.

This final part looks at the Constitution’s words “natural born Citizen” and the claim that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are “birthright citizens.”

This Part IV examines a particularly thorny problem: To what extent may the federal government interfere when states exercise their defensive war powers?

As part of our research into state war powers, my co-author, Andrew T. Hyman, and I examined the scope of “defensive war” as the Founders understood it.

This part II explains federal and state responsibility in the face of invasion and introduces the topic of transnational criminal gangs.

This series summarizes state powers over immigration and military force—and particularly the power to respond to illegal border crossings.

More than 26,000 illegal immigrants have come to Chicago since August 2022, with the city currently housing 15,000 people in 27 temporary shelters.

Over 2.7 million illegal aliens entered the country last fiscal year, driving up homelessness and straining resources.

New Jersey’s governor has refused to comply with the Biden administration proposal to transfer thousands of illegal immigrants from New York.

This isn’t the first time government authorities have asked American citizens to host foreign nationals.

Eagle Pass is currently the focal point of the immigration debate in the United States due to the stalemate between the state of Texas and the border agents.

This final part looks at the Constitution’s words “natural born Citizen” and the claim that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are “birthright citizens.”

This Part IV examines a particularly thorny problem: To what extent may the federal government interfere when states exercise their defensive war powers?

As part of our research into state war powers, my co-author, Andrew T. Hyman, and I examined the scope of “defensive war” as the Founders understood it.

This part II explains federal and state responsibility in the face of invasion and introduces the topic of transnational criminal gangs.

This series summarizes state powers over immigration and military force—and particularly the power to respond to illegal border crossings.

More than 26,000 illegal immigrants have come to Chicago since August 2022, with the city currently housing 15,000 people in 27 temporary shelters.

Over 2.7 million illegal aliens entered the country last fiscal year, driving up homelessness and straining resources.

New Jersey’s governor has refused to comply with the Biden administration proposal to transfer thousands of illegal immigrants from New York.