Maine Gov. Janet Mills warmly welcomed immigrants as “family” in her inaugural address last January. Now that hundreds of asylum seekers from Angola and the Democratic…
Author Bob Dane
‘Welcoming’ Governor Digs Deeper Hole in Maine
Is China Schooling U.S. With Student Visas?
The U.S. is sending mixed signals on Chinese student visas, and Beijing appears to be taking advantage. For months, U.S. intelligence agencies have been urging top…
Asylum ‘Rocket Dockets’ Confront Some Speed Bumps
Attempting to catch up with a growing backlog of some 900,000 cases, immigration courts in 10 U.S. cities are giving priority to hearing asylum claims. But…
Guatemala Court, Obama Judge Double Down Against Asylum Programs
Within days of each other, a Guatemalan court and a U.S. judge scuttled “safe third country” asylum initiatives that could have stemmed the tide of migrants…
Florida Sanctuary Challenge: Political Symbolism vs. Rule of Law
A lawsuit seeking to kill Florida’s new anti-sanctuary law recycles an earlier argument used to challenge Texas’s Senate Bill 4. It, too, could be headed to…