SecurityCommentary
As the United Nations recognized World Refugee Day on June 20, the Biden administration used the fig leaf of refugee policy to distract from the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
I’ve had 24 jobs at last count, ranging from three hours delivering pizza for Domino’s to 23 years as a U.S. diplomat. Now, I finally… Read More
InternationalCommentary
I learned over a two-decade diplomatic career serving on four continents that whatever the relative size and power of our countries, even our allies don’t… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Immigration law is a maze of statute, regulation, and presidential whim. Explaining things like immigration parole, Title 42, and asylum is difficult. Here’s a parable… Read More
SecurityCommentary
You know that feeling on a Wednesday night when you’ve reheated the chili you made on Sunday for the third time and you can’t face… Read More
SecurityCommentary
There is a fine line between stretched truth and outright lies. In a series of recent congressional hearings, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seems to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economist Milton Friedman’s maxim that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program” applies to work visas that are supposed to be temporary. Every… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Forty mayors from 18 states have signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which they beg the State Department to speed up… Read More
SecurityCommentary
One lousy minute—at most. That’s the time President Joe Biden devoted to the topic of border security and immigration in his State of the Union… Read More
SecurityNews
For a few days last week, President Joe Biden belatedly and halfheartedly turned his attention to the southern border. He announced a magical new “legal… Read More
LawCommentary
One thing I have in common with journalist Andrew Sullivan is that we both chose to go through the lengthy process to become American citizens…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
A “tissue of lies” is defined by The Free Dictionary as “a number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth.” Under this definition… Read More
SecurityCommentary
If Sam Bankman-Fried offers a new cryptocurrency investment scheme, are you in? Not likely. I’d rather trust the ghost of Bernie Madoff with my money…. Read More
LawCommentary
Chris Magnus was forced to resign as head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Nov. 12. He was unprepared for the job, never had… Read More
SecurityCommentary
EAGLE PASS, Texas—Meet Luis Antunez, your new neighbor from (probably) Venezuela. He’s a 40-year-old trader from Tucupita. Or a policeman from Puerto Carreno, or a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Commerce Department announced last week that from now on, the chemicals needed to make fentanyl can only be exported to Russia with a license…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Biden administration recently sent Congress a proposal to admit a total of 125,000 refugees in the fiscal year that begins next month. If recent… Read More
LawCommentary
What’s missing from this report? The Washington Post tells us that Jorge Orozco-Sandoval, 35, dropped off more than $300,000 to an undercover U.S. agent at a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Monday morning saw another busload of illegal border crossers arrive at New York City’s Port Authority terminal. The city’s commissioner of immigrant affairs, Manuel Castro,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This morning, I watched on the news as a busload of mostly young, single men arrived at New York’s Port Authority bus terminal. In the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Senate hearing on “diversity and equity” in American diplomacy proved to be a wasted opportunity to tackle a core question in our politics: Do… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last week, I wrote in The Federalist about Brittney Griner, a player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, who was arrested in Russia in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s National Defense Authorization Act time again, and as usual, Congress is trying to pack the must-pass bill chock-full of provisions and 1,230 amendments, most… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In French, a “bidonville” is a shantytown. A “bidon” is a large container, like the giant yellow vegetable oil bottles used to carry drinking water… Read More
SocietyCommentary
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told fans at a London concert that he would renounce his citizenship. Don’t bet on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Faced with several serious domestic and foreign policy problems all at once, the Biden administration’s reaction has been so catastrophically incoherent, it’s hard to know… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Consumers of the mainstream media might think that all news stopped on Jan. 6, 2021, but readers of The Daily Signal know that illegal crossings… Read More
LawCommentary
The recent recall of radically left-wing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin by the city’s overwhelmingly Democrat voters was utterly justified by his total incompetence…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
The House of Representatives last week passed HR 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022, to create domestic terrorism offices within the departments of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As May 23 neared, when border agents’ Title 42 public health authority to quickly expel illegal aliens was due to expire, U.S. Customs and Border… Read More
