Outside the Beltway

Many Republicans won’t like Jeb Bush’s recent comments about illegal immigration, but he’s right.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

Republican hardliners are pushing a position on immigration that is completely out of sync with the nation as a whole.

Two states are creating a voting system that will make some people ineligible to vote in state and local elections.

David Brooks warns that failing to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill “could be a tragedy for the country and political suicide for Republicans.”

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

Marco Rubio has suffered a reversal of fortune among Republicans thanks to his role in the immigration reform debate.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

The Senate looks like it’s about ready to take up a bipartisan immigration reform package.

Senator Rand Paul has stepped into the immigration debate, but his plan is less than desirable.

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”

Eight of Cameroon’s 37 Olympians are “missing.”

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

The Supreme Court left the most important part of SB1070 intact, but it faces serious challenges in the future.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

The American economy is so bad that people are reverse migrating to the Third World.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Vehement disagreement with the policy views of a country and prejudice based on immutable traits are not the same.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

After all, securing the border is easy and the forces driving cross-border illicit activities can be curtailed with enough force and security.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

Another case of the law of unintended consequences.

Alabama immigration law causing parents to withdraw children from schools.

Another entry in the ongoing follies of US border and immigration policy.