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The vote will have consequences far beyond the UK's borders.
The UN's World Humanitiarian Summit came up empty-handed.
Prominent Hungarian intellectuals have taken surprising anti-immigrant stances.
Europe must accept that post-nationalism, by nature, is porous at its borders.
It is time for the United States to take responsibility for the war it encouraged in Syria.
Refugee camps, intended to be temporary, host people for an average of 12 years.
Immigrant families imprisoned in Artesia, New Mexico, say their due process rights are being violated.
Migrants are dying as they cross the Mediterranean. Is there a better way?
Our enforcement-on-steroids immigration policies take their toll on potential migrants.
Exaggerated fears about Muslims misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism’s aims.
Border Wars offers a stark portrait of the domestic cost of failed federal leadership in the post-9/11 era.
Federal border policy is now effectively dictated by alarmist border-area sheriffs and politicians.
Political theorist Joseph Carens argues that although states have a right to control their borders, the right to deport those who violate immigration laws is not absolute.
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