Couldn't agree more, Senator Alex Padilla: “Don’t be afraid, don’t be reluctant to talk about immigration. Lean into it,” Padilla said. “Because number one, it’s the morally right thing to do. Number two, it is key to the strength, the security and the future of our country.”

Another tragic murder of a brave Mexican journalist. Rest in peace Roberto Figueroa, kidnapped and murdered in Morelos.

STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS

An NBC News investigation into seven deadly airstrikes has found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones.

Hala Gorani reports from Israel.

Looking over my notes: impossible to state how asylum seekers are just people who have had to leave home and want a chance to start over and rebuild their lives. That’s literally it. How we have made these folks into a bogey is mind boggling.

It's not good for free speech for aggrieved tycoons to be able to sue people for truthful criticism in front of a hand selected judge.

Breaking: Judge Reed O'Connor rejects request from Media Matters (MMFA)'s to halt discovery in Twitter/X Corp's lawsuit against MMFA until their motion to dismiss is ruled on in b/c MMFA hasn't, O'Connor says, met their burden for such a stay. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Asylum hearing:
TA objects multiple times based on “speculation”. Judge sustains.

TA: “why did your sister write that in her affidavit?” (Regarding a slightly conflicting date)
Me: Objection. speculation
IJ: Overruled. I will allow it.
Me: Oh…ok. He can speculate now? Ok.

During Title 42:

-Migrant encounters went down for 2 months, then went back up & have stayed high since
-Recidivism went from 7% in 2019 to 27% in 2021, even higher for Mexicans & Central Americans

More from my new piece for MigrationPolicy Inst on T42 bit.ly/Title42Analysis

Don't hit cops, even lightly, and don't be filmed saying you hit cops, even lightly.

New border/migration data: here are the top 100 nationalities of migrants whom Border Patrol apprehended in fiscal year 2023.

Only the boldfaced countries appeared in CBP's public reporting before. (1/2)

This is a no brainer. We are stronger and better and more prosperous when we support families and our workers and those who we love!

The untold story of those affected by the sudden closing of Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen: Dozens of immigrant workers who can’t get unemployment.

“We are families, we are not garbage,” they chanted in Spanish in front of the Foxtrot commissary in Pilsen.

More to come.

Great quote from Adam Isacson in this piece on Mexico's latest crackdown on migrants—which may be crumbling already, like every similar effort over the last decade.

Breaking: 'Texas is a sovereign state, not a sovereign country,' U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra declares in rejecting Texas's motion to dismiss the US's lawsuit against the state based on the buoy barrier it is trying to establish in the Rio Grande. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

If someone uses the phrase 'Soros-funded' as an insult I automatically presume they are a bad-faith actor. This presumption has gone fairly well for me.