Arizona Republicans Vote Yes for Bill That Would Make It Legal to Kill Migrants Suspected of Trespassing

How do Arizona Republicans think the border crisis should be solved? By giving people the legal right to shoot and kill undocumented immigrants via legislation that critics say will give the “green light to more extrajudicial killings.” House Republicans in the border state are advancing HB2843, which declares: “A person may use deadly physical force” … Read more

The Immigration Battle in Washington, and the Real Crisis at the Border

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. Now that the border crisis has migrated into blue cities, the White House cannot avoid addressing a political liability, and the President has dramatically shifted his rhetoric on the border. … Read more

The Capital Has a Bad Case of Year-End Panic

Sometimes Washington needs to scare itself silly to get anything done. This year’s repeated threats of government shutdown are classic examples, even if the crisis has not been permanently averted but merely deferred to early 2024. The current panic is over U.S. assistance to Ukraine, which is set to run out at a moment when … Read more