Title 42 ’s End Won’t Affect Most Border Crossers
David J. BierThe U.S. Border Patrolcould soon lose its novel authority to expel border crossers back into Mexico under Title 42 of the U.S. code, a 19th century public health law never previously used to remove people from the United States. Since March 2020, the agency has used Title 42 to ignore the normal process to which crossers are entitled under Title 8 of the U.S. immigration code and force them back into Mexico often within a few minutes of their arrests. The government is also flying some migrants directly back to their home countries under the rule.Figure 1 shows the number of border arrests by processing type: ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
What Biden Has Gotten Right on Immigration
David J. BierPresident Biden ’s handling of immigration is the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism from all sides. Much of this criticism is right, but the president has also implemented many positive policies. While it often acted too slowly and has much more to do, the new administration has already reversed the most important restrictionist policies imposed by the Trump administration.Major Big Picture ActionsEnding the “security” travel bansOn January 20, 2021, President Bidenfully rescinded President Trump ’s ban on immigration and certain travel for nationals of Iran, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Syria,...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Chile and Latin America ’s Disposable Constitutions
Ian V ásquezChile votes this Sunday on a proposed, new constitution. It is a far-left document that would undermine fundamental rights and impoverish the country. Chileans should reject it. My colleagues and I have discussed the Chilean success story under the current constitution, the political conditions that gave rise to a constitutional convention that began meeting last year, and the problems with the proposed basic charterhere,here,here,here, andhere.In light of Chile ’s referendum, I reprint below a rough translation of anarticle I published in Peru in 2019 about Latin America ’s sorry tradition of frequently r...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Colombia ’s Duque Got Almost Everything Wrong
Daniel RaisbeckAccording toThe Atlantic’s David Frum, Colombia’s outgoing president, Ivan Duque, is a misunderstood statesman. Ungrateful voters,he argues, fail to recognize Duque ’s brilliance and thus assign him “an approval rating in the low 20’s.”Frum cites Colombia ’s vaccination policy, a 10 ‐year work permit granted to Venezuelan refugees, and the country’s current economic growth as examples of “a record of policy success unmatched in recent South American history.” Which is why Duque, as Frum learned during the president’s recent visit to Washington, D.C., “is as baffl ed as ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
Colombia ’s Establishment Wins Again, But at What Price?
Daniel RaisbeckAccording to the international media, Gustavo Petro, the 21st century socialist who won Colombia ’s presidential election on Sunday, was an “anti ‐establishment” candidate. The description would be accurate if the Colombian establishment still consisted of august figures such as Roberto Urdaneta, an upper‐class poo‐bah who, unelected, ruled the country between 1951 and 1953. He was rumored to spend as much time in the Jockey Club as in the pres idential palace.Colombia has changed since then. The establishment is nowmade up of left ‐wing academics, woke journalists or “influencer...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
Colombians Voted for Change, but Not as Expected
Daniel RaisbeckAccording to theFinancial Times, Colombia ’s current presidential election “could change Latin America” if it ends with the victory of Gustavo Petro, a former member of theM ‑19, an urban guerrilla group, andconfidant of the lateHugo Ch ávez. Petro, theFT argues, would lead “the most radical government in the country’s modern history.” Until now, Colombia has been a staunch U.S. ally in South America while avoiding Ch ávez’s brand of “21st century socialism.”Petro, who is praised by his friends for his “solid Marxist foundation,” plans to ban allexploration of oil, Colombi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 682
Answer to theParasite Case of the Week 682:Schistosoma mansoniegg.The following post is from our first ever guest author, Hadel Go. I think you will all agree that Hadel did an outstanding job writing up the answer to the case of the week, and that this is truly one of the best case answers we have had on this blog.__________________________________Hadel Go, Medical Student, Guest AuthorThis is aSchistosoma mansoniegg in lung tissue as many of you correctly identified in the comments. The large lateral spine is a dead giveaway and creates the “quote bubble” morphology mentioned by Jacob @eternalstudying on Twitte...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 17, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
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Answer to theParasite Case of the Week 682:Schistosoma mansoniegg.The following post is from our first ever guest author, Hadel Go. I think you will all agree that Hadel did an outstanding job writing up the answer to the case of the week, and that this is truly one of the best case answers we have had on this blog.__________________________________Hadel Go, Medical Student, Guest AuthorThis is aSchistosoma mansoniegg in lung tissue as many of you correctly identified in the comments. The large lateral spine is a dead giveaway and creates the “quote bubble” morphology mentioned by Jacob @eternalstudying on Twitte...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 17, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
U.S. Gasoline Prices Depend on Global Oil Markets — Not “Independence”
Alan ReynoldsI still have a 1979 bookmark that says, “INFLATION IS A PAIN IN THE GAS.”Funny but wrong. U.S. gasoline prices follow gyrations in world oil markets, which depend on global (not domestic) supply and demand.What actually happened in 1978 –80, an important German study from Bruegel reminds us, was the Iranian revolution and the Iran ‐Iraq War: “The 1978 Iranian revolution decreased global supply by 4 percent and led to a price increase of 57 percent. The 1980 Iran‐Iraq war decreased global supply by 4 percent and led to a price increase of 45 percent.”What happened to world oil market...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 10, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
The Unintelligible Psaki ‐Biden Theory of Oil Prices
Alan ReynoldsJust as Congress was poised to ban imports of Russian oil, President Biden got the jump on them with an executive order. Despite the delay, it was the right thing to do as a national expression of moral outrage over Russian military atrocities.The White House repeatedly explained its two ‐week inaction by suggesting that U.S. gasoline prices depend on how much oil we buy from this one minor source of imports.In late FebruaryReuters reported, “As the White House developed the sanctions package… [officials] were concerned about the possible impacts of a loss of Russian oil supply at a time of rising...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 9, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
Congress Should Require TPS for Immigrants from Nations With Armed Conflicts
David J. BierSince 1990, the executive branch has had the authority from Congress to provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to people already in the United States who are from countries in which an “ongoing armed conflict within the state" exists. A bipartisan group in Congress wrote a letter to the Biden administration requesting that it designate Ukraine for TPS, and then they also proposed legislation torequire it to use its authority.Finally, the administrationhas relented (with the full details still to be filled in). But Congress should still recognize the procedural problem with giving total discretion to th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 4, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
How Turkey Lost Its Freedom — and Even Its Bread
Mustafa AkyolTheHuman Freedom Index 2021 just came out. It shows a concerning decline in freedom in countries where 83 percent of the global population lives. Among these, there are five countries whose trajectories in the past ten years are the worst of all. These are Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bahrain, and my home country, Turkey.The graph above, adapted from theHuman Freedom Index, puts Turkey ’s tragic decline visually: in 2009, Turkey ranked 83rd on the index. In ten years, it declined to 139th place. It is a remarkably downhill slide.How did this happen? How did Turkey lose its freedom so dramatically?The ans...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Mustafa Akyol Source Type: blogs
Freedom in Decline for 83% of the World ’s Population: New Human Freedom Index
Ian V ásquezThe vast majority of the world ’s population (83%) has seen a decline in freedom since 2008. That includes decreases in freedom in the ten most populous countries of the world—China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico.So finds theHuman Freedom Index 2021(HFI) co ‐published today by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute in Canada. The index uses 82 distinct indicators of economic, personal, and civil freedoms to rate 165 jurisdictions from 2008 to 2019, the most recent year for which internationally comparable data is available.The decline ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Law Yet to Catch Up With Counter ‐Drone Technology
Matthew FeeneyA recent joint intelligence bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and theNational Counterterrorism Center reveals what the agencies consider to be thefirst attempt to usea drone to target domestic infrastructure. The incident, which occurred last year, involved a small drone flown toward a Pennsylvania power substation. It highlights the regulatory headaches surrounding counter ‐drone measures.According to reporting fromWiredmagazine, the attempted attack featured a DJI Mavic 2 carrying two pieces of nylon rope attached to a ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
U.S. and World Economic Freedom Heading in Different Directions
Ian V ásquezTheEconomic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report, released today by the Fraser Institute and co ‐published in the United States by the Cato Institute, documents a slight rise in global economic freedom, continuing a notable, long‐term, though decelerating, trend over the past several decades. The study is based on data through 2019, the most recent year for which there is internati onally comparable data, so it does not account for the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Although the United States maintained its rank at 6th in this year ’s index, it is worrisome that its long‐term declin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 14, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
