Recent actions of the citizens and city council of the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, TX, are living proof that you don’t need to be a Washington insider to make a difference. The town has enacted a measure that will forbid illegal aliens from buying or renting homes. If they do, the penalties will be paid [...] [more...]

Following Chicago’s lead, the Evanston city council is poised to pass a measure that will forbid police and other city officials from inquiring into criminals’ and others’ immigration status, essentially making the city a “sanctuary” for illegals. Given Evanston’s reputation as an ultra-liberal bastion of “diversity,” this is hardly surprising. Harder to understand is why the [...] [more...]

Despite the mandatory "happy talk" about the wonders of "diversity," Third World immigrants—legal and otherwise—typically bring with them the very things that make their home countries undesirable places to live: poverty, crime, disease, and squalor. An Indian family living in Oak Forest, Illinois, has brought something particularly unpleasant to the Chicagoland: the custom of enforcing India's cast system by punishing violators with death by fire. [more...]