Instinct, emotion, intuition—all those elements that make politics, well, politics—still matter.

Yes, some people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are breaking the law, but the law is also breaking them.

Immigration officials “no longer will exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement” and “have full authority to arrest or apprehend an alien whom an immigration officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of the immigration laws.”

The pope's emphasis on protecting undocumented workers is particularly significant for Europe and the United States, where the treatment of refugees and migrants has been a consistent challenge.