On October 3, 1965, Lyndon Johnson sat at a table at the base of the Statue of Liberty and signed the Hart-Celler Act, formally known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, erasing the national origins quota system from American law. Standing near him was a 77-year-old Brooklyn Democrat watching the end of a...

Around 50,000 to 60,000 migrants poured across the frontier from Morocco into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta in late July 2026, flooding the narrow strip of land and leaving Spanish authorities visibly overwhelmed—the worst crossing event since the May 2021 crisis. The images were harrowing enough to command the attention of the entire...