On Free Speech

On Sunday, Berkeley was the scene of a free speech rally put on by Conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos in partnership with the Berkeley College Republicans and other groups. Yiannopoulos and others scheduled the rally in response to the cancellation of Free Speech Week, an event organized by the Berkeley Patriot where Yiannopoulos was scheduled to …

A Legal Immigrant’s Perspective on Illegal Immigration

I am an immigrant. I am against illegal immigration. That may be racist, fascist, privileged, or all of the above, but it’s true. I will never forget the day I was called a racist because I was holding a sign that read “Immigration is not a right.” No one bothered to take the time and …

Statement of Support of Rescission of DACA

Contact:  Matthew Vitale; External Vice Chair, UCR College Republicans (951) 809-6403 collegerepublicansucr@gmail.com RIVERSIDE, CA—5 September 2017: The College Republicans at UC Riverside unequivocally support President Donald Trump’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. The program does nothing but promote and incentivize illegal immigration, and its rescission is welcome and needed. …

On Charlottesville

An event held on Saturday called “Unite the Right” was the catalyst for unspeakable horror in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was organized by white supremacists as a peaceful protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, but quickly became violent after confrontations with the left-wing group Antifa. Many facts remain unclear …

Death to the Death Tax

Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, along with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, released a plan for tax reform in late April. There is still not much by way of detail, but if it is based off of the tax reform plan that President Trump campaigned on, it will be a drastic improvement over …

The Russia Collusion Story is Just That: a Story

There seems to be no story the media enjoys covering more than the supposed Donald Trump-Russia collusion “scandal.” Despite the fact that the investigation has been active for close to one year with no concrete evidence of collusion, the story is paraded as the modern-day Watergate. To refresh readers, the US Code section that defines …

The Free Market and Capitalism

Depending on one’s political ideology, free market capitalism either describes the engine of the United States’ economic might or the cause of crushing income inequality. To better understand why these two definitions are such opposites, the terms must first be correctly defined. While the two are often conflated, capitalism and the free market are not …

The Minimum Wage Hurts. Here’s Why

Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia, including the great State of California, have minimum wages higher than the federal wage. The misguided and ultimately destructive practice of raising the minimum wage has become in vogue, but, it is important to note that the higher minimum wage does not have any positive impact on cities …

Immigration Is Not a Right—and it Shouldn’t Be

As a nation formed by immigrants, many think it hypocritical not to accept those fleeing oppression or seeking a better life. Leftists and liberal Republicans preoccupied with social justice espouse these ideals and, pointing to America’s “privileged” position, claim that we are duty-bound to accept almost anyone who shows up at our borders or washes …

The Unconstitutionality of Sanctuary Policies

In the United States, 167 cities and counties and four states have some type of sanctuary policy in place. This means that four states and 167 local jurisdictions routinely practice a violation of federal immigration law. These policies run the gamut from mild policies that give law enforcement discretion as to whether or not to …