Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Illegal immigration cools at southern border as Biden policies take hold
Illegal immigration at the southern border has dropped to its lowest levels since just after President Biden took office, with Customs and Border Protection reporting fewer than 145,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants in June. Published July 18, 2023
Defense Department sitting on 20,822 unused border wall panels
The Defense Department revealed Tuesday that it has more than 20,000 unused border wall panels in storage that it is trying to dispose of after President Biden halted construction. Published July 18, 2023
Vanishing act: DHS admits that 40% of catch-and-release migrants disappeared
ICE failed to deliver immigration court summonses to more than 80% of illegal immigrants caught and released under the Biden administration's "parole" program just before the end of the Title 42 pandemic border policy, according to new statistics the government submitted to a federal judge. Published July 18, 2023
Illegal immigrant kids with tuberculosis infections released into 44 states
The government is releasing thousands of illegal immigrant children with latent tuberculosis infections into America's communities, with no assurances they will get treated. Published July 18, 2023
FBI agent confirms IRS agents’ testimony on interference in Hunter Biden probe
A supervisory special agent at the FBI has confirmed a key element of IRS agents' testimony that they were blocked from interviewing Hunter Biden as part of their investigation into his criminal activities, Republicans' top investigator said Monday. Published July 17, 2023
GOP bill would shut down Biden administration’s ‘ecogrief’ training
House Republicans are moving to derail the Biden administration's "ecogrief" training for federal employees, attaching language to a spending bill that would bar the Interior Department from offering the classes to its employees. Published July 16, 2023
Sen. James Lankford calls for reinforcements to stop drugs at border
Stopping fentanyl at the border often means spotting packages concealed as cargo in vehicles at border crossings -- but the government is struggling just to man the scanning machines. Published July 12, 2023
ICE released a repeat child sex offender who is now accused of raping a 13-year-old girl
The Biden administration has made a point of trying to deport immigrants with sex offenses on their records, so it's surprising that they never went after Ransford Perry. Published July 11, 2023
Lawmakers ask VA to stop ‘cruel’ experiments on cats
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough approved an experiment last year to implant sensors for a prosthetic hand into cats -- a move that members of Congress say is "at odds" with new federal laws meant to limit the government's use of dogs, cats and primates in experiments. Published July 11, 2023
DHS opens new pathway for Central American migrants to reach U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security has opened a new avenue for migrants from Central America to reach the U.S. without skirting the border, announcing the start Friday of a parole program that will let people jump the green card line and enter earlier. Published July 7, 2023
State’s expanded voting rules test federal Election Day law
Activists are challenging the expansion of Election Day into a full election season with a new lawsuit aimed at trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle. Published July 6, 2023
Race in college admission essays could spark new legal battles, court watchers say
The man who led the lawsuit that upended universities' race-based affirmative action policies warned schools against trying to find a workaround by asking Black and Hispanic applicants to focus on their race or ethnicity in their admission essays. Published July 6, 2023
Overwhelmed Border Patrol releases terrorism suspect into U.S.: Federal audit
The Border Patrol caught a terrorism suspect at the southern border but was too overwhelmed by the surge of migrants to properly flag the person and instead released the person into the country, according to a new government audit. Published July 5, 2023
Prostitutes for Hunter Biden cross legality line
Tucked deep within IRS criminal investigators' testimony about Hunter Biden is the revelation that the Justice Department, in addition to probing tax and gun crimes, was also collecting data to charge the president's son with transporting prostitutes across state lines. Published July 5, 2023
Food stamp errors soar since pandemic onset; 10% overpaid
The food stamp program was slammed with fraud and bungling during the pandemic, leading to the highest rate of "improper payments" on record last year, according to new government data. Published July 4, 2023
Civil rights groups challenge Harvard over ‘mostly White’ donor admissions policy
Civil rights advocates filed a challenge on Monday to Harvard University's legacy and donor admissions policies, calling them unfair giveaways to "mostly White" students. Published July 3, 2023
Biden is forced to build Trump’s border wall
Homeland Security said Friday it will build 20 more miles of border wall, carrying out some of former President Donald Trump's marquee campaign promise. Published June 30, 2023
DHS opens wider door for illegal immigrants to schedule their arrivals
Homeland Security announced late Friday that it is expanding the daily number of slots for unauthorized migrants to schedule appointments to come into the U.S. to 1,450 a day. Published June 30, 2023
Supreme Court to hear major gun rights case in next term
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear a case involving whether the government can bar domestic violence perpetrators from owning a gun, setting up the next big test of gun rights for the justices. Published June 30, 2023
Roberts warns Supreme Court justices to stop sniping at each other
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. closed out the Supreme Court's term on Friday with a warning to justices to cut out the carping, saying that the increasingly harsh language they're using in their opinions to attack each other's rulings is hurting the court. Published June 30, 2023
