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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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Migrants wait along a border wall Aug. 23, 2022, after crossing from Mexico near Yuma, Ariz. President Joe Biden's administration announced in early January that it would admit up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela for two years with authorization to work when they apply online. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argues that the new rules are designed to weaken cartels who help migrants cross into the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS to release illegal immigrants ahead of new border surge

The Department of Homeland Security is far short on detention space and will have to release illegal immigrants to prepare for a surge of newcomers at the border next month, the country's deportation chief told Congress on Tuesday. Published April 18, 2023

Martha Williams (center), director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, talks with Jimmy Laurent (left), regional energy coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Thomas Harris, secretary for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, as they visit the B-5 orphan well site in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Lottie, La., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Dozens of scientists from universities across the nation are challenging whether Williams has the education needed to run an agency in charge of managing endangered species. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

Wokeness valued over mission for Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams has gone all-in on wokeness, labeling the push for diversity, equity and inclusion her "number one priority" at an agency whose mission is to protect species and preserve their habitats. Published April 18, 2023

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Sabbath work case gives justices new chance to crack ‘separation’ of church and state

When the Supreme Court first looked at whether employees could be forced to work on their Sabbath, it was the 1970s. The issue returns Tuesday to the high court, with a much different lay of the land. Jefferson's wall of separation has been breached, and a majority of justices believe their predecessors' attempt at neutrality turned into outright hostility toward the faithful. Published April 16, 2023

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at the agency's headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

IRS reveals plans to spend $80 billion in new cash

The IRS released a 10-year plan Thursday outlining how it plans to spend the $80 billion in new money Democrats pumped into the tax agency as part of last year's climate change budget law, promising the cash will help go after high-dollar tax cheats and fix the agency's abysmal customer service. Published April 6, 2023

In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, families walk towards their flight during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP) **FILE**

Afghan evacuees spewed racism, sexism at U.S. aid workers, audit finds

Afghan evacuees subjected U.S. refugee workers to racism and sexism because they were "unaccustomed to the norms of U.S. society" and the ad hoc nature of the 2021 airlift left the government with too little time to blunt their racism through a full orientation, according to an inspector general's report. Published April 5, 2023

Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins (right) and sheriff's office spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Bailey answer questions from the media Saturday about the bodies of a family of five discovered in a Middletown, Md., house. (Associated Press, file)

Feds indict Frederick County sheriff on gun charges

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against Sheriff Charles Jenkins in Frederick County, Maryland, accusing him of helping a firearms dealer to illegally acquire automatic weapons. Published April 5, 2023