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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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An agent hops out of a vehicle during a police raid against alleged migrant smugglers near the Mexican border in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.Guatemalan authorities have arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Feds announce bust of Guatemalan migrant-smuggling ring

Federal authorities on Thursday announced the takedown of a Guatemalan smuggling ring they said is responsible for "large numbers" of illegal immigrants making their way to the U.S. -- and was involved in the death of one migrant woman in Texas last year. Published August 4, 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters about aid to Ukraine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP senators sound alarm over terrorist suspects at southern border

Republican senators said Wednesday it's a "near certainty" that terrorism suspects have sneaked into the U.S. over the porous southern border on President Biden's watch, and they challenged the administration's claims the boundary is secure. Published August 3, 2022

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before a raid to arrest immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security during an early morning raid in Compton, Calif., Monday, June 6, 2022. This weekend, the Biden administration said it would suspend an order prioritizing the arrest and deportation of immigrants considered a threat to public safety and national security in order to comply with a ruling earlier in June 2022 from a Texas judge. Many otherwise law-abiding immigrants living here illegally will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they'll be detained. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

ICE comes up empty in effort to find missing border jumpers

The Biden administration's attempt to track down catch-and-release illegal immigrants and serve them with court summonses turned into a "complete waste of time," according to officers who say they were pulled off higher priority cases to chase down "ghosts." Published July 28, 2022

Migrants stand next to the border wall as they wait to get taken away by the Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) ** FILE **

Smugglers left three illegal immigrants to die in New Mexico

Federal prosecutors have brought charges against smugglers they say led a group of 11 illegal immigrants into the U.S., then abandoned three of them to their deaths when they were unable to keep up with the group. Published July 28, 2022

Sylvia Iriondo, left rear, president of Mothers and Women Against Repression, speaks at a news conference along with other Cuban exiles, of their concern of the sale of two local Spanish language radio stations, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the Bay of Pigs Museum and Brigade 2506 headquarters in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood. The deal involving Spanish-language radio stations is stirring up opposition in Miami, where Cuban exiles describe it as a clear attempt by Democrats to stifle conservative and anti-Communist voices in the Hispanic community where they've lost ground. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

Soros-backed group seeks to buy radio stations targeted to Hispanics

After watching Hispanic voters embrace Republicans, liberal activists are cheering a new George Soros-backed effort to buy Spanish-language radio stations, saying it should help counter "disinformation" they blame for swaying a once reliable Democratic voting bloc. Published July 24, 2022

In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. The Executive Office for Immigration Review is the arm of the Justice Department that oversees deportation proceedings whether immigrants are allowed stay in the U.S. or whether they are turned back to their countries. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Chief immigration judge quits amid Biden administration purge

The nation's chief immigration judge is calling it quits after sources said he faced an increasingly strident Biden administration that cut him out of decisions as it pursued a more relaxed policy toward illegal immigrants. Published July 21, 2022