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Stephen Dinan

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

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Afghans wait to receive food rations organized by the World Food Program (WFP) in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. eastern of Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The Taliban's sweep to power in Afghanistan in August drove billions of dollars in international assistance out of the country and sent an already dirt-poor poor nation, ravaged by war, drought and floods, spiralling toward a humanitarian catastrophe. (AP Photo/Zubair Abassi)

DHS grants new legal protection to Afghans in U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Wednesday he will grant Temporary Protected Status to many Afghans already in the U.S., giving them a new level of status. Published March 16, 2022

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif., July 8, 2019. Immigration enforcement arrests in the interior of the U.S. fell over the past year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement focus to people in the country without legal status who have committed serious crimes. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Biden cancels COVID border shutdown for illegal immigrant children

The Biden administration moved late Friday to cancel the pandemic border shutdown as it pertains to illegal immigrant children who show up without parents, saying it had revisited the issue and decided children aren't as much of a risk as other unauthorized border jumpers. Published March 12, 2022

In this July 8, 2019, photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

ICE announces massive drops in arrests, deportations

The Biden administration slashed interior immigration arrests by about half compared to the Trump years, according to an overdue report released Friday that details the massive changes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Published March 11, 2022

In this March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The Treasury Department announced plans Thursday to hire 10,000 more IRS employees, which the tax agency vowed to use to try to solve an unprecedented backlog that's left millions of Americans without the refunds they believe they are owed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

IRS to hire 10,000 more people amid backlog

The Treasury Department announced plans Thursday to hire 10,000 more IRS employees, which the tax agency vowed to use to try to solve an unprecedented backlog that's left millions of Americans without the refunds they believe they are owed. Published March 10, 2022

This March 18, 2020, file photo taken in Idaho shows a form for the U.S. Census 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

2020 census missed Black, Hispanic residents

The 2020 census got the country's total right but undercounted Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents while overcounting White and Asian residents, the Census Bureau announced Thursday. Published March 10, 2022

In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., arrives for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican incumbents Fleischmann and Phil Roe easily won their primaries on Thursday, as they seek a return to their U.S. House seats for another two years. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress dings ICE on overdue deportation numbers

Congress delivered a spanking to ICE in the new spending bill this week, prodding the agency to release long-overdue reports on how immigration enforcement fared during the first year under President Biden. Published March 9, 2022

A pair of migrant families from Brazil seeking asylum walk through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill

Republicans preserved nearly $2 billion in unspent border wall construction money as part of the government-wide spending bill announced Wednesday, and also won increases in funding for ICE and the Border Patrol, dashing hopes of immigrant-rights advocates who'd called for deep cuts. Published March 9, 2022