Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Illegal immigrant gets 7-year sentence for attempted murder of Border Patrol agent
An illegal immigrant who snuck into the U.S. earlier this year was slapped Thursday with a prison sentence of more than 7 years for trying to murder a Border Patrol agent. Published January 12, 2023
Feds announce election fraud charges against Iowa candidate’s wife
Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against an Iowa woman they say attempted to falsely register and then cast ballots in the names of dozens of residents to help her husband, a Republican, in his elections. Published January 12, 2023
House Republicans eye vote to stop illegal immigrant voting in D.C.
A top House Republican announced legislation Thursday to stop the District of Columbia from allowing immigrants -- including some in the country illegally -- to cast ballots in local elections. Published January 12, 2023
DHS slaps new limits on when Border Patrol can chase fleeing smugglers
The Department of Homeland Security announced a new vehicle-pursuit policy Wednesday that will severely limit when Border Patrol agents can pursue migrant smugglers. Published January 11, 2023
New GOP majority tells House lawyers to cool the lawsuits
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy installed a new general counsel Wednesday and said he expects the chamber's lawyers to take a more reserved approach in weighing in on hot-button issues percolating in the courts. Published January 11, 2023
GOP lawmaker files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
A House Republican has filed the first articles of impeachment in the new Congress, targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to secure the southern border and then misleading lawmakers about his efforts. Published January 11, 2023
Biden greets new GOP majority with rough talk and veto threat
It didn't take long for President Biden and the new House GOP majority to get off on the wrong foot. Published January 11, 2023
House passes bill to cancel hiring of more IRS agents, stop new audits
Republicans flexed their new House majority to take a first swipe at President Biden on Monday, approving a bill that would claw back tens of billions of dollars from the IRS that Democrats had hoped would help the tax agency audit more Americans. Published January 9, 2023
White House vows to veto first GOP bill on cutting IRS funding
The White House vowed Monday that President Biden would veto House Republicans' first bill, which would claw back tens of billions of dollars from the IRS. Published January 9, 2023
Michigan paid $3.3B in pandemic unemployment to people with no work history
In a random sampling of 60 claims, auditors found a third of them showed suspicious assertions of self-employment that should have been followed up. Published January 9, 2023
Biden visits border, sees more money as solution to chaos
President Biden took a walk Sunday along the border wall in El Paso, Texas, getting his first up-close look at the boundary that has bedeviled his administration with two years of unprecedented chaos and saying the solution is more money. Published January 8, 2023
Texas governor hand-delivers letter demanding Biden secure the border
The Republican governor accused Mr. Biden of having "sanitized" the city by ousting migrants who had been swamping the city streets, trying to lessen the visual impact of the surge of illegal immigration. Published January 8, 2023
12 terrorism suspects nabbed sneaking across southern border, according to DHS data
Border Patrol agents caught 12 illegal immigrants in November whose names popped on the terrorism watchlist, according to new data revealed this week by the Department of Homeland Security. Published January 6, 2023
IRS completes pandemic unemployment refunds, pays $15 billion back to taxpayers
The IRS said Friday that it has finished repaying nearly 12 million taxpayers who overpaid on their 2020 returns after getting unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Published January 6, 2023
Federal contractor pleads guilty to helping Afghans cheat to immigrate to U.S.
A federal contractor pleaded guilty this week to forging bogus recommendation letters for Afghans, helping them portray themselves as allies who aided the American war effort and who deserved to win special visas to reach the U.S. Published January 6, 2023
Biden’s immigration allies revolt over new border policy
President Biden's allies in the immigrant-rights movement revolted en masse on Thursday after seeing the details of his new border policy and pronouncing it a betrayal of his promises to them. Published January 5, 2023
Two years later, the FBI is still on the hunt for Jan. 6 rioters
Soon after the mob engulfed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a tipster pointed the FBI to a TikTok video of the chaos that was taken from scaffolding inside an off-limits area of the grounds. Published January 5, 2023
Biden pivots on border chaos, turns to Trump-style expulsions and blockades
President Biden revealed a new approach to border security on Thursday, coupling a massive new path for some migrants from Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua to reach the U.S. while promising Trump-style expulsions and blockades to stop those who refuse to use his new avenues of entry. Published January 5, 2023
Biden turns to Trump policies to solve border chaos
President Biden will announce a new approach to border security on Thursday, creating massive new avenues for some migrants from Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua to enter the U.S., while vowing to use Trump-style expulsions and blockades to stop those who refuse to use the legal pathways. Published January 5, 2023
Feds grant deportation amnesty to high-profile ‘Dreamer’ who challenged Trump-era crackdown
The Biden administration reached a deal Wednesday granting a four-year stay of deportation and a chance at permanent legal status to a high-profile illegal immigrant "Dreamer" who claimed he'd been unfairly targeted by the Trump administration. Published January 4, 2023
