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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Members of Migrant Justice, a community group advocating for migrant farmworkers' rights, hold a rally outside the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., on Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Voters embrace leniency for migrants in farms, hotels, construction

Americans are prepared to show leniency to illegal immigrants who work on farms or in the hospitality industry, according to new polling that found voters like the idea of carving them out of deportations and offering them legal status. Published August 1, 2025

From left: French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump arrive for the family photograph during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 16, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP) **FILE**

Appeals court skeptical of Trump’s tariffs

Federal appeals court judges challenged President Trump's claim of expansive emergency powers to slap tariffs on the rest of the globe, suggesting during a high-stakes hearing Thursday that he's stretching the law too far. Published July 31, 2025

FILE- A general view of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Monday, June 16, 2025, in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, file)

Dem lawmakers sue ICE to demand access

A group of congressional Democrats filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding unfettered access to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, saying the deportation agency is illegally blocking them from getting a first-hand look at what's going on. Published July 30, 2025

US Customs and Border Protection officers guard an entrance of the Federal Building in Los Angeles while protesters rally during a demonstration in response to a series of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids throughout the country, on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Judges question Stephen Miller’s target of 3,000 immigration arrests a day

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's call for Homeland Security to arrest 3,000 unauthorized immigrants a day took center stage at a federal appeals court Monday, where the judges speculated that his demand may have pressured agents to launch an unconstitutional dragnet for migrants in the Los Angeles area. Published July 28, 2025

A mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child while surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border near McAllen, Texas, on Monday, June 25, 2018. Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

DHS struggles to locate migrant kids that went ‘missing’ under Biden

Homeland Security located less than 25% of the illegal immigrant children it tried to find when it visited the adults who were supposed to be taking care of them, the department's inspector general told Congress last week, underscoring the deep hole the Biden administration left. Published July 27, 2025

FILE - Anti-Trump protesters march to Trump Tower as they rally for a number of issues, including immigrant rights, the Israel-Hamas war, women's reproductive rights, racial equality and others, on the day of President Trump's Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley,File)

Trump loses lawsuit challenging Illinois’ sanctuary law

Sanctuary jurisdictions won a round in the legal battle against President Trump on Friday when a federal judge shut down his lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago and Cook County, saying the 10th Amendment protects their right to refuse to assist federal immigration arrests. Published July 25, 2025

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer listens during a briefing, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Feds charge clinic staff with blocking arrest of migrant

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced criminal charges Friday against two staffers at a California clinic who were captured on video helping an illegal immigrant escape from ICE custody. Published July 25, 2025

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour event at Arizona State University, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Met Gala dress broke ethics rules

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received a gentle reprimand from the House Ethics Committee, which ruled she broke congressional rules with her 2021 appearance at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York -- and the attention-grabbing "Tax the Rich" dress she wore. Published July 25, 2025