Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Prisons officials cleared in death of Jamel Floyd
Federal prison guards appear to have acted within policy when they deployed pepper spray on inmate Jamel Floyd in 2020 in an incident that ended with his death, an inspector general concluded. Published January 4, 2023
What you bought them: Pandemic aid feeds thieves’ hunger for luxury goods
Valesky Barosy was an up-and-coming entrepreneur, having immigrated from Haiti and quickly making a name for himself in southern Florida as a million-dollar dealmaker. Published January 4, 2023
House GOP’s agenda, ready to go, is sidelined until Republicans can agree on new speaker
House Republicans know where they want to lead the country, even if they don't yet know who their actual leader will be. Published January 3, 2023
Outgoing Arizona AG says border ‘has never been worse’
Mark Brnovich has watched as Arizona's border has deteriorated, saying that by any measure, the boundary with Mexico "has never been worse." Published January 3, 2023
Pay up: Homeland Security proposes massive boost in fees for immigrant workers
Homeland Security on Tuesday proposed a massive increase in fees paid by immigrants, saying it needs to sweat nearly $2 billion more per year out of migrants and the families and companies seeking to sponsor them in order to keep up with its workload. Published January 3, 2023
Too big too fast? Skeptics see dangers in IRS rush to expand
The IRS is preparing to staff up, flush with a cash infusion from Capitol Hill, where lawmakers said they want to see the agency find ways to clear out a backlog of cases and secure more revenue out of taxpayers. Experts say there's plenty of reason to worry. Published January 2, 2023
Taxpayer Advocates leave their clients in the lurch in challenging IRS
Jim has spent five years struggling with the IRS over $8,000 the agency is holding out of a refund. Published January 1, 2023
ICE arrested fewer convicts in 2022, blames border chaos for struggle
Deportations ticked up in 2022 as the pressures of the pandemic receded, but there were new, worrying trends as ICE ousted fewer convicted criminals and fewer gang members. Published December 30, 2022
Abortion ruling sends law schools scrambling, constitutional law teachings now out-of-step
The Supreme Court's decision over the summer didn't just upend abortion law -- it sent law professors scrambling to retool how they teach constitutional law itself. Published December 30, 2022
Justices to decide if encouraging illegal immigration is protected by First Amendment
The Supreme Court will soon decide how far someone can go in encouraging illegal immigration. Published December 29, 2022
How the deportation of veterans ignited a firestorm on Capitol Hill
ICE deported 28 veterans in the past three years, according to agency data provided to The Washington Times that suggests while it does happen, it's not the epidemic some of the agency's critics have claimed. Published December 28, 2022
Supreme Court revives Title 42 border policy, orders full arguments
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to keep the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy up and running while the justices prepare to hear the legal challenge to the policy. Published December 27, 2022
Voters’ voices carry more sway for living close to noncitizens
Rep. Ritchie Torres won reelection last month with roughly 73,000 votes, out of fewer than 90,000 cast in his district in the heart of the Bronx. Slip across the East River and it took Nick LaLota 173,000 votes, out of more than 300,000 ballots cast, to win his Long Island race. Published December 27, 2022
Shoppers’ vast giveaways of data help cheapen personal privacy
Shoppers have spent time online searching for the perfect gifts and in the process have shared even more details of their lives. Published December 25, 2022
Homeland Security pleads with migrants to turn back in Christmas warning
Homeland Security begged would-be illegal immigrants not to attempt to cross into the U.S. this weekend, saying they are risking their lives amid life-threatening low temperatures. Published December 24, 2022
New DHS data shows border is deteriorating even before end of Title 42
Border authorities nabbed 233,740 illegal immigrants at the southern border in November, setting a new record for that month and underscoring the chaos of the situation even before the end of the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy. Published December 23, 2022
IRS delays reporting rule for $600 electronic payments
The IRS is delaying a new plan that would have subjected Americans' electronic payments on apps such as PayPal and Venmo to new scrutiny, bowing to intense pressure from consumers and Congress. Published December 23, 2022
DHS deports Afghan evacuee who sexually abused 3-year-old girl
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it has deported an Afghan evacuee brought to the U.S. during last year's chaotic airlift after he was convicted of molesting a 3-year-old girl at an evacuation camp. Published December 23, 2022
‘There are no borders’: Migrants mass in Mexico ahead of Title 42’s demise
Any doubt about what awaits the U.S. after the end of the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy can be settled by looking at the headlines plastered across newspapers south of the border. Published December 22, 2022
IRS will miss deadline to solve backlog by end of 2022
The IRS won't make its self-imposed deadline to solve its massive backlog of unprocessed tax returns by the end of this year, the agency's inspector general said in a new report Thursday that said improvements have been made, but they weren't enough to fix the mess. Published December 22, 2022
