Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
ICE officer charged with sexually assaulting illegal immigrants he was supervising
Prosecutors said the former deportation officer abused his power over migrants whom he was supervising for years. Published December 8, 2022
Nuke Bizzle gets 6 years in prison after pleading to scamming $700K in COVID unemployment mail fraud
The rapper's fortunes turned after posting a music video of his crime to YouTube. Published December 8, 2022
Biden administration appeals ruling that ended Title 42 border policy
The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that ended the Title 42 pandemic policy that allows the government to expel illegal immigrants. Published December 7, 2022
Feds bring COVID fraud charges against the author of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against Florida state Rep. Joe Harding, accusing him of bilking a pandemic assistance program to get loans for businesses that had gone defunct years earlier. Published December 7, 2022
Supreme Court justices skeptical of unchecked state power over federal elections
Supreme Court justices cast a skeptical eye Wednesday on claims that state legislatures rule in making decisions about federal elections, worrying that it would upend the usual checks and balances. Published December 7, 2022
Trump’s budget chief offers plan to defund Biden’s ‘woke’ agenda
Republicans who want to undermine the Biden administration's "woke" agenda now have a blueprint: The Center for Renewing America released a list of more than 20 federal budget items it says promote critical race theory, gay rights or other controversial causes with taxpayers' money. Published December 7, 2022
ATF wants to destroy guns from botched Obama-era Fast and Furious operation
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has alerted Congress that it intends to destroy the guns it still possesses from the botched Fast and Furious operation, which saw the U.S. inadvertently arm Mexican cartels. Published December 6, 2022
Biden says border chaos isn’t ‘important’ enough to make visit
President Biden shunned a chance to visit the border Tuesday, saying he had something "more important" to do on a trip to Arizona than see the chaos that's erupted on his watch. Published December 6, 2022
Homeland Security grants new deportation amnesty for Haitians
Homeland Security announced a new deportation amnesty for Haitians on Monday, citing ongoing unrest in the Caribbean nation as a reason the U.S. will allow its citizens who are already here -- including illegal immigrants -- to remain. Published December 5, 2022
Reported bipartisan deal will grant citizenship to two million ‘Dreamers,’ toughen border processing
A report that two senators have struck a tentative deal on granting a pathway to citizenship to 2 million illegal immigrants inflamed debate Monday, with immigration activists saying they hope lawmakers can speed something through before the GOP takes control of the House next year. Published December 5, 2022
Ready or not? Homeland security insists they are ready for border surge, then asks for delay
Homeland Security officials promised a top Republican senator's staff that they would be prepared to handle a border surge the moment the Title 42 pandemic policy ended. So why, Sen. James Lankford wonders, did the department then ask a federal judge for a five-week delay in his order ending Title 42? Published December 5, 2022
Supreme Court to decide how much authority state legislatures have over elections
In any other era, the Supreme Court's upcoming case on who holds the final say on election rules would be largely confined to the pages of law review journals and back rooms of state legislatures. Published December 5, 2022
DHS bows to pressure from activists to shut detention center ‘tainted’ by handling of women, kids
The Homeland Security Department will close a migrant detention center it maintains in Pennsylvania after bowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists who say the facility is tainted by a history of detaining women and children. Published December 2, 2022
Rep. Jim Jordan hints at subpoena for ousted DHS disinformation chief Nina Jankowicz
Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican poised to take over as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has asked the head of the Biden administration's failed disinformation governance board to deliver testimony. Published December 1, 2022
Feds announce bust in $30 million pandemic unemployment fraud
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against eight people in Georgia they say filed more than 5,000 bogus applications for pandemic unemployment benefits, stealing more than $30 million in money intended for the downtrodden. Published November 30, 2022
19,000 millionaires collected unemployment during the pandemic
Thousands of millionaires were collecting government unemployment checks while essential workers were paying into the system during the coronavirus pandemic, according to IRS data. Published November 30, 2022
New York City workers busted for COVID fraud
Federal authorities announced charges Wednesday against New York City workers they say conspired in an extensive fraud operation involving dozens of bogus pandemic loan applications. Published November 30, 2022
DHS warns of continued threats to LGBT community in new terror alert
The man who shot up a gay club in Colorado Springs earlier this month has drawn praise in online forums, Homeland Security said Wednesday, warning that LGBT individuals now face a heightened risk of attack in the coming months. Published November 30, 2022
Whistleblower says Border Patrol released convicted murderer because he had COVID
Border Patrol agents were ordered to release a convicted murderer because he had contracted the coronavirus and Homeland Security didn't want to house him, according to a former high-ranking immigration official. Published November 30, 2022
Supreme Court asked to block Mayorkas deportation policy
The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with states' ability to challenge the Biden administration's immigration policies, and the courts' ability to referee those disputes, in a case over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's non-deportation policy. Published November 29, 2022
