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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A sign marks one of the entrances of the U.S. Army base Fort Lee Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. Afghan refugees who have been prescreened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been taken to Fort Lee and other temporary reception centers are being set up at Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Feds shut down first U.S. camp used for Afghan evacuees

The final Afghan evacuees who'd been housed at Fort Lee, the first evacuee camp set up on U.S. soil, have now been processed and resettled in the country, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Published November 17, 2021

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DHS chief Mayorkas: ‘I give myself an A for effort’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas graded himself with an "A for effort" on Tuesday, telling senators he believes the Biden administration is on the right track to solve the border's chaos and to make up for what he called cruel Trump policies. Published November 16, 2021

In this March 30, 2021, file photo, minors are shown inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. President Biden said migrants separated at the southern border during the Trump administration deserve compensation, but it likely won’t be $450,000. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) ** FILE **

Feds ponder how much to pay illegal immigrants in compensation

As the Biden administration considers cutting $450,000 checks to compensate illegal immigrants who suffered emotional trauma from the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, figuring out exactly the right comparison with previous government payouts -- such as those made to Japanese Americans -- is fraught with complications. Published November 10, 2021

This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John Henry Ramirez, a Texas death row inmate. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case about whether Texas must allow a chaplain to pray audibly and touch a prisoner during an execution. Executions in the nation's busiest death penalty state have been delayed while the court considers the question. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) **FILE**

Supreme Court weighs condemned killer’s demand for pastor to touch him during execution

John Henry Ramirez will almost certainly be executed by Texas for having robbed a convenience store worker of $1.25 then stabbing him 29 times, killing him. His lawyer went before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to ask the justices to rule that, when the time comes, he's allowed to have his pastor in the execution chamber. Published November 9, 2021

This May 4, 2021, photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

New fiscal year begins with lower federal deficit

The new federal fiscal year has begun with some good -- or at least less bad -- news, as Uncle Sam ran a smaller deficit in October than a year ago, according to a new estimate Monday by the Congressional Budget Office. Published November 8, 2021

In this March 30, 2021, photo, young unaccompanied migrants, from ages 3 to 9, watch television inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. On Monday, June 21, 2021, more than a dozen immigrant children described difficult conditions, feelings of isolation and a desperation to get out of emergency facilities set up by the Biden administration to cope with a rise in the arrival of minors on the southwest border. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) ** FILE **

Biden DOJ plan to pay illegal immigrants is widely unpopular, poll shows

Two-thirds of American voters disapprove of the Biden administration's plans to pay illegal immigrants $450,000 for "trauma" stemming from having their families separated during the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy, according to a new poll Monday. Published November 8, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol agent says up to 1.2 million illegal immigrants evaded detection

As many as 1.2 million illegal immigrants may have evaded detection and sneaked into the country over the last year and more will come if they hear about plans to pay $450,000 to some migrants, a top Border Patrol union official said in a new podcast released Friday by Sen. Marsha Blackburn and provided first to The Washington Times. Published November 5, 2021