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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers watch as migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to avoid deportation from the U.S. The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

‘There’s no control’: Border chaos invades America’s heartland

Iron County in Utah is about the furthest thing from a border community. But Sheriff Kenneth Carpenter says incidents like a traffic stop this month on the interstate, where a deputy nabbed a motorist for reckless driving and found 5 pounds of methamphetamine and $8,000 in cash, are the results of the chaos on the U.S.-Mexico boundary. Published September 26, 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The White House is facing sharp condemnation from Democrats for its handling of the influx of Haitian migrants at the U.S. southern border, after images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics went viral. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) **FILE**

Photographer says Border Patrol agents didn’t whip Haitian migrants

A photographer who took photos of mounted Border Patrol agents in a tense encounter with Haitian migrants earlier this week says he didn't see any whipping, puncturing the outrage that the White House and immigrant-rights activists have aimed at the agents. Published September 24, 2021

In this Aug. 22, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Republicans demand details on Afghan evacuees charged with crimes in the U.S.

Republican lawmakers on Friday demanded the Biden administration reveal how many Afghan evacuees have already been charged with crimes in the U.S. after federal prosecutors revealed two cases in Wisconsin involving allegations of spousal abuse and attempted sexual assault of two boys under 15 years of age. Published September 24, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas asks judge to rule DHS is violating ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went back to court Thursday to ask a judge to order Homeland Security to reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" border policy, saying Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears to be slow-walking the court's order restoring the policy. Published September 23, 2021

Migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande river to leave Del Rio, Texas, and return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, early Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, some to avoid possible deportation from the U.S. and others to load up with supplies. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Biden supporters blast DHS over Haitian deportations

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas just last month declared Haiti a wreck of a country, facing severe food shortages, lousy health care, a ruined economy, political instability and "staggering" human rights abuses. Published September 22, 2021

Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government ramps up to an expected six expulsion flights to Haiti and Mexico began busing some away from the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

DHS chief Mayorkas: Border ‘no less secure’ than it was under Trump

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted Wednesday that conditions on the U.S. southern border have not deteriorated under President Biden, and shot down claims by the former Border Patrol chief who said things are worse than he's seen in nearly 30 years of service. Published September 22, 2021

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas makes an opening statement before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss security threats 20 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

DHS chief Mayorkas says border numbers are dropping

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas suggested his department has turned the corner on the border surge, telling senators Tuesday that the number of people being arrested this month has begun to tick down from the unprecedented level of July and August. Published September 21, 2021

Migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, late Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, to avoid deportation to Haiti from the U.S. The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America's swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Biden aims to welcome 125,000 refugees next year

The Biden administration informed Congress on Monday that it hopes to welcome 125,000 refugees in fiscal 2022, envisioning a massive ramp-up in admissions even as the government struggles to handle its current challenges at the southern border and with Afghan evacuees. Published September 20, 2021