Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Biden’s pick for U.S. archivist shoots down ERA backers’ hopes of shortcut to ratifying amendment
Colleen Shogan told lawmakers that if she is installed as the next head of the National Archives, she will not short-circuit the process to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Published September 22, 2022
Pandemic fraudsters will owe taxes on their ill-gotten gains, IRS warns
The IRS warned Wednesday that anyone who cheated the government on pandemic loans still must pay taxes on the fraud-based income or else face the wrath of the taxman. Published September 21, 2022
Kid brothers from Guatemala found abandoned at border
Border patrol agents found two young brothers at the border Tuesday, saying they had been "abandoned" by their parents who turned them over to a group of people to make their way into the U.S. Published September 20, 2022
Border communities seethe as Democrats seek money for Martha’s Vineyard migrants
Martha's Vineyard said it was stressed when about 50 migrants were flown to the exclusive island enclave earlier this month. In Brooks County, Texas, Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez had to laugh. His county has already seen that many migrants this year, just counting dead bodies. Published September 20, 2022
Martha’s Vineyard migrants file class-action lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Some of the illegal immigrants Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew to Martha's Vineyard filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Republican governor, saying he bamboozled them into making the trip. Published September 20, 2022
Surging number of suspected terrorists nabbed jumping Mexico border this year
The Border Patrol has nabbed 78 people on a terrorist watch list so far this fiscal year, according to new Department of Homeland Security data. Published September 20, 2022
DHS tops 2 million illegal immigrant encounters in 2022 alongside record rise in smuggled fentanyl
The chaos at the southern border grew in August, according to new numbers Homeland Security released Monday that showed record levels of fentanyl and illegal immigrants being smuggled in. Published September 19, 2022
Why firing federal employees doesn’t work: Study finds unions wrangle to get workers rehired
America First Policy Institute reviewed hundreds of cases and concluded that in a majority of cases where a federal agency fires an employee and their union files a grievance demanding arbitration on the decision, the arbiter ends up overturning the ouster and reinstating the worker. Published September 19, 2022
Migrant busing campaign exposes extreme rift over America’s borders
There may be no other issue on which the red-blue divide runs as deep as immigration right now, and you have to look no further than the spat between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Published September 18, 2022
Lawyers for migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard demand criminal investigation into Florida flights
Lawyers representing dozens of illegal immigrants flown into Martha's Vineyard last week are demanding that federal and state prosecutors open a criminal case on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying state officials misled the migrants into making the trip. Published September 17, 2022
Border officer gets probation for arranging sham immigration marriage
A border officer was sentenced to two years of probation Friday for taking part in a sham marriage to help a friend from the Philippines immigrate to the U.S. and gain citizenship here. Published September 16, 2022
Senate Democrats eye new money to help cities deal with migrants bused in from Texas
Two prominent Democrats have asked colleagues to pony up more taxpayer money to welcome illegal immigrants to the U.S., saying Texas's effort to bus migrants deep into the interior is putting a strain on blue states. Published September 16, 2022
Sanctuary advocates cry foul when border crisis gets up close, personal
The campaign by red state governors to transport illegal immigrants to Democratic-led areas expanded dramatically this week with Texas dropping off busloads right outside Vice President Kamala Harris' official residence in Washington and Florida flying planeloads of Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard, a playground for the country's liberal elite. Published September 15, 2022
Sen. Ron Wyden: DHS stores phone data from border searches for 15 years
A U.S. senator said Thursday that Homeland Security is bamboozling Americans into agreeing to allow their phones to be searched at the border, then storing their data for 15 years in a database that lacks good controls over who can access it. Published September 15, 2022
Florida ships illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard
Florida shipped two planeloads of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, joining Texas and Arizona in trying to make deep blue territory feel the pain of the migration surge that's taken place under President Biden. Published September 15, 2022
Man pleads guilty to threatening dictionary company over definition of ‘woman’
A California man has pleaded guilty to threatening Merriam-Webster after becoming enraged that the dictionary company included gender identity in its definitions of "woman" and "girl." Published September 14, 2022
IG announces audit of IRS employees to find tax cheats within workforce
A federal inspector general has announced an audit of IRS employees to suss out how many of them are cheating on their own taxes. Published September 14, 2022
29% of border migrants failed to show up for check-ins: Audit
Nearly a third of illegal immigrants released during the early months of the Biden migrant surge last year failed to show up for required check-ins, according to a new inspector general's report that said Homeland Security is having a tough time tracking all the people it's setting free. Published September 13, 2022
Stimulus spending lifted Americans out of poverty: Census Bureau
The child tax credit helped push a key measure of poverty to its lowest level on record, according to new Census Bureau data Tuesday that signaled just how critical government assistance was to propping Americans up in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. Published September 13, 2022
Foreign fraudsters broke feds’ firewall to steal billions in pandemic loans: Audit
Foreign criminal syndicates are estimated to have stolen tens of billions of dollars in pandemic relief money, and a new inspector general's report is shedding light on how some of that happened. Published September 13, 2022
