Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Biden wants more taxpayer money to transport illegal immigrants around U.S.
It's not just Texas that's busing illegal immigrants deep into the country -- Uncle Sam is doing it too by paying nonprofit organizations tens of millions of dollars to help transport and settle migrants into more communities. Published September 12, 2022
Ex-ambassador to Mexico says Mayorkas should be impeached
The push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has gained more steam with America's former ambassador to Mexico saying he supports the idea. Published September 12, 2022
Nigerian man accused of ripping off New York in $30-million COVID ventilator scam
Federal prosecutors have charged a Nigerian man they say managed to bilk New York out of more than $30 million during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic by selling them ventilators -- then never delivering. Published September 9, 2022
Texas migrant busing crosses 10,000 mark
Texas has bused its 10,000th migrant to other regions of the U.S. as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to share the pain of the border surge. Published September 9, 2022
Rep. Michael Burgess demands answers after illegal immigrant children go ‘missing’
Rep. Michael Burgess warned the Biden administration that it is endangering children and may be breaking the law after many illegal immigrant juveniles have gone "missing" in Houston. Published September 9, 2022
D.C. declares ‘emergency’ over migrants being bused into city
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday over the surge of illegal immigrants arriving in the nation's capital, calling it "a crisis that is certainly not of our making" and tapping millions of dollars in aid to help house and feed the newcomers. Published September 8, 2022
DHS tosses Trump-era policy, adopts more lenient welfare rules for immigrants
Homeland Security on Thursday announced it has adopted a new lenient policy on immigrants' use of welfare, tossing a Trump-era policy that would have been far stricter. Published September 8, 2022
Suspected smugglers caught peeking in windows of Border Patrol headquarters
Straight from the files of "what were they thinking" comes a criminal case out of California, where agents nabbed smuggling suspects who were prowling around Border Patrol headquarters, peeking over hedges and peering in windows to try to spot some friends of theirs. Published September 7, 2022
Inspector general says DHS allowed unvetted, dangerous Afghans to reach the U.S.
The Homeland Security Department failed to fully vet some of the Afghan evacuees it brought into the U.S. during last year's airlift, the department's inspector general said in a devastating audit, which warned that some people who "posed a risk to national security" were indeed let into the country. Published September 7, 2022
Pollsters still searching for fixes as 2022 voting nears
If ABC and The Washington Post were to be believed in the days before Election Day 2020, then-candidate Joseph R. Biden was about to wipe the floor with President Trump in Wisconsin. The news outlets' Oct. 28 survey, just a week before voting day, showed the Democrat up by a staggering 17 percentage points. Published September 5, 2022
Congressman invites White House spokeswoman to visit the border
Rep. Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, extended a formal invitation Thursday to President Biden's press secretary to visit the U.S.-Mexico border and get a first-hand look at the chaos local officials say has been unleashed by the new administration's policies. Published September 1, 2022
Chicago mayor says Texas is ‘racist’ for sending migrants to her city
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lashed out at Texas after her city became the latest target for Gov. Greg Abbott's migrant busing campaign, calling the move "racist" but saying her city is ready to take the newcomers. Published September 1, 2022
Texas ships first batch of illegal immigrants to Chicago
Chicago is the latest target for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's campaign to bus illegal immigrants to Democrat-led cities, after the Republican governor announced the first busload arrived Wednesday. Published August 31, 2022
ICE identifies cop-killer suspects as illegal immigrants
Three Mexican brothers identified as part of an investigation into the shocking murder of a North Carolina sheriff's deputy were all in the country illegally -- including one who was caught and released at the border under the Trump administration. Published August 31, 2022
Feds can’t say what happened to Afghan evacuees in U.S. who were security risks, not fully vetted
The Biden administration is still allowing Afghans to reach the U.S. without checking them through a key Defense Department database that could help weed out national security risks, according to senators. Published August 30, 2022
Black voters say NYC’s immigrant voting plan is racially motivated attempt to shift power
Black residents in New York filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that the city's attempt to allow noncitizens to vote in municipal elections is unconstitutional because it was a "racially motivated" move to siphon political power from Black residents to other racial or ethnic minorities. Published August 29, 2022
What tea party? Former IRS official Lerner claimed ignorance in secret testimony about targeting
Lois Lerner claimed to have little knowledge of the tea party movement and what it stood for, even as she oversaw the IRS' intrusive scrutiny of tea party groups' applications for nonprofit status, according to newly released transcripts of a long-secret deposition she gave. Published August 28, 2022
Secret Service recaptures $2.3 billion in bogus pandemic benefits
The Secret Service said Friday it has helped recover and return to the government nearly $2.3 billion in bogus pandemic benefits, including a major new operation that netted nearly $300 million in fraudulent small business loans. Published August 26, 2022
Former DHS chief Chad Wolf says he didn’t erase any Jan. 6 text messages
Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf flatly rejected suggestions that he deleted key text messages from Jan. 6, 2021, and said House Democrats' committee investigating the matter hasn't even reached out to him on the issue. Published August 25, 2022
New bill would punish China for refusing to take back deportees
Fed up with countries refusing to take back their own citizens the U.S. is trying to deport, a Republican congressman on Thursday announced new legislation that could cut off those countries' ability to travel to the U.S. Published August 25, 2022
