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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Migrants walk near a gate on the U.S.-Mexico border wall after they were spotted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and taken into custody while trying to cross, Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Abram-Perezville, Texas. The fate of thousands of migrant families who have recently arrived at the Mexico border is being decided by a mysterious new system under President Joe Biden. U.S. authorities are releasing migrants with “acute vulnerabilities” and allowing them to pursue asylum. But it’s not clear why some are considered vulnerable and not others. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

DHS to plug gaps Biden left in Trump’s border wall

Homeland Security announced Monday it will re-start construction on President Trump's border wall, moving to plug "gaps" left in place after President Biden ordered all work to stop on his first day. Published December 20, 2021

In this Nov. 18, 2012, photo, David Jaindl, owner and president of Jaindl Farms, walks among 22-week-old turkeys at the family-run business in Orefield, Pa. Jaindl Farms is Pennsylvania's largest single user of the federal H-2A visa program for seasonal agricultural workers. (Harry Fisher/The Morning Call via AP) **FILE**

DHS to add 20,000 guest-worker visas for seasonal jobs

Homeland Security said Monday it will add 20,000 new slots to a seasonal guest-worker program this winter, including thousands of visas set aside for people from countries responsible for much of the illegal immigrant surge. Published December 20, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, (unseen) attend a news conference, Monday, June 7, 2021, at the National Palace in Guatemala City. Harris on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, is announcing $1.2 billion in commitments from international businesses to support the economies and social infrastructure of Central American nations, as she works to address what the White House terms the “root causes” of migration to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Harris announces new Central American investment as part of immigration effort

Pepsi, Cargill and several other companies will make new investments in Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday, saying it was the latest success in her effort to try to create opportunities in those communities that might keep future would-be migrants at home. Published December 13, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters after beating back the recall that aimed to remove him from office, at the John L. Burton California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Newsom on Saturday, Dec. 11, pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale assault weapons in the state, citing the same authority claimed by conservative lawmakers in Texas to outlaw most abortions once a heartbeat is detected. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Newsom plans assault weapon ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said recently he will try to pass legislation that will give citizens the right to sue anyone who sells an assault weapon or "ghost gun" in the state, seeking to harness last week's Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law for liberal priorities. Published December 12, 2021

Bodies in bodybags are placed on the side of the road after an accident in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, Dec. 9, 2021. Mexican authorities say at least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured when a cargo truck carrying Central American migrants rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico. (AP Photo )

Truck crash kills dozens of migrant en route to U.S.

Dozens of Central American migrants believed to have been heading north through Mexico en route to the U.S. were killed Thursday after the speeding truck carrying them rolled over while taking a curve, spilling bodies across the road. Published December 9, 2021

In this Thursday, June 30, 2016 photo, Babson College graduate school alumnus Abhinav Sureka, of Mumbai, India, right, types in his work space at the college in Wellesley, Mass. Some U.S. colleges are starting programs to help their alumni get visas through what critics say is a legal loophole. Foreign grads who want to stay and start a business typically apply for one of the 85,000 H-1B visas that the U.S. gives out each year. But college employees are exempt from that cap, so schools like UMass, Babson and CUNY have launched programs to hire alumni and foreign entrepreneurs and help them grow their businesses here. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

High-skilled guest-worker visas used to undercut Americans: Study

One of the largest users of America's high-skilled guest-worker program admitted in court documents that it paid the foreigners less than it paid U.S. citizens for the same kind of work, shorting them nearly $100 million in wages each year, according to a new study Thursday. Published December 9, 2021