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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, file photo, Army Pfc. Kimberly Hernandez gives a high-five to a girl evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va. U.S. religious groups of many faiths are gearing up to assist the thousands of incoming refugees. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

A warm welcome for refugees in wake of Afghan fiasco

America has seen countless waves of migrants, but rarely has the country been as eager to receive them as it has been the tens of thousands of Afghans who are being airlifted into the country right now. Published September 8, 2021

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would be taken off the streets and become criminal investigators under a reorganization plan by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Associated Press)

ICE counts 463 sanctuary jails, prisons in U.S.

ICE says there are 463 different jails that won't cooperate with the federal government's deportation detainer requests, and is blaming those jurisdictions for the agency's inability to comply with a court order demanding transparency in whom the Biden administration is targeting for removal. Published September 7, 2021

In this May 7, 2020, photo, a pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbingly high numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Social Security predicts pandemic birth blip, not birth dearth

The COVID-19 pandemic has slashed fertility rates to their lowest point in U.S. history, but the experts at the Social Security Administration, who are deeply invested in the issue, say the decline is just a blip and women are merely deferring children to later years. Published September 6, 2021

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assist qualified evacuees boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Republicans demand answers over screening of Afghans brought to U.S.

It's been a week since the end of the American airlift that brought tens of thousands of Afghans out of Kabul and there are still more questions than answers over who exactly was evacuated, which of them have already reached the U.S., how they were chosen and where they'll end up. Published September 5, 2021

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas updates reporters on the effort to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the United States, in Washington, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

People on watch lists were among Afghanistan evacuees, DHS confirms

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that his department has flagged some Afghan evacuees as potential security risks and blocked them from reaching the U.S., and he vowed to make America's safety the core of the airlift. Published September 3, 2021

In this Feb. 11, 2005, photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower) **FILE**

COVID-19 pandemic eats into Social Security’s solvency

Social Security's revenue will begin to decline this year, crossing a critical fiscal threshold as the program begins a slide toward depletion of its trust funds in little more than a decade, the program's trustees said in a stark report Tuesday. Published August 31, 2021

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Democrats urge DHS to waive fees for Afghan migrants

A group of Democrats is urging Homeland Security to cancel the fees that normally would have been charged for Afghans who are being evacuated to the U.S., saying they are worried the need to pay will hold up some applications and cost some would-be migrants their lives. Published August 31, 2021

A group of migrants mainly from Venezuela wade through the Rio Grande as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Border deaths soar; 2021 could break all-time record

Rogelio Perez Gutierrez probably saw the lights of La Jolla from the boat in the minutes before he and 13 other illegal immigrants were ordered to strip off their life jackets, jump into the water and swim for it. That was as close as he would get. Published August 30, 2021

Farmworkers, who declined to give their names, break up earth, Thursday, July, 1, 2021, near St. Paul, Ore., as a heat wave bakes the Pacific Northwest in record-high temperatures. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) **FILE**

DHS approved thousands of ineligible immigrants to work in the U.S., audit shows

The Department of Homeland Security approved thousands of noncitizens to work in the U.S. even though its own system tried to flag them as probably ineligible, according to a new inspector general report that paints a grim picture of the government's best tool for weeding out undocumented immigrant workers. Published August 26, 2021

In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, asylum seekers receive food as they wait for news of policy changes at the border, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Supreme Court signals rough sledding for Biden’s immigration agenda

The Supreme Court's ruling this week reviving a Trump-era border policy sent shockwaves through the immigration debate, signaling that the justices will be a major hurdle for President Biden as he tries to impose his more relaxed approach to immigration enforcement. Published August 25, 2021