Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
DHS scraps Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ after final court hurdle disappears
The Homeland Security Department announced late Monday that it will end the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy and welcome ousted illegal immigrants back into the U.S. after a federal court dissolved the last remaining hurdle. Published August 8, 2022
Insiders use ID access to steal from Americans
The pandemic spawned a tsunami of scams -- likely the largest fraud in world history -- and amid all of that, the government employees stand out as particularly egregious cases. Published August 8, 2022
ACLU tells feds not to work with Texas on arrest of illegal immigrants
The American Civil Liberties Union is ramping up its battle against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border security push, filing a new complaint Monday with Homeland Security urging the department to limit how Border Patrol agents are able to work with Texas authorities. Published August 8, 2022
China will refuse to take back illegal immigrants in retaliation for Pelosi visit
China said Friday that it will stop accepting deportees from the U.S. as part of its retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit this week to Taiwan. Published August 5, 2022
Agents seize stash of ladders, ammo in remote part of southern border
Border Patrol agents swept through a remote part of the U.S.-Mexico border in California this week and found a cache of 29 makeshift ladders. Published August 5, 2022
Texas starts busing illegal immigrants directly to New York
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state has started busing migrants straight to New York, as he seeks to make other communities share a little bit of the struggles his state has faced with the Biden migrant surge. Published August 5, 2022
DHS pauses border wall construction in San Diego
Customs and Border Protection hit pause Thursday on plans to erect a more modern 30-foot border wall at Friendship Park in San Diego, bowing to complaints from the community. Published August 4, 2022
Hundreds of Afghan evacuees in U.S. without vetting, GOP senators say
Hundreds of Afghan evacuees reached the U.S. despite appearing on a Defense Department watchlist or a crucial counterterrorism database, Republican senators charged Thursday, citing the claims of a whistleblower. Published August 4, 2022
FBI chief calls border a ‘significant security issue’
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said Thursday that the chaos at the southern border is a security issue, and called the flow of people "staggering." Published August 4, 2022
Feds announce bust of Guatemalan migrant-smuggling ring
Federal authorities on Thursday announced the takedown of a Guatemalan smuggling ring they said is responsible for "large numbers" of illegal immigrants making their way to the U.S. -- and was involved in the death of one migrant woman in Texas last year. Published August 4, 2022
Supreme Court’s first Black female justice expected to weigh in on affirmative action
The Supreme Court is taking pains to make sure its first Black female justice gets to take part in at least some of the looming arguments over affirmative action policies. Published August 3, 2022
GOP senators sound alarm over terrorist suspects at southern border
Republican senators said Wednesday it's a "near certainty" that terrorism suspects have sneaked into the U.S. over the porous southern border on President Biden's watch, and they challenged the administration's claims the boundary is secure. Published August 3, 2022
Taxpayers brace for ‘supercharged’ IRS under Dems’ budget plan
The IRS is about to get a lot more nosy. If Democrats succeed in passing their new climate and budget package this month, it will add some $80 billion to the IRS over the next decade, with the majority of that going to enforcement. Published August 3, 2022
Mayorkas faces new call for impeachment from bilingual publication
El American, a conservative-leaning bilingual news site, called Monday for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be impeached, labeling him a "cynical, incompetent and dishonest political actor." Published August 1, 2022
Texas governor invites D.C., NYC mayors to visit border for personal look at migrant ‘crisis’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday invited the mayors of New York and Washington to visit the border and get a first-hand look at the surge of illegal immigrants that are now overwhelming communities far from the boundary. Published August 1, 2022
Feds send pregnant migrant teens to states where they can get abortions
The Biden administration says it is making sure pregnant teens crossing the southern border as part of an illegal surge are placed in states where they can obtain legal abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling this summer. Published July 31, 2022
17% of immigration cases tossed because DHS failed to file paperwork, study finds
Immigration judges are tossing one out of every six new immigration cases because Homeland Security failed to file a basic form -- the original court summons -- according to a new study. Published July 29, 2022
ICE comes up empty in effort to find missing border jumpers
The Biden administration's attempt to track down catch-and-release illegal immigrants and serve them with court summonses turned into a "complete waste of time," according to officers who say they were pulled off higher priority cases to chase down "ghosts." Published July 28, 2022
DHS defends new border wall construction, says it will save migrants’ lives
Homeland Security announced plans Thursday to complete sections of President Trump's border wall in Yuma, Arizona, defending the new construction as a way to save illegal immigrants' lives. Published July 28, 2022
Smugglers left three illegal immigrants to die in New Mexico
Federal prosecutors have brought charges against smugglers they say led a group of 11 illegal immigrants into the U.S., then abandoned three of them to their deaths when they were unable to keep up with the group. Published July 28, 2022
