Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
ICE eases rules for pregnant illegal immigrants
Illegal immigrant women who are pregnant or nursing will no longer be arrested or detained, barring exceptional circumstances, ICE announced Friday. Published July 9, 2021
Soldier’s sham marriage conviction exposes immigration fraud ring in military
An Army soldier's conviction on marriage fraud charges last week pulled the curtain back on what experts say is a problem within the U.S. military, with troops entering into sham unions with illegal immigrants in order to earn more money for themselves and to help the migrants stay in the country. Published July 8, 2021
Federal worker: ‘We are traumatizing’ immigrant kids
Immigrant rights groups lashed out at the Biden administration this week after a new whistleblower complaint from two volunteers at a shelter for illegal immigrant children said they'd seen tragic mismanagement and suffering youths. Published July 8, 2021
Public loses faith in Biden on immigration ‘crisis’
On no other issue has President Biden lost the faith of the country as quickly and thoroughly as immigration, where Americans tell pollsters they not only find his strategy lacking, but they actually yearn for a return to the Trump days. Published July 6, 2021
Immigration activists call Texas border security efforts an ‘insurrection’ against U.S.
A major Latino group issued an Independence Day demand to President Biden to confront growing efforts by red-state governors to impose border security on their own, calling it an "insurrection" that the federal government must put down. Published July 5, 2021
Broken system: Deportation backlog now nearly three years for average case
More than 1.3 million people are currently awaiting deportation decisions in immigration courts, and the average case has been pending for nearly three years, according to new data that sheds light on just how broken the U.S. immigration system has become. Published July 4, 2021
DHS to bring back veterans who were deported ‘unjustly’
Homeland Security announced Friday that it will launch a campaign to invite immigrants who'd served in the U.S. armed forces, but who ran afoul of the law and were deported, to come back into the country. Published July 2, 2021
CBO sees supercharged recovery as pandemic dissipates, predicts severe inflation in coming months
The U.S. economy will roar to life over the rest of this year and remain supercharged for a year or two beyond, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday, though the analysts also warned Americans to expect inflation to rise "sharply" for several months. Published July 1, 2021
Federal judge rejects Arizona challenge to Biden deportation rules
A federal judge on Wednesday gave a tentative blessing to the Biden administration's current limits on deportations, saying the government has the right to set priorities, even if that means some illegal immigrants face almost no risk of deportation. Published June 30, 2021
DHS Secretary Mayorkas delays new deportation rules
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas won't have his new deportation rules written until August or September, the administration told federal judges this week, marking the second self-imposed deadline the department chief has missed as he tries to come up with a policy to govern whom ICE should target. Published June 30, 2021
Left-wing activists battle Biden over immigration with new lawsuits
Left-leaning immigration groups announced multiple legal offensives Wednesday against President Biden and his administration, suing to try to stop ICE movements of illegal immigrants in one case and demanding speedier action on admitting a refugee in another case. Published June 30, 2021
Migrant deaths rising in summer surge, rescues by border agents soaring
Far from cooling off, as the White House had predicted earlier this year, the border is becoming even more chaotic, with numbers of illegal immigrant juveniles once again rising and smugglers growing bolder about trying innovative methods to avoid agents. Published June 30, 2021
DHS employee pleads guilty to stealing COVID-19 funds
A Homeland Security employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, admitting he bilked a small business owner and the government out of thousands of dollars in emergency relief money. Published June 29, 2021
House Dems target Trump legacy in Homeland Security spending bill
House Democrats unveiled a new Homeland Security spending bill Tuesday that aims to wipe away large chunks of former President Trump's legacy at the department, including new restrictions on deploying agency personnel to police protests, and clawing back more than $2 billion in border wall money lawmakers had already approved. Published June 29, 2021
Supreme Court rules that some immigrants have no right to a hearing
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if they are deported to their native countries. Published June 29, 2021
Health secretary cites ‘progress’ amid reports of rough conditions for migrant kids
Health Secretary Xavier Becerra made a snap visit Monday to a shelter holding illegal immigrant children at the border in Texas and insisted he's making "progress" in improving their living conditions, amid reports of lice outbreaks and youths facing mental breakdowns. Published June 28, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: San Francisco sanctuary protected illegal immigrant hate crime suspect
A man accused of mugging then spitting at a family of Filipino Americans is an illegal immigrant who was still loose on the streets of San Francisco because he was protected by that community's sanctuary city policy -- four separate times. Published June 28, 2021
Harris on first trip to border: ‘We’ve made progress’
Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the Biden administration has "made progress" in trying to gain control of the southern border, even as it tries to pave a more lenient path for migrants rushing to the U.S. in hopes of gaining a foothold. Published June 25, 2021
Kamala Harris makes first visit to southern border
Vice President Kamala Harris made her first pilgrimage to the border Friday, watching Border Patrol at work in El Paso handling processing of illegal immigrants, then making a snap visit to a border crossing where aides said she saw other migrants who hoped to claim asylum in the U.S. Published June 25, 2021
Restaurant that beat Biden in court faces affirmative action backlash
The Cajun wings at the Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar had always been a big favorite on Yelp. Now, it seems, all anyone wants to talk about is politics after the establishment's owner sued the Biden administration, alleging discrimination in the manner in which it prioritized COVID-19 relief. Published June 24, 2021
