Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Cotton proposes bill imposing mandatory federal minimums for rioters and deportation for noncitizens
Sen. Tom Cotton announced legislation Tuesday that would impose a mandatory federal criminal sentence for people convicted of violent rioting and require fast deportation of those who aren't American citizens. Published June 10, 2025
GOP senator calls for 15% tax on remittances that immigrants send home
Sen. Eric Schmitt proposed a 15% tax on money that immigrants send to their homeland as he vowed Tuesday to stop America from being the "world's piggy bank." Published June 10, 2025
Biden’s Afghan airlift allowed 82 terrorism suspects into U.S.
The chaotic airlift to evacuate Afghans amid the fall of Kabul in 2021 allowed at least 82 people who have been on the terrorism watchlist to get into the U.S., an inspector general said Tuesday. Published June 10, 2025
Judge rules Trump’s ‘Alien Enemies’ deportations illegal
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportation of Venezuelan gang suspects is "unlawful," and forbade the administration from citing that law to oust immigrants under the judge's jurisdiction. Published June 9, 2025
Judge dings Trump administration over rules designed to protect illegal immigrant children
A federal judge issued an injunction Monday against new rules the Trump administration adopted to try to keep illegal-immigrant minors from being placed with unsafe sponsors, saying it was too hasty a move that abruptly changed the playing field for children already in the pipeline. Published June 9, 2025
Misinformation fuels anti-ICE protests in L.A., nationwide
Underlying the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles are some basic misunderstandings about immigration law, such as who can be arrested, and where and when it can happen. Published June 9, 2025
Social media poster who fueled ICE threats deletes account after he gets threatened
The person behind the LAScanner account that "doxxed" ICE activities in Los Angeles has deactivated the account after saying that he was doxxed himself. Published June 9, 2025
Oklahoma to retry man whose death penalty conviction was tossed by Supreme Court
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday he will pursue a new murder trial against Richard Glossip, whose murder conviction was tossed by the Supreme Court in February. Published June 9, 2025
LAPD chief says there was no police delay in response to ICE and National Guard may be needed
The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department says the anti-ICE protests ravaging parts of his city have "gotten out of control" and may justify the presence of the National Guard. Published June 9, 2025
National Guard moves into Los Angeles in wake of anti-ICE riots
National Guard troops poured into Los Angeles on Sunday, called out by President Trump to restore calm after a weekend of violent protests against the administration's attempt to increase deportations by targeting the country's largest pool of illegal immigrants. Published June 8, 2025
Judge allows Trump’s firings at Corporation for Public Broadcasting
A federal judge on Sunday shot down a demand for reinstatement by three members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting whom President Trump fired in April. Published June 8, 2025
Democrats’ deportation martyr back in U.S. to face charges in migrant smuggling
Top Trump officials had been warning for weeks that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran illegal migrant that Democrats turned into a deportation martyr, was really a bad guy. Published June 8, 2025
Supreme Court says DOGE can access Social Security Administration data, for now
The Supreme Court has given President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency two temporary wins, ruling DOGE members can access Social Security information that challengers had hoped to block, and temporarily stopping a liberal advocacy group from obtaining records of DOGE's operations. Published June 6, 2025
Appeals court rules Trump can boot Associated Press from the Oval Office
A federal appeals court said Friday that President Trump can exclude The Associated Press from the Oval Office, overturning at least part of a lower court ruling that had ordered him to give the news service the same access as other outlets. Published June 6, 2025
U.S. un-deports Abrego Garcia, says he will now face criminal charges
The Trump administration has brought back to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant at the heart of a major deportation legal battle, to stand trial on criminal charges, Trump officials said. Published June 6, 2025
Trump administration brings back wrongly deported man from Guatemala
The U.S. government has un-deported a Guatemalan man that the Trump administration admitted it wrongly sent to Mexico earlier this year, according to the man's lawyer. Published June 6, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firings at Education Department
President Trump can't shut down the Education Department without getting the approval of Congress, his top Supreme Court lawyer acknowledged in arguments to the justices on Friday. Published June 6, 2025
Migrants from Biden’s border surge were a net drain on state budgets
The illegal immigrants who flooded the country under President Biden were a losing proposition for states and localities, which paid out nearly twice as much in increased costs for school and public safety as the migrants paid in taxes. Published June 6, 2025
Feds paid $80 billion to bogus Social Security numbers during pandemic
Federal agencies paid out nearly $80 billion in pandemic money to applications that used stolen or invalid Social Security numbers, according to a new watchdog report Wednesday that said it should have been easy to stop them. Published June 6, 2025
Judge halts Trump’s order blocking foreign students from Harvard
A federal judge late Thursday issued a restraining order halting President Trump's latest attempt to shut down Harvard University's pipeline of foreign students. Published June 5, 2025
