Stephen Dinan

Culture shock: Afghan evacuees run afoul of U.S. laws with domestic violence, sex crimes

The 77,000 Afghans evacuated to the U.S. have all been processed and released from military bases, but not before racking up a striking number of criminal entanglements including violence against women and sexual assaults on children. Published April 18, 2022

Biden sees worst border month of his term

The Border Patrol reported nearly 210,000 apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in March, making it the most chaotic month on the border so far in President Biden's tenure. Published April 17, 2022

Abbott strikes border security deals with two more Mexican states

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced border security deals Thursday with two Mexican states who have promised to deploy their own police to patrol the southern side of the U.S.-Mexico boundary, in exchange for Texas ending its crippling safety checks on commercial cross-border traffic. Published April 14, 2022

Feds blast Texas for shipping illegal immigrants to D.C.

A senior Homeland Security official chided Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing illegal immigrants to Washington, saying Thursday that the Republican governor was hurting the government's efforts to coordinate how the migrants are released. Published April 14, 2022

D.C.-area governments say they’re eager to take Texas’ illegal immigrants

A second busload of illegal immigrants from Texas arrived in Washington on Thursday morning, delighting leaders of neighboring counties who said they will be more than happy to have those surging the border right now settle in the D.C. area. Published April 14, 2022

Texas strikes deal with Mexican state to police border

A Mexican governor promised Wednesday to deploy his own police to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he'll cancel some of the enhanced commercial traffic inspections that had clogged the ports of entry into the state. Published April 13, 2022

Man gets three-year sentence for crashing train over COVID conspiracy theory

A California man was slapped with a three-year prison sentence Wednesday for intentionally running a train off its tracks in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak to protest the government's handling of the pandemic. Published April 13, 2022

Texas sends first bus of illegal immigrants to D.C., delivers border crisis to Biden’s doorstep

Texas shipped its first busload of migrants to Washington on Wednesday as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to make President Biden and the nation's capital feel some of the pain of the border crisis. Published April 13, 2022

Mexican truckers shut down commercial traffic at key entry point to Texas

Commercial traffic at a key U.S.-Mexico border crossing has reportedly ground to halt after Mexican truckers blocked lanes to protest a new inspection policy from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Published April 12, 2022

Feds bust massive marriage fraud ring; more than 400 sham marriages arranged

Federal prosecutors say they have busted a massive immigrant marriage fraud ring that made more than $8 million over the past five years by arranging bogus unions and filing at least 400 fake applications with Homeland Security. Published April 8, 2022

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black female Supreme Court justice

A milestone vote in the Senate on Thursday gave Americans their first Black woman Supreme Court justice, elevating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and putting her in line for a soon-to-be open seat on the nation's highest court. Published April 7, 2022

Texas will try to ship illegal immigrants to D.C., governor says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that illegal immigrants caught and released by federal agents into his state will be quickly shipped straight to Washington, seeking to bring the pain of border communities straight to the doorstep of the Biden administration. Published April 6, 2022

DHS says border surge will delay other immigrants’ applications

The worse the border surge, the more it will hurt other immigrants trying to come to the country legally by delaying their applications, a top Homeland Security official told Congress on Wednesday. Published April 6, 2022

Congressman pushes DHS to shoot down cartel drones at border

Rep. Dan Bishop was incredulous when Homeland Security officials told a House committee last week that they see about 200 suspicious drone flights a day at the southern border -- and that's just what they are able to detect. Published April 5, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: ICE to scour U.S. communities looking for border absconders

The Department of Homeland Security will deploy teams of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers into communities to track down illegal immigrants the Biden administration caught and released at the border last year and who have since gone AWOL, The Washington Times has learned. Published April 5, 2022

Miles of border left unguarded as Border Patrol struggles with surge

The Border Patrol's Del Rio sector covers 240 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Published April 4, 2022

‘Obamaphone’ company pays $13.4 million to settle fraud claims

A company that the government paid to distribute "Obamaphones" -- the nickname critics gave to government phones given to poor people -- has agreed to pay $13.4 million to settle a case alleging that it doled out devices to tens of thousands of people who didn't deserve them. Published April 4, 2022