Stephen Dinan

GOP states hit Biden immigration policy with web of lawsuits

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Tuesday that asks a federal judge to order the Biden administration to restart the "Remain in Mexico" policy, arguing it would solve the border surge. Published April 13, 2021

Biden picks police chief, immigrant-rights lawyer for key immigration roles

President Biden will nominate Tucson, Arizona's police chief to head Homeland Security's border agency and will tap an immigrant-rights lawyer to lead the department's legal immigration agency, the White House said Monday. Published April 12, 2021

Biden health official uses ‘crisis’ to describe migrant surge

The White House and Homeland Security may not want to call the border a "crisis" but the top health official in charge of caring for the massive surge of children is using the term, telling a federal judge the emergency shelters they've opened to detain the kids is delivering "a crisis standard of care." Published April 12, 2021

COVID-19 prevalent in shelters holding illegal immigrant children

COVID-19 exists in every shelter holding migrant kids, with some of those shelters reporting positivity rates above 30%, according to data filed Friday in a federal court case over the treatment of the children. Published April 9, 2021

New York siphons coronavirus cash to illegal immigrants

When congressional Democrats changed a formula for doling out coronavirus relief money to states, New York ended up with a $2.1 billion extra windfall, Republicans said. Published April 9, 2021

Embassy invitation for Peruvians to go to U.S. for coronavirus vaccination called ‘troubling’

The U.S. Embassy in Peru appeared to be giving the nod to foreign citizens to come to the U.S. to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Published April 8, 2021

U.S. taxpayers pay to reunite illegal immigrant families amid border surge

Taxpayers are footing the bill for illegal immigrant parents to collect their children from federal shelters, as the Biden administration tries to speed up the process of getting a record surge of juvenile migrants out of its custody. Published April 8, 2021

Unaccompanied children jumped border at record rate in March

Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children were nabbed jumping the border in March, Homeland Security revealed Thursday, doubling the number from February and shattering the previous record of about 11,500, set in May 2019. Published April 8, 2021

Child pornography not an automatic cause for deportation

An illegal immigrant caught with child pornography isn't an automatic target for deportation under ICE's new enforcement rules, The Washington Times has learned. Published April 7, 2021

Greg Abbott orders probe of sexual abuse reports at migrant child shelter

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanded Wednesday that the Biden administration shut down a shelter holding illegal immigrant children in San Antonio after the state received reports of child abuse. Published April 7, 2021

DHS secretary Mayorkas to visit southern border Thursday

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will visit the southern border Thursday to get an up-close look at the surge that's overwhelmed his department. Published April 7, 2021

DHS hired asylum fraudster to work as immigration officer, prosecutors say

Federal agents arrested a Homeland Security immigration officer Wednesday, accusing him of lying about his own identity to falsely obtain asylum and citizenship himself. Published April 7, 2021

Andy Biggs demands answers on border-terror connection

Homeland Security must reveal the full extent of terrorism risks at the southern border and explain why it deleted a press statement that exposed at least two terror-related arrests, Rep. Andy Biggs said in a new letter Wednesday. Published April 7, 2021

Border Patrol rescues two young children abandoned by smugglers

Smugglers pushed a 5-year-old girl and six-year-old boy across the border in California then abandoned them, according to Border Patrol agents who saw it happen in real time Monday and rushed to rescue the children. Published April 6, 2021

DHS: Border terrorism statement deleted due to sensitive information

Homeland Security said Tuesday that it removed a press release announcing the arrest of two terrorism suspects along the southwest border because it wasn't approved by higher-ups, and revealed sensitive information. Published April 6, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden DHS chief, vows to defend ICE, battle sanctuary cities

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he's preparing to take on sanctuary cities that refuse to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he wants to see more illegal immigrants face criminal prosecution for jumping the border. Published April 6, 2021

Texas sues to force DHS to end sanctuary policy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to force Homeland Security to take custody of criminal aliens that local police arrest, saying the new administration is violating the law by refusing to come pick them up. Published April 6, 2021

Public wants veto over releasing illegal immigrants into communities: Poll

Americans overwhelmingly support giving communities a say in whether illegal immigrants will be released into their communities, according to new polling released Tuesday. Published April 6, 2021

Lynne Patton, top Trump official, punished over using federal job to create RNC video

A former high-ranking Trump official has agreed to serve a four-year bar from holding a federal job after she admitted to using her government position to help create a video used by then-President Trump during the GOP nominating convention last year. Published April 6, 2021