Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Feds prosecute fake illegal immigrant ‘children’ at the border
Border Patrol agents have long known illegal immigrants sneaking across the boundary sometimes lie about their ages, claiming to be juveniles to try to get lenient treatment. Many get away with it, and those who do get flagged are usually siphoned over to the adult population. Published May 20, 2021
DHS begins shuttering controversial ICE detention facilities
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered the closure of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities Thursday and indicated others soon will be shut as well. Published May 20, 2021
Taxpayers paid to taste-test toilet water
Parents often wonder what colleges are feeding their kids' brains. At one California university, they should probably be wondering what they're feeding the kids' stomachs, says Sen. Joni Ernst. Published May 19, 2021
Survey finds Fox viewers better informed than CNN, MSNBC viewers
Climate change, gun violence and Uncle Sam's growing debt -- they're among the biggest topics in politics, yet Americans don't have a good grasp on what the actual numbers say. Published May 19, 2021
Donald Trump tells Republicans to reject Jan. 6 commission
Former President Donald Trump denounced Congress's plan to create a commission to investigate the attack by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, saying Tuesday that it was "just more partisan unfairness." Published May 18, 2021
Kevin McCarthy, House GOP leader, opposes new probe into Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The top House Republican said Tuesday he won't support the creation of a commission to investigate the pro-Trump mob's attack on the Capitol in January, blaming Democrats for dithering and politicking and saying he didn't want to hurt ongoing criminal cases. Published May 18, 2021
Sex offenders surge into U.S. amid wave of illegal immigration
Border Patrol agents in the San Diego area nabbed 25 illegal immigrant sex offenders in all of 2020. Now they've arrested 12 in just the last two months. Published May 17, 2021
New DHS terror alert blames Russia, China, Iran for COVID-19 conspiracies, stoking anti-Asian fears
Homeland Security issued a new terrorism alert Friday saying online forums are increasingly being exploited by America's adversaries, and specifically connected Russia, China and Iran to fomenting violence against Asians amid the coronavirus pandemic. Published May 14, 2021
Deal reached on commission to study Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
House members announced a deal Friday on setting up a commission to study the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, agreeing to a panel with an even number of GOP and Democratic appointees and with shared subpoena powers. Published May 14, 2021
ICE chief says sanctuary cities have ‘valid’ fears of working with agency
Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson signaled Thursday that his agency's program to recruit local law enforcement agencies to cooperate on immigration enforcement may have to be scrapped or rebuilt, and echoed the worries of immigrant-rights activists that people aren't reporting crimes to departments that do cooperate with ICE. Published May 13, 2021
Arizona AG calls for Harris ouster as ‘border czar’
Vice President Kamala Harris must be removed from her role in dealing with the border surge, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a letter this week to President Biden, saying his running mate has blown her chance to fix things. Published May 13, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas rejects terror threat at border
The threat of terrorists sneaking across the border hasn't risen despite the overall surge of illegal immigrants and a growing number of them who've evaded capture, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress on Wednesday. Published May 12, 2021
Texas Border Patrol agents spend less than 50% of time patrolling border amid migrant surge
Border Patrol agents in some of the hardest-hit areas of the migrant surge are being pulled off the front lines and have to spend a majority of their time processing and taking care of illegal immigrants, according to law enforcement officials who ticked off the grim statistics of the situation for The Washington Times. Published May 12, 2021
Troy Miller, CBP acting head, says Border crisis changing as numbers set 20-year high
Border authorities nabbed nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants trying to sneak into the country from Mexico in April, but the nature of the crisis is changing from children to adults, officials revealed late Tuesday. Published May 11, 2021
Karl Ifemembi wife suspected of helping illegal get DHS immigration enforcement job
The case of a Homeland Security immigration officer accused of lying about his own immigration history is getting even more sordid with the revelation in court documents that his wife also works for the department -- as part of an anti-fraud unit. Published May 9, 2021
Brian Kolfage, ‘We Build The Wall’ co-founder, indicted on tax charges
The co-founder of the "We Build The Wall" project aimed at raising money for a border wall is facing federal tax charges in Florida. Published May 6, 2021
George W. Bush: White evangelical churches ‘have become political instruments’
Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that White evangelical churches have become too political, as he called for lowering the volume of the immigration debate and focusing on the humanity of migrants themselves. Published May 6, 2021
Illinois, Nevada, Virginia ask federal appeals court to count them in ERA ratification
Depending on your perspective, the ERA has become the Energizer Bunny — or the zombie — of constitutional governance. It's the amendment that just won't die. Published May 5, 2021
Americans fear border surge is spreading COVID-19
Americans, by a two-to-one margin, fear the surge of illegal immigrants breaching the country's southern border is helping spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll taken for the National Sheriffs' Association. Published May 5, 2021
Democratic socialists the biggest obstacles to bipartisanship on Capitol Hill
When it comes to bipartisanship, the democratic socialists in Congress don't seem to want very much of it. Published May 3, 2021
