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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Tim Perry out as chief of staff at ICE

Timothy Perry is out as chief of staff at ICE amid questions over the deportation agency's plummeting arrest numbers. Published January 18, 2022

This Sept. 3, 2021, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court challenges Boston’s refusal to fly Christian flag

The attorney for Boston's government ran into a buzz saw Tuesday at the Supreme Court as the city defended its decision to block a group from flying a banner on a city hall flagpole because of the group's Christian affiliation. Published January 18, 2022

In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, a cache of seized weapons that were to be smuggled into Mexico is displayed in Phoenix. Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many are seeking to escape gang and drug violence raging in their homelands. The weapon of choice used to intimidate them is often an American-made gun. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

40% of guns traced from crimes in Central America came from U.S.

Thousands of firearms manufactured or bought in the U.S. end up being used in crimes in Central America, according to an audit released last week that found about half of the weapons are smuggled into the region and the others are exported legally and "diverted" into criminals' hands. Published January 17, 2022

The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The first three months of fiscal 2022 are in the books, and the numbers show the federal government's deficit has gone from the catastrophic levels of last year back to the merely grave situation pre-pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Soaring tax revenue helping constrain federal deficit

The first three months of fiscal 2022 are in the books, and the numbers show the federal government's deficit has gone from the catastrophic levels of last year back to the merely grave situation pre-pandemic. Published January 12, 2022

DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Federal Way, Wash. The clinic is operated by King County Public Health and other partners with support from FEMA staff and contract workers, who have been traveling across the U.S. to set up temporary community vaccination centers, including in some areas with mobile bus-based clinics, in efforts to increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

OSHA vaccine mandate takes hold as Supreme Court justices deliberate legality

America's bigger businesses are now required to know their employees' coronavirus vaccination status and should be demanding mandatory mask-wearing on those who haven't received the shots, after the Biden administration's most expansive vaccine mandate took effect Monday. Published January 10, 2022

In this file photo, a group of migrant families walk from the Rio Grande, the river separating the U.S. and Mexico in Texas, near McAllen, Texas, March 14, 2019. New data released by the Department of Homeland Security this week shows the demographics of the typical border jumper have been completely rewritten, as Mexicans, who for decades were the overwhelming number of illegal immigrants, dropped to just 28% of the flow, marking their lowest share “in recorded history,” according to Customs and Border Protection. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

New DHS data reveals border jumpers no longer predominantly Mexicans

The old model of illegal immigration along the southern border was shattered in 2021, according to data released by the Department of Homeland Security this week that shows the demographics of the typical border jumper have been completely rewritten. Published January 5, 2022

Afghan refugees look for donated clothing and shoes at the donation center at the Fort McCoy U.S. Army base on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Fort McCoy, Wis. The fort is one of eight military installations across the country that are temporarily housing the tens of thousands of Afghans who were forced to flee their homeland in August after the U.S. withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban took control. (Barbara Davidson/Pool Photo via AP)

52,000 Afghan evacuees released into U.S. in 2021

More than 50,000 Afghan evacuees have been processed and released into American communities over the last four months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday as it announced the closure of another of the camps that had been erected at military bases to house the Afghans. Published December 31, 2021