Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Hawaii’s ‘train to nowhere’ rakes in taxpayer cash
You'd be forgiven for wondering what a light rail system in Honolulu has to do with crushing the coronavirus. Published April 14, 2021
Mark Brnovich, Arizona attorney general, calls for state of emergency over border
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency over the border, saying the move will help focus efforts to combat the surge of people and drugs flowing into the U.S. Published April 14, 2021
Migrant surge is too big for full COVID-19 testing, agents tell Rep. Tom Tiffany
A congressman back from a trip to the border said Wednesday that agents told him they have no way of verifying migrants' identities, meaning people are boarding airplanes without the kinds of documents that would be demanded of any other passenger. Published April 14, 2021
ICE priority arrests down 75%; top-ranking cases involve national security, public safety
ICE made 75% fewer priority arrests over the first seven weeks of the Biden administration than during the same period last year, according to data obtained by The Washington Times that shows even the highest-ranking cases involving national security or public safety have seen significant drops. Published April 13, 2021
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
