Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Immigrant from the Bahamas charged with casting illegal ballots in North Carolina
An immigrant from the Bahamas has been voting illegally in North Carolina for nearly two decades, federal prosecutors said Monday, including casting ballots in repeated Democratic primaries and in the 2020 presidential election. Published December 14, 2021
State Department says fewer than a dozen U.S. citizens stuck in Afghanistan
Fewer than a dozen U.S. citizens who want to get out of Afghanistan and have all the paperwork are still stuck there, the State Department said Monday, suggesting it has whittled down a number that had been in the hundreds just a few weeks ago. Published December 13, 2021
Harris announces new Central American investment as part of immigration effort
Pepsi, Cargill and several other companies will make new investments in Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday, saying it was the latest success in her effort to try to create opportunities in those communities that might keep future would-be migrants at home. Published December 13, 2021
Newsom plans assault weapon ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said recently he will try to pass legislation that will give citizens the right to sue anyone who sells an assault weapon or "ghost gun" in the state, seeking to harness last week's Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law for liberal priorities. Published December 12, 2021
Supreme Court limits early challenges to Texas abortion ban law
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that opponents of Texas' new abortion law have only a narrow window to challenge it in federal court at this point. Published December 10, 2021
Truck crash kills dozens of migrant en route to U.S.
Dozens of Central American migrants believed to have been heading north through Mexico en route to the U.S. were killed Thursday after the speeding truck carrying them rolled over while taking a curve, spilling bodies across the road. Published December 9, 2021
High-skilled guest-worker visas used to undercut Americans: Study
One of the largest users of America's high-skilled guest-worker program admitted in court documents that it paid the foreigners less than it paid U.S. citizens for the same kind of work, shorting them nearly $100 million in wages each year, according to a new study Thursday. Published December 9, 2021
Arizona emerges as new border hotspot; governor deploys more National Guard troops
Published December 9, 2021
DHS plans new regulation to stop family separations of illegal immigrants
Homeland Security announced plans Thursday to write new regulations that would ban the kind of family separations at the border that took place under the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy. Published December 9, 2021
Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools
Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system before the Supreme Court, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious. Published December 8, 2021
Biden’s border nominee squeaks through confirmation vote in Senate
President Biden's pick to lead the country's top border agency was confirmed Tuesday on a near party-line vote in the Senate, installing someone who's argued for a more lenient approach toward illegal immigration. Published December 7, 2021
Supreme Court panel submits report, makes no call for major changes to high court
They studied, listened and debated, and after seven months of work, President Biden's commission on the Supreme Court failed to recommend any big changes to the way the justices operate. The toothless final report was adopted and submitted to Mr. Biden on a unanimous vote Tuesday. Published December 7, 2021
Bipartisan disgust with Biden’s supply chain, border crises, poll finds
Voters don't want police fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, according to a Washington Times poll that found Americans see public safety as a serious policy issue. Published December 7, 2021
Poll finds border wall is popular again now that Trump is gone, bipartisan support emerges
Americans believe a border wall is part of the solution to illegal immigration and oppose the Biden administration's plans to pay settlements to illegal immigrants whose families were separated after they jumped the border in the Trump era, according to a new poll taken for The Washington Times. Published December 7, 2021
Biden panel wary of upending Supreme Court with term limits or ‘packing’
President Biden's panel to examine changes to the Supreme Court expressed wariness of any big upheavals in a draft report released ahead of a final vote Tuesday. Published December 7, 2021
House GOP to investigate COVID unemployment cash going to China, Russia
Top Republican investigators demanded answers Monday from the Biden administration about how taxpayer money meant to go to unemployed Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic has been stolen by Chinese or Russian syndicates. Published December 6, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: DHS embellished record to justify new limits on deportations
The Homeland Security Department, battling to defend its rules limiting arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, submitted documents to a federal court that misrepresented the involvement of sheriffs' offices and victim advocates. Published December 6, 2021
Congress approves emergency $1.6 billion for care of illegal immigrant children
Tucked inside the stopgap spending bill that cleared Congress Thursday night was $1.6 billion to help the Biden administration deal with the growing number of illegal immigrant kids jumping the southern border. Published December 3, 2021
GOP senators announce bill to block payments to illegal immigrants from separated families
More than two dozen Republican senators, including party leader Mitch McConnell, signed onto a bill Thursday that would block the Biden administration from making settlement payments to illegal immigrants who saw their families separated during the Trump administration. Published December 2, 2021
DHS to restart Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy after Mexico agrees to conditions
Mexico said it will allow the restart of a Trump-era border policy that immediately sends illegal immigrants back across the boundary after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it would speed up court hearings, offer vaccinations and help improve conditions for the people it ships back to Mexico. Published December 2, 2021