Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
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
DHS deletes press release announcing arrest of terrorist suspects
Homeland Security has removed the press release announcing the arrest of two Yemeni men on the terrorist watch list. Published April 6, 2021
Mark Brnovich, Arizona AG, invites Kamala Harris to go on border tour
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has invited Vice President Kamala Harris to take a tour of the border this month, saying she needs to get a first-hand look at the situation she's been put in charge of solving. Published April 5, 2021
DHS may restart border wall construction to plug ‘gaps’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told department employees he may restart border wall construction to plug what he called "gaps" in the current barrier. Published April 5, 2021
Border Patrol arrests two terrorist suspects in California amid migrant surge
The Border Patrol announced Monday that agents arrested two Yemeni men who were on the FBI's terrorist watch list over the past two months, confirming Republican lawmakers' reports that terrorism suspects were attempting to sneak into the country as part of the migrant surge. Published April 5, 2021
Ken Cuccinelli rips removal of Trump asylum screening policy by Biden administration
Homeland Security has issued new rules requiring every affirmative-asylum decision to undergo a supervisor's review, in a move the department described as "quality assurance" but which one former staffer said was an attempt to browbeat officers into approving more cases. Published April 4, 2021
‘Catch-and-bus’ spreads Biden border-surge migrants across U.S.
The migrants from the Biden border surge are being nabbed along the Rio Grande, the Arizona deserts and the remoteness of New Mexico and southern California. But they're not staying there. Published April 1, 2021
Churches reopening doors for Easter
Easter sunrise will find America's churches far more open than they were a year ago as COVID-19 -- and local officials -- shut doors and sent pastors and priests to the internet to minister to their flocks. Published April 1, 2021
New DHS plea for ‘virtual’ volunteers to help manage border surge
Homeland Security issued a striking new plea for volunteers to help at the border, telling employees in a new email that they won't even have to be on-site but can instead do a "virtual deployment." Published April 1, 2021
Alejandro Mayorka praises Border Patrol for saving children’s lives
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas praised "heroic" Border Patrol agents Wednesday for saving lives of migrants surging into the U.S., and warned families against sending or bringing their children on the journey north. Published March 31, 2021
Rita Hart drops attempt to overturn Iowa congressional election
Rita Hart, a Democratic congressional candidate, said Wednesday that she is dropping her effort to overturn the results of her election loss in Iowa, saying the effort to contest the race had become too "toxic." Published March 31, 2021
Jose Cruz Noguez charged in smuggling that led to 13 migrants’ deaths
Federal prosecutors charged a Mexican man Tuesday with alien smuggling stemming from a March 2 incident that saw 13 migrants die in a horrific car crash. Published March 30, 2021
Kamala Harris speaks with Guatemala President Alejandro Giammettei on border surge
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Tuesday with Guatemala's president as she dived into her new role as point person for trying to solve the conditions that push migrants to flee Central America. Published March 30, 2021
Team Biden tuned out Trump’s warnings, modeling on migrant surge
The Trump administration warned President Biden's transition team last year to expect a migrant surge if it followed through on his immigration campaign promises, and even presented modeling to show how bad it might get, a senior official told The Washington Times. Published March 30, 2021
House upholds $5,000 fine on Texas congressman who ducked metal detector
The House ethics committee said Tuesday it has upheld a $5,000 fine imposed on Rep. Louie Gohmert for failing to go through metal detectors when he entered the floor of the House chamber last month. Published March 30, 2021
Texas asks Supreme Court to revive Trump’s immigrant self-sufficiency policy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led a coalition of states Tuesday in asking the Supreme Court to revive a Trump administration policy that would penalize legal immigrants who end up using welfare programs. Published March 30, 2021
Former Border Patrol chief predicts 1.4 million illegal immigrants this year
The Border Patrol is on track to nab 1.4 million illegal immigrants attempting to jump the border this year, according to the man who ran the Border Patrol in the Obama years then ran Customs and Border Protection during the Trump era. Published March 30, 2021
