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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says FEMA will support a government-wide effort over the next three months, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

DHS to ‘fortify’ DACA; attempt to put program on firmer footing

Homeland Security will soon move to "fortify" the DACA program, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday night, moving to reassure hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" that the program will continue to give them a place in society. Published March 26, 2021

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Democrats ‘silent’ as Joe Biden border surge spirals

House Democrats called more than 10 hearings during the last migrant surge to rake the Trump administration for its handling of the border. Yet now, with the Biden team slammed by a new surge, Democrats have put down their gavels and clammed up. Published March 25, 2021

A group of migrants rest on a gazebo at a park after the deportees from the U.S. were pushed by Mexican authorities off an area they had been staying after their expulsion, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Reynosa, Mexico. The Biden administration says that it's working to address the increase in migrants coming to the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Joe Biden says border surge ‘happens every year’

President Biden downplayed the severity of the border surge Thursday, saying it "happens every year," and suggested things seem worse now because the Trump administration left him with a broken system unable to deal with the problem. Published March 25, 2021

A new survey finds that a majority of Americans say the total number of immigrants admitted to the U.S. each year should be 1 million or less. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Support for border wall surges as border ‘crisis’ intensifies

Americans are increasingly saying, "Build the wall." A majority of voters now say they want to see the government finish construction of former President Donald Trump's border wall, according to new polling from the Senate Opportunity Fund, which also found Americans itching for a tougher approach to illegal immigration than President Biden is taking. Published March 23, 2021

Homeland Security released images of children packed in pens in Border Patrol stations on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Jaime Rodriguez Sr./U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs — Visual Communications Division)

DHS releases images of migrants packed in border pens

Homeland Security released images Tuesday of children packed in pens in Border Patrol stations, rushing to try to regain control of the narrative after leaked photos already exposed the troubling conditions. Published March 23, 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents take into custody people near the U.S.-Mexico border, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Joe Biden faces growing bipartisan worry over border

An Arizona Democratic senator added her voice Monday to growing bipartisan complaints over President Biden's handling of the border, labeling the situation an "ongoing crisis" and demanding immediate steps. Published March 22, 2021

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is seen next to migrants after they were detained and taken into custody, Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Abram-Perezville, Texas. A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive. The head of Homeland Security acknowledged the severity of the problem but insisted it's under control and said he won't revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

ICE ends long-term detention of migrant families

ICE has effectively ended long-term detention for migrant families, delivering a huge win to immigrant rights activists who for years had pushed for the move. Published March 21, 2021