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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A Customs and Border Patrol agent detains a migrant atop Montezuma's Pass in Coronado National Memorial, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Hereford, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Catch-and-release at border up more than 430,000% in August

In August 2020, the Trump administration managed something stunning. Border Patrol agents caught more than 47,000 illegal immigrants and immediately released just 10 of them into the interior. This August, under President Biden, the Border Patrol made more than 195,000 arrests and released 43,941 people -- an increase of more than 430,000%. Published October 3, 2021

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2019, file photo asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego. The Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of the "Remain in Mexico" policy, saying that the Biden administration likely violated federal law by trying to end the Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. The decision immediately raised questions about what comes next for the future of the policy, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Biden’s DHS rebuilding Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it has formed a task force to "rebuild" the Remain in Mexico policy the Trump administration used to solve the last border surge -- though the department said it needs Mexico's cooperation in order to move forward. Published September 29, 2021

In this May 23, 2019, photo, is a "Welcome to Yuma" sign in Yuma, Ariz. Overwhelmed border officials have started releasing migrants into Arizona's rural Yuma County as more people arrive amid the coronavirus pandemic with hopes of making their home in America. Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls says the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, released a group of 20 people in the neighboring community of San Luis and that several similarly sized groups were let out later in the week. (Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun via AP) **FILE**

Not just Haitians: Brazilian, Venezuelan and Cuban migrants stream to Arizona border

It's not just Haitians, and it's not just Texas where the border seems out of control. Some 3,400 migrants -- most of them Brazilian, Venezuelan or Cuban -- were mired in Border Patrol holding facilities in Yuma, Arizona, over the weekend, according to the sheriff, who said he has never seen such unruliness. Published September 28, 2021

Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers watch as migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to avoid deportation from the U.S. The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

‘There’s no control’: Border chaos invades America’s heartland

Iron County in Utah is about the furthest thing from a border community. But Sheriff Kenneth Carpenter says incidents like a traffic stop this month on the interstate, where a deputy nabbed a motorist for reckless driving and found 5 pounds of methamphetamine and $8,000 in cash, are the results of the chaos on the U.S.-Mexico boundary. Published September 26, 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The White House is facing sharp condemnation from Democrats for its handling of the influx of Haitian migrants at the U.S. southern border, after images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics went viral. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) **FILE**

Photographer says Border Patrol agents didn’t whip Haitian migrants

A photographer who took photos of mounted Border Patrol agents in a tense encounter with Haitian migrants earlier this week says he didn't see any whipping, puncturing the outrage that the White House and immigrant-rights activists have aimed at the agents. Published September 24, 2021

In this Aug. 22, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Republicans demand details on Afghan evacuees charged with crimes in the U.S.

Republican lawmakers on Friday demanded the Biden administration reveal how many Afghan evacuees have already been charged with crimes in the U.S. after federal prosecutors revealed two cases in Wisconsin involving allegations of spousal abuse and attempted sexual assault of two boys under 15 years of age. Published September 24, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas asks judge to rule DHS is violating ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went back to court Thursday to ask a judge to order Homeland Security to reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" border policy, saying Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears to be slow-walking the court's order restoring the policy. Published September 23, 2021