Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
States look to ban noncitizen voting, adopt ranked-choice ballots
Noncitizens don't have the right to vote anywhere in Florida right now. Voters on Tuesday will be asked to make sure that doesn't change. Published November 1, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: DHS, DOJ ready new crackdown on bogus asylum claims
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are on the verge of finalizing a new asylum crackdown on "frivolous" claims, with two new regulations demanding migrants meet a tougher standard for proving persecution, The Washington Times has learned. Published November 1, 2020
Chad Wolf, Homeland Security acting secretary: Twitter a ‘threat’ to U.S. security over censorship
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf labeled Twitter a "threat" to America's security on Friday, saying that the tech giant's quick trigger finger in censoring government agencies could deny people information they need to be safe. Published October 30, 2020
Postal worker arrested for delaying mail during election season
Federal investigators arrested an Ohio postal worker Friday and charged her with delaying the mail after police found an undelivered absentee ballot application and other election-related mail in her vehicle. Published October 30, 2020
DHS marks nearly 400 miles of border wall
Homeland Security officials took a victory lap Thursday to mark completion of nearly 400 miles of border wall, putting a check next to President Trump's most famous 2016 campaign promise and mocking news outlets that had predicted the project would never get off the ground. Published October 29, 2020
Twitter caves, restores border chief’s account; pro-wall tweet still censored
Twitter reversed itself Thursday and unlocked the account Homeland Security's top border official 20 hours after censoring him for a post promoting the importance of border wall construction. Published October 29, 2020
Twitter censors DHS border wall tweet as ‘hateful’
Twitter deleted a tweet and shut down the account of the country's border chief late Wednesday after he posted a message celebrating construction of nearly 400 miles of wall. Published October 29, 2020
DHS mocks Pelosi, media over border wall: ‘Outright lies’
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf celebrated "nearly 400 miles" of border wall construction Thursday by mocking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and media critics who'd said President Trump would never be able to get it done. Published October 29, 2020
Judge rules Virginia must reject late ballots with no postmark
A judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday that the state cannot count ballots that arrive after Election Day and do not contain a postmark. Published October 28, 2020
Miles Taylor reveals himself as ‘Anonymous’
Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor revealed himself on Wednesday to be "Anonymous," the author of a book and op-ed critical of President Trump. Published October 28, 2020
Trump signs record-low refugee target
President Trump signed a new record low limit on refugees for 2021 and instituted a new ban on most refugees from countries with a nexus to terrorism, the White House said Wednesday, completing a four-year effort to rewrite America's marquee humanitarian relief program. Published October 28, 2020
Remote controlled car used to smuggle drugs, border patrol says
Border Patrol agents said they busted a plot Tuesday to use a remote-controlled toy car that had been used to help smuggle more than $100,000 worth of methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Published October 27, 2020
Mark Morgan warns of border ‘invasion’ if Biden wins
The Department of Homeland Security said this week, warning of a looming "invasion" of illegal immigrants should the next administration roll back President Trump's accomplishments. Published October 27, 2020
Greg Abbott wins Texas Supreme Court ruling to limit number of ballot drop boxes
Texas's Supreme Court backed Gov. Greg Abbott Tuesday over his orders limiting counties to one ballot drop box apiece, ruling that he was still offering voters more choices than they usually had under state law. Published October 27, 2020
ICE forced to release hundreds of criminals due to coronavirus, court order
ICE said Tuesday that it has finished complying with a court order to cut the population at a California detention center, but it's meant releasing hundreds of immigrants with criminal records back onto the streets. Published October 27, 2020
Nearly 90% of illegal immigrant families from 2014 are still here
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrant families surged into the U.S. in 2014. Nearly 90% of them are still here, officials said Tuesday. Published October 27, 2020
Judge orders South Carolina to accept ballots with signature mismatch
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina must count mail ballots even if voters' signatures don't match those on file, as long as officials are otherwise satisfied with the ballot. Published October 27, 2020
Eric Holder, Obama’s former attorney general, censored by Twitter over voting tweets
It's not just Republicans who are feeling the wrath of Twitter's censors over voting procedures in the 2020 election. Published October 27, 2020
Ken Cuccinelli slams federal judge, warns it would have to separate illegal immigrant families
A top Homeland Security official on Tuesday lashed out at a federal judge he said will soon order the department to separate illegal immigrant children from their parents in detention facilities. Published October 27, 2020
DHS names ombudsman to monitor detention of illegal immigrants
Homeland Security tapped an ombudsman to monitor how the department detains immigrants, following through on an order from Congress last year to create the position amid a number of complaints about detainee treatment. Published October 27, 2020
