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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A migrant wears a face mask to protect against COVID-19 while walking off a U.S. Customs and Border Protection bus at the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge as he is deported to Mexico, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Hidalgo, Texas. The fate of thousands of migrant families who have recently arrived at the Mexico border is being decided by a mysterious new system under President Joe Biden. U.S. authorities are releasing migrants with acute vulnerabilities and allowing them to pursue asylum. But it's not clear why some are considered vulnerable and not others. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Illegal immigrants’ COVID-19 rate twice that of U.S. population

The rate of coronavirus cases has plummeted in the U.S., but on the border, illegal immigrants are pouring across with elevated rates of infections, and some of them are still being released directly into communities, a congressman revealed Wednesday. Published May 26, 2021

A young migrant gets treated for possible lice before entering the intake area at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool)

No-bid contract to house immigrants under new scrutiny

Homeland Security's inspector general has opened an investigation into a massive no-bid contract ICE doled out to a firm that's holding illegal immigrants in hotels, congressional Republicans revealed Monday. Published May 24, 2021

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

DHS grants deportation amnesty for 100,000 Haitians

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Saturday he was opening a new grant of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians living in the U.S., saying that country's unrest is so bad that people shouldn't be forced to return home. Published May 22, 2021

A border patrol officer fails to arrest a migrant running after jumping the United States border fence to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves into border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Feds prosecute fake illegal immigrant ‘children’ at the border

Border Patrol agents have long known illegal immigrants sneaking across the boundary sometimes lie about their ages, claiming to be juveniles to try to get lenient treatment. Many get away with it, and those who do get flagged are usually siphoned over to the adult population. Published May 20, 2021

In this file photo, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin, a recently retired Army general, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Taxpayers paid to taste-test toilet water

Parents often wonder what colleges are feeding their kids' brains. At one California university, they should probably be wondering what they're feeding the kids' stomachs, says Sen. Joni Ernst. Published May 19, 2021

Former President Donald Trump speaks near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Donald Trump tells Republicans to reject Jan. 6 commission

Former President Donald Trump denounced Congress's plan to create a commission to investigate the attack by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, saying Tuesday that it was "just more partisan unfairness." Published May 18, 2021

In this July 8, 2019, photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

ICE chief says sanctuary cities have ‘valid’ fears of working with agency

Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson signaled Thursday that his agency's program to recruit local law enforcement agencies to cooperate on immigration enforcement may have to be scrapped or rebuilt, and echoed the worries of immigrant-rights activists that people aren't reporting crimes to departments that do cooperate with ICE. Published May 13, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Friday, May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Arizona AG calls for Harris ouster as ‘border czar’

Vice President Kamala Harris must be removed from her role in dealing with the border surge, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a letter this week to President Biden, saying his running mate has blown her chance to fix things. Published May 13, 2021

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations committee hearing to examine domestic extremism, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Pool via AP)

Alejandro Mayorkas rejects terror threat at border

The threat of terrorists sneaking across the border hasn't risen despite the overall surge of illegal immigrants and a growing number of them who've evaded capture, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress on Wednesday. Published May 12, 2021