Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
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
Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, asks DHS to stop releasing migrants in Arizona
An Arizona Congressman told Homeland Security on Monday to stop releasing illegal immigrants into his state, saying he's been unable to get straight answers about what's going on. Published March 29, 2021
DHS begs for border volunteers, offers COVID-19 vaccines in exchange
Homeland Security issued a new plea Monday for volunteers to head to the border to help handle the surge of migrants, and said those who do want to go can jump the line to get COVID-19 vaccines. Published March 29, 2021
Border agents pulled off patrol sparks spike in ‘gotaways’
Most of the attention at the border is on the capture of children and families, but an even bigger problem could be the people who are getting away right now. Published March 28, 2021
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
Border Patrol told to watch for migrants looking to kill cops
The Border Patrol in Arizona was put on alert this week over intelligence that two Mexican migrants planned to jump the border to try to kill a cop, The Washington Times has learned. Published March 26, 2021
GOP demands businesses punish Democrats who try to overturn Iowa House election
Four top Senate Republicans demanded Thursday that corporations punish Democrats who are "stealing" one of Iowa's House seats by overturning the results of the November election. Published March 25, 2021
DC Catholic churches win Holy Week reprieve from mayor’s coronavirus shutdown
A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday on Mayor Muriel Bowser's coronavirus restrictions on the city's Catholic churches, ruling that the District's limits of 25% capacity or 250 people at services violates fundamental worship rights. Published March 25, 2021
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
Migrant child dies in Rio Grande; Border Patrol rescues 3-year-old
A 9-year-old migrant child died after being stranded in the Rio Grande but Homeland Security agents managed to rescue and revive another child and an adult from the river, the government said Thursday. Published March 25, 2021
James Comer demands Dems break silence, hold hearings on border surge
Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, demanded Thursday that Democrats break their silence and start to hold hearings to probe the border surge that's confounding the Biden administration. Published March 25, 2021
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
Biden asks VP Harris to lead on border-surge negotiations
President Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the border is experiencing "serious spikes" of illegal immigration and gave Vice President Kamala Harris the job of fixing it. Published March 24, 2021
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
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
ICE ‘draft declaration’ seeks to shape testimony on Joe Biden deportation policies
ICE's chief of staff has written a "draft declaration" for agency employees to use if they are called to give testimony in court cases dealing with the Biden administration's deportation policies, The Washington Times has learned. Published March 22, 2021
