Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Feds say man who stabbed NYPD officer was illegal immigrant with radical Islamic ties
The man who stabbed a New York City police officer in early June was an illegal immigrant from Bosnia who was motivated by support for violent Islamic extremism, the Justice Department revealed Wednesday in bringing charges against the man. Published August 26, 2020
Kajla wins TSA’s ‘Cutest Canine’
Kajla, a 5-year-old Vizsla who works as an explosives detection dog screening passengers at a Hawaii airport, has been named TSA's cutest canine for 2020. Published August 26, 2020
Smugglers plead guilty after leading three women to death on U.S.-Mexico border
Two Mexican migrant smugglers pleaded guilty Tuesday to contributing to the deaths of three illegal immigrant women, whom they led across the border in February, then abandoned to perish in the jaws of a snowstorm. Published August 25, 2020
DHS’ citizenship agency cuts services to avert furlough
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Tuesday that it will avert a massive furlough of its workforce -- but the price will be severe cuts to services, including delaying naturalizations. Published August 25, 2020
ICE family detention facilities running at 7% capacity during coronavirus pandemic
The government's facilities that detain migrant children are running at just 7% capacity during coronavirus, officials revealed this week, as Homeland Security and the Health and Human Services Department work to try to prevent a devastating outbreak. Published August 25, 2020
Illegal immigrant nabbed at border dies of coronavirus
An illegal immigrant caught at the border last month while infected with the coronavirus died Monday, Homeland Security said. Published August 24, 2020
Feliz Missael Alva, illegal immigrant, charged with shooting gun during Denver protests
Federal prosecutors hauled an illegal immigrant to court Monday on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm after police said they saw him pull out a handgun and shoot it in the sky, near where police and media helicopters were circling, during racial justice protests in May. Published August 24, 2020
Republicans rally around Donald Trump at RNC convention
President Trump on Monday basked in the adorning glow of the Republican National Convention and declared: "Success brings unity." Published August 24, 2020
Joe Biden counters Republican National Convention programming with Republican supporters
As the GOP kicked off its national convention Monday, Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden countered with his own Republicans. Published August 24, 2020
Margaret Hunter, Duncan Hunter wife, sentenced after ‘cooperation’ in corruption case
Margaret Hunter was granted a lenient sentence by a federal judge Monday who said she deserved credit for helping prosecutors make a corruption case against her husband, former Rep. Duncan Hunter. Published August 24, 2020
DHS announces reboot of DACA, promises stricter approach to backdoor citizenship
The government's legal immigration agency said Monday that it will give strict scrutiny to DACA recipients who try to use a backdoor path to citizenship, as the Department of Homeland Security finalized plans for restarting the program after a Supreme Court decision this summer. Published August 24, 2020
NASA-funded scientist charged with also working for China
A NASA-funded scientist has been charged with fraud and conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced Monday, saying he was working as a Chinese researcher at the same time he was taking U.S. government money. Published August 24, 2020
Trump Republican National Convention speakers in 2016 see hard times
A striking number of those who were willing to stand up and be counted backing the president in 2016 -- at a time when many in the GOP and elsewhere shunned him -- have struggled to thrive in the ongoing Trump insurgency. Published August 23, 2020
Portland riots intensify; balloons with feces thrown at cop cars
Heeding the advice of critics, Portland police say they repeatedly tried to deescalate with protesters Friday night. It didn't work. Published August 22, 2020
Smuggler tries to shoot Border Patrol agent, gets wounded himself
A Border Patrol agent shot a man smuggling illegal immigrants Thursday after he fled an Arizona checkpoint, led agents on a 20-mile chase, then shot at them when they finally caught up to him, authorities said in filing charges. Published August 21, 2020
Portland protesters turn ire toward ICE office
A pitched battle broke out Thursday night between police and protesters in Portland who seemed intent on targeting an ICE office as violence in the Oregon city raged once again. Published August 21, 2020
Judge Michael Simon slams DHS targeting reporters in Portland riots
A federal judge delivered a stern scolding Thursday to Homeland Security over its behavior during the Portland riots, saying it appears agents and officers intentionally targeted reporters with tear gas and less-lethal munitions during clashes outside the courthouse. Published August 20, 2020
Alejandra Juarez, illegal immigrant at DNC, was put on path to deportation by Obama administration
The illegal immigrant mother Democrats used Wednesday as a case study of cruelty in President Trump's policies was first deported during the Clinton administration, then flagged for deportation again under the Obama-Biden administration. Published August 19, 2020
IRS says enhanced unemployment benefits is taxable income
Millions of people who have never collected unemployment benefits before got checks this spring and summer, in some cases reaching more than $1,000 a week -- far exceeding what some of them made in their jobs. Published August 19, 2020
Larry Williams Jr., Air Force airman, charged in Utah riots
Federal investigators charged an Air Force airman with arson during May riots in Utah, and said they were able to connect him to the crime because he used his distinctive government-issued gas mask, which they were able to match to video of the perpetrator. Published August 19, 2020
