Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Abrego Garcia objects: Don’t send me to Liberia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia now says he fears persecution if he's sent to Liberia, as America's most prominent migrant tries again to derail a looming deportation. Published October 25, 2025
DHS sets Oct. 31 target to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, says Liberia will take him
The Trump administration said Friday it's finally firmed up a country willing to take Kilmar Abrego Garcia off America's hands, with hopes of booting him out of the U.S. within a week. Published October 24, 2025
DHS uses riot response as anti-ICE protests become more violent in Chicago
Anti-ICE protesters are escalating their confrontations with federal immigration authorities in Illinois, forcing officers to use riot responses to suppress what the Department of Homeland Security called "one of the most violent days." Published October 24, 2025
DHS’ Chief Bovino accused of breaking judge’s order by using tear gas on Chicago crowd
Journalism advocates on Thursday accused a senior Homeland Security official of personally deploying tear gas into a Chicago protest "without justification" in defiance of a judge's orders. Published October 23, 2025
ICE says it doesn’t need to give Congress access to its facilities during government shutdown
One of the casualties of the shutdown showdown is that Democrats have lost their access to ICE facilities. Published October 23, 2025
Two federal judges admit to using AI in botched rulings after months of silence
Two federal judges have publicly admitted that they used artificial intelligence in their work, leading them to retract court orders after the AI introduced errors into their rulings. Published October 23, 2025
Winsome Earle-Sears embraces Trump’s tepid Va. governor endorsement: ‘The president wants me to win’
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears welcomed President Trump's tepid endorsement of her gubernatorial campaign this week, saying he made clear he "wants me to win." Published October 23, 2025
Texas scoured 18 million voter names, found 2,724 possible noncitizens
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson has just completed a review of more than 18 million names on her state's voter list, and flagged 2,724 of them -- less than 0.02% -- as possible noncitizens. Published October 22, 2025
FEMA discriminated against pro-gun homes in disaster relief missions
Political targeting at the government's emergency management agency went deeper than Biden officials acknowledged, according to a new report that said FEMA employees not only skipped over pro-Trump homes but also avoided homes with pro-gun messages. Published October 22, 2025
Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers
Democrats are ramping up their confrontation with ICE, with one member of Congress announcing plans to run a "tracker" to reveal officers' actions and New York's attorney general setting up a tip line for leads to investigate the agency's operations. Published October 22, 2025
Venezuelans say ICE officers ‘beat’ them to force them off deportation plane in El Salvador
Venezuelans who were forcibly deported to a terrorist prison in El Salvador earlier this year have now formally accused ICE officers of beating them to make them get off the airplane. Published October 21, 2025
House refers ex-CIA chief Brennan for criminal prosecution for lying to Congress
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to prosecute Obama-era CIA Director John O. Brennan on charges of lying to Congress, saying he misled lawmakers over his role in spreading anti-Trump lies. Published October 21, 2025
Judge orders military to restore DEI books at some base schools
A federal judge ordered the military to restore DEI-related books to the shelves of five of its schools on bases across the globe, saying the government was too hasty in carrying out President Trump's anti-DEI orders. Published October 20, 2025
Federal court gives Trump big win by allowing his troop deployment to Oregon
A federal appeals court on Monday allowed President Trump to federalize and deploy National Guard troops to Oregon to help immigration officers carry out their duties, ruling that the law gives a president wide deference in those sorts of decisions. Published October 20, 2025
Maryland kept printing ballots for illegal immigrant Ian Roberts long after he moved to Iowa
Weeks after the country learned that he was an illegal immigrant -- and that he lived a thousand miles away in Iowa -- former Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts' name remains on Maryland's voter rolls, according to multiple sources. Published October 20, 2025
Supreme Court to review federal ban on drug users owning guns
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a challenge the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, in a case advocates hope will bring clarity to the country's chaotic landscape of marijuana and firearms laws. Published October 20, 2025
Illegal immigrant cop sparks debate about migrants’ access to guns
Congress faces new calls to change the law to bar illegal immigrants from carrying guns while serving as police officers after ICE last week announced it had arrested a migrant cop who'd been working for a department in the suburbs of Chicago. Published October 19, 2025
ICE director hits back at ‘political rhetoric,’ media ‘spin’ for imperiling officers and Americans
Protests and sanctuary jurisdictions are forcing ICE to divert personnel and hindering its ability to reach higher arrest and deportation numbers, acting Director Todd Lyons told The Washington Times as he blamed political rhetoric. Published October 17, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to deploy troops to Illinois
President Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to deliver an initial blessing to his attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois to quell anti-ICE violence, dropping another tricky case about presidential power in the justices' laps. Published October 17, 2025
Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown
The government shutdown is about to slam into the federal courts, which had been able to keep running but are about to exhaust their extra cash and will have to furlough employees starting early next week. Published October 17, 2025
