Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Democrats propose DHS overhaul to fix ‘cruel’ Trump policies
House Democrats announced new legislation Friday to overhaul Homeland Security in the wake of what they cast as President Trump's abuse of the department. Published November 20, 2020
Andrew Hernandez charged after drone crashed into police helicopter
Federal authorities arrested a man Thursday in what they said is believed to be the first criminal case ever brought against someone for flying a drone in an unsafe manner. Published November 19, 2020
GSA must begin Joe Biden transition, House committee chairs say
The chairs of key House committees warned the head of the General Services Administration on Thursday that she may be breaking the law by not granting presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden access to transition resources. Published November 19, 2020
Friedrich Karl Berger, Nazi guard, loses deportation appeal
A man who served as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp has lost his appeal to stop his deportation, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Published November 19, 2020
Joe Biden DHS ‘landing team’ stocked with amnesty proponents, short on border security
The transition "landing team" presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden is deploying to Homeland Security is stocked with veterans of counterterrorism and emergency management -- and it's a who's who of past campaigns for an illegal-immigrant amnesty. Published November 19, 2020
Illegal border crossings are surging as migrants anticipate Biden changes, DHS says
Border Patrol agents are already seeing a Biden surge in illegal immigration at the southwest border, officials said Thursday, with the numbers surging 21% over the last month alone. Published November 19, 2020
ICE arrests 154 illegal immigrants who failed to self-deport
ICE this month rounded up 154 illegal immigrants who'd promised the government they would self-deport within a few months but turned around and defied that promise. Published November 19, 2020
ICE arrests migrants who reneged on self-deport promise
ICE will announce Thursday that it has arrested more than 170 illegal immigrants in a nationwide operation targeting people who had promised to leave the country, then reneged on that promise. Published November 18, 2020
Judge bans DHS from expelling illegal immigrant children during coronavirus
A federal judge on Wednesday put a major dent in the government's coronavirus policy that allows expulsion of most illegal immigrants nabbed at the border, ruling that children who show up without parents cannot be immediately ousted. Published November 18, 2020
New York warns of surge in ‘revenge porn’ during coronavirus
New York's attorney general warned Wednesday of a surge in "revenge porn" during coronavirus, with people in lockdown turning to online ways to be intimate -- and then having their activities recorded and potentially posted without their consent. Published November 18, 2020
DHS issues new memos to try to bolster acting secretary’s authority amid court challenges
Homeland Security announced a series of new directives Tuesday intended to reaffirm acting Secretary Chad Wolf's authority amid court challenges arguing he was never properly installed in the top job, so every move he's made is illegal. Published November 17, 2020
DHS moves to block illegal immigrants awaiting deportation from getting work permits
Homeland Security proposed a new rule Tuesday to stop illegal immigrants from being able to get work permits while they're awaiting deportation, saying that it makes no sense to allow them to hold jobs even as the government is trying to remove them. Published November 17, 2020
Fake families expose border child separation problem
Most of the attention has gone to the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, which stepped up prosecutions in 2018 of parents who jumped the border with children. There are no family facilities in federal jails, so the children were separated -- and the government didn't have a good plan to reunite them. Published November 16, 2020
Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, tells Trump ‘the time has come’ to concede
Eyeing his own 2024 presidential bid, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan unloaded on President Trump on Monday, saying that while he struck a chord with some disaffected voters he was ineffective, spawned "toxic politics" that chased away suburban women and young voters, and showed a "loose affiliation with the truth." Published November 16, 2020
Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, blasts ‘toxic politics’ of Trump, D.C. Republicans
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday it's time for Republicans to ditch their D.C.-centric mindset and look beyond the Beltway for the next generation of leaders and solutions, saying the party must surmount the past four years of "toxic politics." Published November 16, 2020
Demand on Biden: Hispanic group insists on Latino quota in his Cabinet
A leading Hispanic group said Tuesday that Joseph R. Biden, the presumptive president-elect, must name at least five Hispanics to his Cabinet in a nod to the diversity of the coalition that powered him in last week's election. Published November 15, 2020
Judge undercuts Trump’s latest DACA gambit, rules DHS secretary is illegally in job
A federal judge ruled Saturday that Chad Wolf is illegally serving as acting secretary at Homeland Security, and that as such the Trump administration's latest attempt to reel in the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty -- issued by Mr. Wolf -- can't stand. Published November 14, 2020
Democrats demand immigration status be part of spending bills
A group of Senate Democrats demanded Saturday that a new extension of tentative legal status for would-be undocumented immigrants be part of any year-end spending package, throwing a new wrinkle into an already touchy debate over avoiding a government shutdown. Published November 14, 2020
Pelosi stands firm on $3.4 trillion coronavirus bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blew off disappointing election results Thursday, saying it does nothing to undercut her demand for a massive new coronavirus spending bill she says is needed to "crush" the virus. Published November 12, 2020
Dan Sullivan, GOP senator, wins Alaska; Republicans claim 50th seat
Republicans are guaranteed at least 50 seats in the Senate next year after Sen. Dan Sullivan was projected Wednesday to win reelection in Alaska. Published November 11, 2020
