Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Pete Buttigieg: Amy Klobuchar complicit in child separations
Pete Buttigieg accused Sen. Amy Klobuchar of being complicit in the Trump administration's child separation practice because she voted to confirm his border chief, who went on to promote the Zero Tolerance border policy, and voted for judges he claimed were anti-immigrant. Published February 19, 2020
Michael Bloomberg breaks all the rules, upends 2020 race
Michael R. Bloomberg forged a campaign juggernaut by breaking all the usual rules, shunning retail politics and ignoring the first primary-season contests. He has yet to collect a single convention delegate. Published February 19, 2020
Emerson poll gives Donald Trump best ratings of his presidency
President Trump hit a new high approval rating in yet another opinion survey Wednesday, with Emerson College Polling showing him with a 48-44 split, a net-positive 4-point rating. Published February 19, 2020
DHS to waive labor laws to speed border wall building
The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it will waive labor and procurement rules to speed up construction of President Trump's border wall, as the department rushes to build as much as possible before Mr. Trump's self-imposed end-of-year deadline. Published February 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders blasted by California labor union for not listening to workers
Sen. Bernard Sanders brags about his ties to working people, so it was a particularly harsh shot Tuesday when a California union blasted his idea to have the state take over a large power utility and said they were more disappointed he never ran the proposal by the workers. Published February 18, 2020
Religious Freedom Restoration Act helps immigrant-rights activists triumph over Trump
Immigrant-rights activists are on a winning streak against the Trump administration in the deserts of Arizona -- and they have a 1990s-era religious freedom law to thank for it. Published February 17, 2020
Kingdom of Jesus Christ church operated human trafficking ring in California, judge rules
To immigration officials they were tourists. To the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, they were "full-time workers," ready to be sent out onto the streets to beg for money to keep church leaders living in luxury. Published February 16, 2020
Sanctuary city slap down as feds pursue penalties for ‘shielding of aliens’
The Justice Department unleashed a legal assault on sanctuary jurisdictions across the country this week, filing a new round of civil lawsuits asking judges to overturn the policies, and warning state and city officials they could soon face their own criminal charges for harboring illegal immigrants. Published February 15, 2020
LGBTQ push in Equal Rights Amdt. creates legal mess: Proposal is ‘essentially meaningless’
The slogan in the 1970s was ERA Now. But what happens when it's ERA Later, in a time of the rise of the transgender rights movement and shifting societal definitions of sex and gender? Published February 15, 2020
DHS to deploy elite Border Patrol teams to sanctuary cities
Homeland Security is sending elite Border Patrol teams to assist ICE in tracking down and deporting people from sanctuary cities, The New York Times reported Friday, marking a major escalation in President Trump's battle with communities that shield illegal immigrants. Published February 14, 2020
Woman blames New York City sanctuary policy for her grandmother’s death
A woman whose 92-year-old grandmother was slain in a sanctuary city-related killing blamed New York City Friday for her death, and praised President Trump for fighting the city to end the policy. Published February 14, 2020
Border Patrol agents chant ‘Four more years’ at Trump speech
Border Patrol agents chanted "four more years" as President Trump spoke to them at the White House Friday, taking a victory lap over ongoing construction of his border wall. Published February 14, 2020
Kingdom of Jesus Christ church immigration scam imported beggars, feds say
Three leaders of a Philippines-based church were charged this week with a massive immigration scam that authorities said saw them entice immigrants to come to the U.S., fool Homeland Security into admitting them, then sending them out on the streets to beg for money. Published February 13, 2020
Trump grabs another $3.8 billion from Pentagon for border wall
The Pentagon informed Congress Thursday it will siphon another $3.8 billion from its accounts to build President Trump's border wall, as he rushes to get as much construction done as possible before the end of the year. Published February 13, 2020
House votes to revive Equal Rights Amendment; faces constitutional hurdles
The House pushed through a bill Thursday to remove a four-decade-old deadline on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, brushing aside Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's caution that they're barking up a dead tree. Published February 13, 2020
Rand Paul says YouTube censored impeachment speech with name of possible whistleblower
Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday accused YouTube of censoring his speech from the Senate floor last week about the impeachment trial -- a speech in which he mentioned a name some believe to be the whistleblower who ignited the investigation into President Trump. Published February 13, 2020
Donald Trump’s retreat on E-Verify called ‘takeover’ of immigration agenda
President Trump's new budget retreats on his campaign promise to require all U.S. businesses to use E-Verify to check their new hires, signaling the White House's surrender on one of the best tools to shut down the jobs magnet that spurs illegal immigration. Published February 12, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates’ electability reflects voters’ feelings on Trump, poll finds
Sen. Amy Klobuchar kicked off her primary-night speech in New Hampshire this week by touting her electability to voters, telling them "I'm Amy Klobuchar and I will beat Donald Trump." Published February 12, 2020
New York police chiefs back DHS in battle over state’s sanctuary law
The New York Association of Chiefs of Police is backing Homeland Security over its own state leaders in a growing battle over the state's new sanctuary law that not only grants driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, but also bans immigration law enforcement agencies from access to motor vehicle records. Published February 12, 2020
Equal Rights Amendment intentions hijacked by LGBTQ movement
The ERA would declare equality of rights on "account of sex." What that means exactly is contentious. If the amendment is added to the Constitution, it would create a morass of legal questions -- chief among them whose vision of sex would control it. Published February 11, 2020
