Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Immigration reversal as deportations top border arrests
Illegal immigration across the southwestern border is down so much that Homeland Security is now deporting more people each month than it captures coming across, officials announced Thursday, saying they're now able to eat into the backlog of cases that built up during last year's surge. Published March 5, 2020
DHS links coronavirus to border; 328 Chinese illegals caught so far this year
Some 328 immigrants from China have been caught crossing the border illegally so far this year, according to Homeland Security data that raises the prospect a coronavirus carrier could sneak into the country via the U.S.-Mexico border. Published March 4, 2020
Democrats want to put Obama behind them, embrace Sanders’ far-left policies: Exit polls
He won them two presidential elections, but Democrats are increasingly ready to put President Barack Obama in their rear view, according to exit polls from the Super Tuesday slate of primaries, which showed a startling number of party faithful saying it's time to move on. Published March 3, 2020
Chad Wolf, DHS chief, unaware of Donald Trump’s claim of Mexican ‘redemption’ wall money
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Tuesday he doesn't know of any "redemption" money or other secret source of money from Mexico to pay for President Trump's border wall. Published March 3, 2020
Texas bus company forced to pay American workers after hiring foreigners instead
Edward Turknett learned that El Expreso, a Houston bus company, was looking for drivers and applied by fax, just as the job listing said. He never heard back. Published March 3, 2020
Feds launch website for reporting immigration fraud
Think your neighbors are pulling the wool over on Uncle Sam with a fake marriage? It just got a lot easier to drop a dime on them. Published March 3, 2020
Feds warn of foreign meddling ahead of Super Tuesday primaries
The heads of the FBI, Homeland Security, Justice Department, State Department and the intelligence community issued an extraordinary alert Monday warning of foreign meddling in elections, just as millions of voters prepare to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries. Published March 2, 2020
Ken Cuccinelli appointment to citizenship office was illegal, judge rules
The Trump administration illegally appointed Ken Cuccinelli to be head of the government's top citizenship agency, a federal judge ruled over the weekend, in a case that could undo some of the get-tough policies he helped put into place. Published March 2, 2020
Trump deficits alarm conservatives, CPAC-Washington Times poll shows
Conservative activists sent a warning shot over the bow of the Trump administration this weekend, saying they understand why spending and deficits have risen over the past few years -- but it's time to reel them in. Published March 1, 2020
CPAC/Washington Times poll: Sanders is most dangerous opponent for Trump
Conservative activists believe Sen. Bernard Sanders is the most dangerous potential opponent for President Trump in this year's election, according to the CPAC-Washington Times poll, released Saturday at the largest annual gathering of conservatives. Published February 29, 2020
Hispanic voters siding with Trump in head-to-head matchup against Sanders: polls
Nine months out from his second Election Day, and despite a tenure in the White House that has involved building a border wall, stepping up deportations and insulting some Latin American nations as "s--hole" countries, Mr. Trump is as strong as ever among Hispanic voters, according to the polls. Published February 29, 2020
Trump team yanking green cards from immigrants who abuse U.S. welfare system
The Trump administration this week began enforcing the "public charge" rule, giving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services the authority to refuse green cards -- the key step on the path to citizenship -- to people who have used a wide range of nonemergency welfare programs. Published February 29, 2020
Appeals court blocks Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
A federal appeals court Friday blocked President Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy, ruling it went beyond the boundaries of federal law -- and eliminating the most important tool Homeland Security used to stem last year's border surge. Published February 28, 2020
Judge Barbara Rothstein rules Donald Trump can’t use Washington military funds for border wall
A federal judge in Seattle subtracted nearly $90 million from President Trump's border wall plans after ruling Thursday that his emergency declaration and siphoning of money from the Pentagon was illegal. Published February 27, 2020
Luis Estrada-Alvarez tries to head-butt ICE officer: Feds
A Mexican illegal immigrant who'd repeatedly snuck back into the U.S. head-butted an ICE officer who was attempting to arrest him, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday, announcing charges against the man. Published February 27, 2020
GOP: Democrats must take sides on Bernie’s praise of Fidel Castro
Republicans are trying to make Democrats feel the burn over Sen. Bernard Sanders' recent comments praising Cuba, introducing legislation in Congress denouncing the self-described socialist's sentiments. Published February 27, 2020
Border chief: Wall cuts illegal crossings 80%
A 20-mile section of new border wall built near El Paso, Texas, cut illegal crossings by more than 80%, the government's top border official told Congress on Thursday. Published February 27, 2020
Donald Trump wins over Hispanics despite strict immigration stance
He was told being strict on illegal immigration would doom him among Hispanic voters. Yet President Trump has defied their predictions. Published February 26, 2020
Illegal immigrant population shrinks as Mexicans go home
Despite the surge of illegal migrants from Central America, the actual unauthorized population in the U.S. has dropped over the past decade, according to a new analysis Wednesday that found hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have surrendered their foothold and self-deported back home. Published February 26, 2020
Appeals court approves DOJ punishment for sanctuary cities
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Justice Department does have power under the law to withhold federal grant money from communities that refuse to share information with ICE, giving President Trump a major victory in the escalating battle with sanctuary cities. Published February 26, 2020
