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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump, Congress reach budget deal

President Trump and congressional leaders reached a deal Monday evening to boost spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, while carving out trillions of dollars in new debt space for future borrowing. Published July 22, 2019

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

DHS to expand speedy deportations across the country

Homeland Security announced an aggressive new policy Monday to fast-track deportations of recent immigrants caught in the living in the U.S. illegally, looking to expand a tool that's been used successfully at the border for years. Published July 22, 2019

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan speaks at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kevin McAleenan challenges Democrats to help improve conditions at border

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan told Congress on Thursday that the answer to troubling stories of overcrowding of illegal immigrants at the border is to increase money for ICE detention in the interior, putting the burden back on the Democrats most vocal in complaining about the conditions. Published July 18, 2019

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019, photo migrants mainly from Central America guide their children through the entrance of a World War II-era bomber hanger in Deming, N.M. A panel of appeals court judges in California will hear arguments in the long-running battle between advocates for immigrant children and the U.S. government over conditions in detention and holding facilities near the southwest border. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) **FILE**

DHS: ‘They have tens of thousands of toothbrushes’

Children at the border do have toothbrushes, do get the chance to take showers and have their dirty clothes washed when they are apprehended at the border, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said Thursday. Published July 18, 2019

Pastor Aaron Mendes hands out documents to migrants before they enter the immigration office on the Mexican side of the border, before they are escorted across to apply for asylum on the United States side, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Asylum-seekers grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refugee claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors, confusion and fear. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Senators suggest bipartisan border solution to speed deportations

A bipartisan group of senators offered a new solution to the border crisis Thursday that could clear the way for approvals for those with legitimate asylum cases, while speeding deportations for the vast majority of illegal immigrant families who don't have real claims. Published July 18, 2019

In this July 4, 2019, file photo, a group of asylum seekers crosses the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP)

Donald Trump moves to reject some asylum seekers

The Trump administration announced a new regulation Monday aimed at trying to deny some migrants the chance to claim asylum in the U.S. if they have crossed other countries to get here. Published July 15, 2019

Office of Management and Budget acting Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, during a hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Trump administration cuts vehicle fuel efficiency penalty

The Trump administration issued a new rule late Friday to cut the penalty car companies pay if they violate fuel efficiency standards, arguing the Obama administration goofed in raising the rate. Published July 12, 2019

In this Feb. 18, 2017, file photo, thousands of people take part in the "Free the People Immigration March," to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration a rare legal win in its efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities. In a 2-1 decision Friday, July 12, 2019, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Justice Department was within its rights to give priority status for multimillion-dollar community policing grants to departments that agree to cooperate with immigration officials. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Donald Trump wins first legal battle over sanctuary cities

A federal appeals court sided Friday with the Trump administration's effort to punish sanctuary cities, ruling that the federal government can reward communities that cooperate with ICE on deportations. Published July 12, 2019

In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Border Patrol agent Vincent Pirro looks on near a border wall that separates the cities of Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, in San Diego. Hundreds of thousands of people have been arriving at the border in recent months, many of them families fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. Once they reach the border, they can take different paths to try to get into the U.S. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to OK border wall building

The administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to lift lower court rulings halting President Trump's border wall emergency, asking to be allowed to begin construction while the case proceeds through those lower courts. Published July 12, 2019

President Donald Trump is joined by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr, right, as he speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump drops census citizenship question

President Trump on Thursday ordered the Census Bureau to try to figure out how many American residents are citizens -- but ditched plans to include the question on the 2020 count, caving to political hurdles and legal realities. Published July 11, 2019

Rey Wences, an organizer at Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), addresses reporters during a new conference outside U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in Chicago, Thursday, July 11, 2019. A nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting people who are in the United States illegally is expected to begin this weekend. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

Lawyers rush to court to head off deportation sweep

Immigrant-rights activists rushed to court in New York Thursday to ask a judge to head off President Trump's plans for a new deportation sweep, asking that anyone ordered removed in absentia without a lawyer be granted an automatic new hearing. Published July 11, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi: Illegal immigrants should refuse to admit ICE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged illegal immigrants to refuse to open the door to ICE officers, saying they have rights and must exercise them to thwart the administration's planned deportation sweep. Published July 11, 2019

In this May 25, 2010, photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants a boarded a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago, Il. and Harlingen, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ICE deportation sweep to begin this weekend

ICE officers will begin President Trump's promised deportation sweep this weekend, targeting about 2,000 illegal immigrants who have been ordered deported but are defying those judges' orders to remain in the country, The New York Times reported Thursday. Published July 11, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Sumter, S.C, on Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Immigrant-rights activists attack Joe Biden over deportations

Immigrant-rights activists staged a sit-in protest at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's campaign headquarters Wednesday, demanding he apologize for being part of the Obama administration's record level of deportations. Published July 10, 2019

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Stansted Airport in England, Monday, June 3, 2019 at the start of a three day state visit to Britain. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) **FILE**

Appeals court tosses D.C.’s lawsuit against Trump ‘emoluments’

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of President Trump's business interests, tossing a lawsuit brought by Maryland and Washington, D.C., arguing he was violating the Constitution by running his hotel empire while serving as president. Published July 10, 2019