Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
More than 600 children ‘recycled’ by migrant smugglers at border: ICE
More than 600 children were "recycled" through the border over the last year, including some who were carried across eight times, by a different person each time, looking to exploit lax policies to gain a foothold in the U.S., a top ICE official told Congress on Wednesday. Published November 13, 2019
DHS moves to cut off asylum seekers’ work permits
Homeland Security proposed a new policy Wednesday to delay issuing work permits to asylum seekers until after their cases are approved, in a move aimed at trying to end the incentive that is drawing hundreds of thousands of bogus refugees to the U.S. border. Published November 13, 2019
Judge rules border DHS needs reasons to search travelers’ phones
The government does need to have a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity before it can search or seize Americans' electronic devices at U.S. ports and border crossings, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, delivering a significant victory to civil liberties advocates. Published November 12, 2019
Supreme Court’s DACA case leaves Donald Trump with bad options
The Supreme Court's ruling in the DACA case is likely to detonate in the middle of the presidential campaign, and those on both sides of the issue say even if he prevails with the justices, it's not likely to be pretty for President Trump. Published November 12, 2019
Supreme Court debates DACA do-over
DACA can, and probably will, ultimately be ended by the Trump administration. Published November 12, 2019
Dreamers DACA case at Supreme Court hinges on procedural issue
The question before the Supreme Court on Tuesday is incredibly specific: Did Mr. Trump and his aides check all the correct procedural boxes when they announced the phaseout? Published November 10, 2019
House Democrats move to resuscitate Equal Rights Amendment
Democrats in the House announced initial steps Friday to try to revive the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, breathing new life into a fight that most thought had been dead for decades. Published November 8, 2019
Mississippi ICE raids: Most illegal immigrants stole Americans’ identities
Most of the 680 illegal immigrants nabbed in August's immigration raids at poultry plants in Mississippi worked under stolen American identities, the Department of Homeland Security's top investigator told Congress Thursday, rebuffing Democrats who insisted the "undocumented" workers were doing no harm. Published November 7, 2019
Dems demand companies pay illegal immigrants snared in poultry raids
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson said Thursday that his committee is battling to try to make companies pay illegal immigrants snared in this summer's raid on poultry processing plants in Mississippi. Published November 7, 2019
Virginia Republicans take stock of electoral losses, Democrat control
The last Virginia Republican state delegate from Fairfax County lost his seat, and the GOP ceded control to the Democrats of the boards of supervisors in neighboring Loudoun and Prince William counties, both of which were GOP strongholds just a decade ago. Published November 6, 2019
Virginia Democrats ride anti-Trump wave
With anger at President Trump boiling over, Democrats steamrolled to victory in Virginia's elections Tuesday, claiming majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly for the first time in two decades. Published November 5, 2019
Michael Bloomberg, gun control groups see shootings helping Virginia Democrats
Gun control activists believe this summer's spate of high-profile mass shootings shifted the ground on the issue -- and they'll get their first chance to prove it Tuesday in Virginia, where voters are being told it's the top issue in the battle for control of the state's General Assembly. Published November 4, 2019
Donald Trump-Adam Schiff warfare escalates with transcripts, defied subpoenas
Four administration officials defied subpoenas to testify Monday in the closed-door impeachment inquiry against President Trump, as House Democrats released the first transcripts from past secret proceedings, making a down payment on new promises of transparency to the month-old investigation. Published November 4, 2019
Democrats reveal first transcripts from impeachment probe
House Democrats released the first transcripts Monday from their monthlong impeachment proceedings, making a down payment on their promises to bring more transparency to what has been a secret investigation. Published November 4, 2019
Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to make immigrants prove they have health insurance
A federal judge issued an order Saturday blocking President Trump's proclamation that would have ordered government screeners to refuse entry to would-be immigrants who can't prove they have their own health insurance. Published November 2, 2019
Donald Trump imposes lowest refugee cap ever
President Trump on Friday set a cap for the U.S. to accept just 18,000 refugees this fiscal year, marking the lowest number since the modern refugee system was created nearly 40 years ago. Published November 1, 2019
Donald Trump names Chad Wolf as acting DHS chief
President Trump said Friday he has elevated Chad Wolf to be acting secretary at Homeland Security, putting him in charge of perhaps the administration's most critical portfolio. Published November 1, 2019
Joe Arpaio loses CNN libel lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday tossed the libel lawsuit Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona, had filed against CNN, Rolling Stone and the Huffington Post, ruling that even though they made errors, the news organizations didn't do it with malice. Published October 31, 2019
2020 Democrats flood Virginia for 2019 election push
High-profile Democrats have been streaming into Virginia for weeks ahead of Tuesday's elections, rallying anti-Trump voters for what they hope will be the coup de grace in their three-decade push to reclaim total control of the state's government. Published October 31, 2019
Citizenship question on 2020 Census had no effect on self-response rates, test shows
It turns out that asking about citizenship may not have soured the 2020 census after all, according to a test the Census Bureau did to see what the effect of the controversial question would be. Published October 31, 2019
