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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez , left, speaks as Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen listens during a meeting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The Secretary of National Security of the United States will discuss with his colleagues from the Northern Triangle a series of actions to counter organized crime and illegal trafficking of migrants and drugs to his country from Central America. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

DHS: ‘Right now the system is on fire’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen cut short a working trip to Europe to return to the U.S. to manage the border crisis, facing what one department official said Tuesday was a system "on fire." Published April 2, 2019

During a training drill, Customs and Border Protection officials block the entrance to the San Ysidro port of entry. (Associated Press/File)

DHS to redeploy up to 2,000 officers to border crisis

Homeland Security will transfer up to 2,000 officers away from the ports of entry to assist the Border Patrol, Homeland Security Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday, escalating the all-hands approach to trying to stop the massive illegal immigration surge. Published April 1, 2019

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., left, arrives to preside at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. After special counsel Robert Mueller's report was finished, Nadler says Congress must have the opportunity to evaluate the underlying evidence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Dems announce first subpoena in Mueller probe

House Democrats announced plans Monday for their first subpoena in the Mueller probe, saying they'll demand not only the special counsel's final report but his entire investigative work product. Published April 1, 2019

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 31, 2019, as they return from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump gripes over Census citizenship setback

President Trump complained Monday about his struggles to get a question about citizenship added to the 2020 census, saying it would be a waste of money carrying out the count unless it includes that inquiry. Published April 1, 2019

Caravans of Central Americans and Cubans making their way through Mexico are worsening the crisis at the U.S. border, and people at ports of entry will feel the strain. (Associated Press)

U.S.-Mexico border ‘illegal immigration superhighway’

Anyone crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could end up stuck in longer lines as officers are pulled from the land ports of entry and deployed to help the Border Patrol transport, feed and see to the medical needs of the tens of thousands of people streaming illegally into the U.S. each week. Published March 31, 2019

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, center, announced that the Trump administration will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors during a news conference at the border in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. McAleenan said the reassignment of 750 border inspectors would mean longer waits at crossings as the busy Easter holiday nears but that it was necessary to address what he called "an operational crisis." The reassigned officers will process migrants, provide transportation and perform hospital watches for migrants who require medical attention. It is unknown when they will return to their regular duties. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Border crisis beginning to bring pain home for Americans

Lines at U.S. border crossings are already increasing after hundreds of officers have already been pulled off duty there are redeployed to help the Border Patrol process the surge of illegal immigrants being caught sneaking into the country elsewhere. Published March 29, 2019

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

DHS to double seasonal guest worker increase

Homeland Security will dole out an additional 30,000 seasonal guest worker passes this year as it pushes to make good on President Trump's new promise to bring in more foreign labor amid a strong economy. Published March 29, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks before awarding the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins with Atkins' son Trevor Oliver, 22, accepting the posthumous recognition for conspicuous gallantry in Iraq in June 2007, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday March 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump halts deportation for thousands of Liberians

President Trump granted a reprieve Thursday to thousands of Liberians who were about to become illegal immigrants, giving them another year to get their affairs in order before they must leave the U.S. Published March 28, 2019

President Barack Obama hugs Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after addressing the delegates during the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

GOP: Release Clinton, Obama, Comey docs along with Mueller report

The push to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report is quickly turning into a demand to rip the bandage off the past few years of political investigations at the FBI and Justice Department, in what could be a colossal bloodletting. Published March 28, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., right, leads an event to announce legislation to lower health care costs and protect people with pre-existing medical conditions, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer reject ousting Adam Schiff

The top two House Democratic leaders flocked to Rep. Adam B. Schiff's defense Thursday after Republicans called for him to be stripped of his post as chairman of the intelligence committee. Published March 28, 2019