Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

Articles by Stephen Dinan

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. While many adults crossing the border on their own in South Texas try to flee agents, most migrant parents and children wait to surrender so they can be processed and released into the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Dems blast ‘heartless’ Trump border security plans

Top Democrats offered their solutions to the border crisis Wednesday, saying the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America can be solved by sending more money to the region, and by shifting resources here at home. Published April 3, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner in Washington, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump doubles down on border closure threat

President Trump doubled down Wednesday on his ultimatum that he will "close" the border unless Congress acts, brushing aside advice from his own team at the White House, from business groups and from members of Congress that it would be an economic catastrophe. Published April 3, 2019

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