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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks to reporters following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Blasey Ford asks Senate to limit press access for Kavanaugh hearing

Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers have asked senators to limit the press who will be allowed in the room to cover Thursday's hearing with her and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and sought to dictate at least some of the outlets. Published September 25, 2018

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows foreign nationals being arrested this week 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 **

ICE program to recruit local police overextended under Trump: Audit

The Trump administration has overextended a program designed to recruit local police departments to assist in immigration enforcement, shirking the planning and technology needed to make the operation work, an inspector general reported Monday. Published September 24, 2018

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks to George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Nielsen lays out her vision for the sprawling department, as midterm elections loom amid persistent threats of hacking and the immigration debate continues to rage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Kirstjen Nielsen approves welfare limits on immigrants

Homeland Security over the weekend announced new rules designed to enforce a long-standing, but also long-ignored, requirement that migrants who come to the U.S. not become a burden on American taxpayers. Published September 22, 2018

A woman holds up signs reading in Spanish: "Dreamers as prisoners of Donald Trump," and "Stop deportations that separate families, causing pain, anguish, and tears", as a handful of demonstrators protested outside the Ministry of Foreign Relations, where U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was meeting with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Tillerson's Mexico stop kicks off a weeklong trip to Latin America which will take him to Argentina, Peru, and Colombia, with a final stop in Jamaica. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Pro-Trumpers turn to GoFundMe to build border wall

Dozens of people have launched GoFundMe accounts to raise money that they say they will make sure is used to push the president's plans for his "great, beautiful wall." Published September 20, 2018

In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. A complaint expected to be filed Thursday, Aug. 23 with the Department of Homeland Security alleges that immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they didn't understand. In some of those cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their kids. The complaint will be filed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Council. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) **FILE**

GOP senator writes bill to solve family separations

A key senator announced legislation Thursday to authorize the government to hold families who crossed the border illegally in detention while they await their deportation cases, moving to clean up the legal mess that led to family separations earlier this year. Published September 20, 2018

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Claire McCaskill announces Brett Kavanaugh opposition

Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, said Wednesday she will vote against confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, saying she couldn't stomach his past writings on campaign finance law. Published September 19, 2018