Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Sandra Sanchez, mother of iconic child, bogus for asylum
The mother and child in that now-iconic photo of family separation not only weren't separated, but their claims of asylum are also likely bogus, experts tell The Washington Times. Published June 24, 2018
More than 500 children reunited with families after Trump ends family separation
More than 500 children held in Border Patrol custody have now been reunited with their parents and the rest who were separated under the zero-tolerance border policy will be connected within a day, the government said late Saturday. Published June 23, 2018
DHS blames DACA for feeding surge of illegal-immigrant families
The Trump administration for the first time connected the Obama-era DACA program to the surge of children and families on the border, in new court documents filed Friday laying out in more expansive detail why the courts should invalidate DACA. Published June 23, 2018
Stories of family separation
One illegal immigrant mother from Guatemala says that during the phone calls she's had with her son, he cries for most of the time. Published June 22, 2018
CNN, MSNBC cut away from Trump event with ‘Angel Families’
Two major cable TV news channels cut away from President Trump's event Friday with families of people killed by illegal immigrants, switching to coverage of illegal immigrant families complaining about treatment at the border. Published June 22, 2018
Maryland court tosses attempt to punish Hillary Clinton lawyers over email scandal
Maryland's top court this week rejected an attempt to punish Hillary Clinton's lawyers for their role in deleting her emails, overturning a lower court that had approved a misconduct investigation. Published June 22, 2018
House Republicans cancel immigration votes
Staring at a certain defeat, House Republicans canceled votes on their immigration compromise Thursday -- an embarrassing setback for leaders who'd thought they'd finally been able to wrangle some unanimity on an issue that's bedeviled them for years. Published June 21, 2018
House postpones immigration showdown to Friday
GOP leaders postponed a vote on their compromise immigration bill until Friday after conservatives said the bill can't pass. Published June 21, 2018
Feds ask judge to overturn ‘Flores’ ruling; Trump blames ruling for family separations
The Justice Department asked a federal judge Thursday to expand family detention, seeking permission to hold children beyond the 20-day limit set in a 2015 court ruling. Published June 21, 2018
House defeats first GOP immigration bill
The House defeated the first of two GOP immigration bills Thursday, rejecting an enforcement-heavy approached favored by conservatives that would have mixed a narrow legalization for "Dreamers" with a major boost in border and interior enforcement. Published June 21, 2018
El Salvador to refuse U.S. deportations until children are reunited with parents
The government of El Salvador said Thursday it won't accept back deportees from the U.S. unless it's certain they have gone through the full legal process and have been reunited with their children. Published June 21, 2018
Trump: Democrats ‘don’t care about the children’
Democrats are exploiting illegal immigrant children for their own political purposes, President Trump asserted Thursday, seemingly preparing the country for the failure of a number of GOP immigration bills on Capitol Hill. Published June 21, 2018
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Melania Trump makes surprise visit to detention facility in Texas
First lady Melania Trump made a surprise visit Thursday to a shelter for illegal immigrant children in Texas amid the furor over President Trump's rescinded family separation policy, expressing her desire to see the children reunited with their parents "as quickly as possible." Published June 21, 2018
House immigration bills will fail: Conservatives
House conservatives said Thursday that both immigration bills up for votes later in the day are doomed to defeat, blaming party leaders for failing to put their effort behind enforcement-heavy legislation. Published June 21, 2018
Border focus shifts to 2,300 kids already taken from parents
Having convinced President Trump to reverse separation of most illegal immigrant parents from children at the border, Democrats in Congress now say he must quickly reunite the more than 2,300 children who were taken during the six weeks the practice was in place. Published June 21, 2018
6-year-old illegal immigrant boy abandoned by uncle in Arizona desert, Border Patrol agents say
While official Washington's attention has been focused this week on President Trump and illegal immigrant parents separated from their children, Border Patrol agents in Arizona spotted a completely different type of family separation. Published June 20, 2018
Peter Schey may block illegal immigrant parents’ deportations until they’re reunited with children
The chief lawyer representing illegal immigrant children in the U.S. said Wednesday he is considering asking a court to block the deportations of any parents involved in the family separations until they can be reunited with their children. Published June 20, 2018
Donald Trump orders Jeff Sessions to challenge ‘Flores’ family-immigration policy in court
President Trump's new immigration policy now depends on either the courts or Congress overturning a 2015 ruling that the administration says forced family separations. Published June 20, 2018
Senate blocks Donald Trump’s spending cuts
Senators voted Wednesday to block President Trump's $15.4 billion spending cuts package, with lawmakers saying it trimmed the budget too much. Published June 20, 2018
