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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) and others demonstrate outside the U.S. District Court 9th Circuit in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The Trump administration will try to convince a U.S. appeals court that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

DACA rebellion picks up steam in House

The pro-Dreamer GOP rebellion is now just five votes shy of success after two more Republicans signed onto the petition drive Wednesday seeking to force the House to vote on legal protections for illegal immigrants in the DACA program. Published May 16, 2018

In a Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Donald Trump Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, walks from the elevator at Trump Tower, in New York. Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he couldn't remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father, according to transcripts released Wednesday of his interview with the panel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump Jr. says he never told his father about Russia meeting

Donald Trump Jr. says he never told his father, then-candidate Donald Trump, about the meeting he took during the campaign with Russian operatives who'd suggested they had dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to documents released by a congressional probe Wednesday. Published May 16, 2018

Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, backs CIA nominee Gina Haspel. Mr. Warner is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and he said he would support her despite doubts among some lawmakers about Ms. Haspel's record. (Associated Press)

Gina Haspel, CIA pick, easily clears intel committee

Gina Haspel's nomination as the next CIA director looked assured on Wednesday, triggering questions over what changes she could bring to the CIA's direction and clout with President Trump when she formally replaces Mike Pompeo as director. Published May 16, 2018

File - In this April 29, 2018 file photo, a member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. The group that led a monthlong caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States wanted to draw attention to the plight of people in the violent region. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik, File)

Feds say no discrimination in migrant caravan prosecutions

The Border Patrol targeted the migrant caravan for enforcement but didn't go after them because they were from Central American countries, the Trump administration said in new court filings this week meant to push back against accusations of illegal discriminatory prosecutions. Published May 15, 2018

The new legislation would allow the government to confiscate, interrupt communications with, or, if need be, to destroy drones that are seen to be dangers. (Associated Press)

Senate bill would give DHS power to shoot down ‘threat’ drones

Key senators announced new legislation Tuesday authorizing Homeland Security or the Justice Department to shoot down drones that are deemed to be threatening critical infrastructure, staking out an aggressive posture toward a growing danger. Published May 15, 2018

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents serve an employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS doubles focus on businesses that hire illegal immigrants

Homeland Security has already more than doubled the number of businesses it's scoured this year for breaking immigration hiring laws and nearly quadrupled the number of arrests it's made, officials said Monday. Published May 14, 2018

Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants they walk towards the border before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Donald Trump’s illegal immigrant ‘zero tolerance’ border policy fails

The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" vow to pursue criminal charges against all illegal border crossers is already stumbling, with one judge cutting migrants loose without any bail payment and federal prosecutors telling Border Patrol agents that they are full up and can't bring cases against everyone. Published May 13, 2018

President Donald Trump, center, walks with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Donald Trump to huddle with Senate GOP next week

President Trump will make the short trip to the Capitol on Tuesday to meet with Senate Republicans, where he's expected to take a victory lap on the ongoing North Korea negotiations and to plot strategy for selling the improving economy to voters. Published May 11, 2018

President Donald Trump, center, walks with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right, during his visit to Joint Interagency Task Force South anti-smuggling center in Key West, Fla., (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Court to rule on DHS’s border warrantless smartphone search policy

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a legal challenge to the government's border-search policy can move forward, saying border inspectors' policy of confiscating and poring over some travelers' cellphones may violate the First and Fourth Amendments. Published May 10, 2018

Immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a 'Clean Dream Act' that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S.,Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Miami. President Trump announced plans to end a program protecting them. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

GOP rebels launch petition to force vote in House on ‘Dreamers’

A group of House Republican rebels launched an official petition drive Wednesday that would force GOP leaders to hold a vote on bills to legalize illegal immigrant "Dreamers," putting the immigration debate back front-and-center in Congress. Published May 9, 2018