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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested 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)

Thomas D. Homan, Trump’s top immigration enforcer, to retire

President Trump's deportation chief will step down from his job, administration sources confirmed Monday, short-circuiting what would have been a bruising battle with Congress over his confirmation and leaving a massive hole for Mr. Trump to fill. Published April 30, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: No apology for travel ban Muslim comments

President Trump said Monday he won't apologize for his past comments about Muslims and suggestions of a Muslim ban, saying he doubts it would make a difference to the courts that are deciding the legality of his travel ban policy. Published April 30, 2018

File - In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, then Acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan takes a question from a reporter at a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Washington. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told "Fox and Friends" Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was "no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Trump slow-walking immigration enforcement chief nomination, Democrats say

Senate Democrats say President Trump is trying to pull a fast one with his immigration enforcement chief, hiding behind a complex set of rules to keep him on the job while slow-walking his nomination to prevent Democrats from getting a crack at him on Capitol Hill. Published April 29, 2018

Demonstrators march to meet Central American migrants traveling in a caravan for a gathering at the border on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum

The illegal immigrant caravan swamped border officials in San Diego Sunday as hundreds of people showed up at the San Ysidro port of entry and demanded admittance and asylum as reporters, immigrant rights activists and Mexican watched. Published April 29, 2018

President Donald Trump with German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump demands Sen. Tester resign after VA fight

President Trump on Saturday called on Sen. Jon Tester to resign, blaming the Montana Democrat for "false" allegations that sank the nomination of the White House doctor to lead the Veterans Affairs Department. Published April 28, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2014 file photo, an election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas. A federal judge Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, again threw out Texas’ voter ID requirements that she previously compared to a “poll tax” on minorities, dealing another court setback to state Republican leaders over voting rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Appeals court restores Texas voter-ID law

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas's new version of its voter-ID law can go into effect, rebuking a lower court judge for trying to block the law and delivering a significant victory to voter-integrity advocates. Published April 27, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin during his meeting with heads of Russian Parliament in St Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Michael Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

House intel concludes no collusion in 2016 campaign

There is no evidence President Trump's campaign colluded or conspired with the Russian government during the 2016 election, but both his team and the Clinton campaign had "poor judgment and ill-considered actions," the House intelligence committee concluded in a report Friday. Published April 27, 2018

Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Faith-based shelter withholds info on abortion from illegals

A faith-based shelter in Texas is refusing to tell illegal immigrants that they have a right to abortion in the U.S., the government said Thursday, defying a court order that every single unaccompanied alien child still in government custody be informed. Published April 26, 2018

In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, suspected members of the MS-13 gang are escorted to their arraignment in Mineola, N.Y. A sweep of alleged MS-13 gang members on Long Island has racked up impressive arrest totals but also left unanswered questions. Since May, federal authorities say they've arrested more than 220 members of the notorious street gang. But authorities have largely declined multiple requests by for even the most basic information about the arrests. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

MS-13 gang members claim they’re underage to gain access to U.S.

MS-13 is paying smugglers to coach gang members on how to game the U.S. immigration system, teaching underage members to claim UAC status -- and telling those over 18 to lie and claim they are underage -- to try to gain quick, easy access to the U.S., government officials said Thursday. Published April 26, 2018

The Energy Department could save tens of billions of dollars if it labeled radioactive waste at a disposal site in Washington state as a lower risk to public health, and subsequently treated and disposed of it more quickly. (Associated Press/File)

Radioactive waste ‘big-ticket item’ on GAO’s duplication report

The federal government could save tens of billions of dollars by coming up with better ways to treat radioactive waste -- one "big-ticket item" in a Government Accountability Office report Thursday that urged Congress to be more aggressive in overseeing federal spending. Published April 26, 2018

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jeff Sessions: Trump investigation ‘needs to conclude’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that an ongoing probe into President Trump "needs to conclude" in order to let him focus on North Korea, the U.S.-Mexico border and other world negotiations. Published April 26, 2018

Nepalese women look at portraits of victims of the 2015 earthquake during a function to mark the third anniversary of the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The violence of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and left countless towns and villages across central Nepal in shambles. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

DHS ends protected status for Nepal illegal immigrants

Some 9,000 Nepalese who've been living in the U.S. under special protections since a 2015 earthquake in their home country will have to leave within a year, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Thursday. Published April 26, 2018

FILE - In this Saturday, July 12, 2014 file photo, a young boy is helped down from a freight car as Central American migrants board a northbound freight train in Ixtepec, Mexico. The Rocky Mountain states have taken in less than 1 percent of the more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras since the fall of 2013.The bulk — 860 — have ended up in Colorado. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Feds lose track of 20 percent of UAC within three months

The federal government loses track of nearly 20 percent of the illegal immigrant children it is supposed to be monitoring after being released to family or other sponsors, health officials admitted to Congress Thursday, leaving those children vulnerable to exploitation and difficult to track down when the time comes for them to be deported. Published April 26, 2018

The U.S. flag flies in front of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 4, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds run 163 separate programs promoting STEM education: GAO

The federal government runs more than 160 different programs to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education -- and it could save millions of dollars if it would figure out how to get rid of duplication, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report Thursday. Published April 26, 2018

Temporary tents for about 130 Central Americans, mostly women and children, who arrived at the U.S. border with Mexico in a "caravan" of asylum-seeking immigrants that has drawn the fury of President Donald Trump, are seen in a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Two busloads arrived late Tuesday, in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, and another 200 were expected to come. Legal workshops are planned later this week and the first large group is expected to try to enter the United States on Sunday at a border crossing in San Diego. in San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Migrant ‘caravan’ reaches U.S.-Mexico border

As the illegal immigrant caravan arrives at the U.S. border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen renewed her promise Wednesday night to prosecute as many of them as possible once they attempt to enter the country. Published April 25, 2018

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2018 executive state budget proposal during a news conference at the Clark Auditorium in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Andrew Cuomo demands feds ‘cease and desist’ immigration crackdown

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a "cease and desist" letter to federal immigration authorities Wednesday, ordering them to alert state and local police before they attempt any more arrests and demanding they leave some illegal immigrants alone altogether. Published April 25, 2018