Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Robert E. Lee statues still standing in defiance in U.S. Capitol, Charlottesville
Robert E. Lee remains defiant in the U.S. Capitol, where his statue stands in a place of honor a year after the race-tinged clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, brought renewed attention to him and other figures of the Confederacy. Published August 8, 2018
Illegal immigration on border dropped 7 percent in July; families still pouring across
Illegal immigration across the southwest border appears to have dipped in July -- but the number of families trying to sneak in is still stubbornly high, suggesting the administration's zero-tolerance crackdown failed to dissuade smugglers or would-be migrants contemplating the journey. Published August 8, 2018
Chris Collins arrested after insider trading allegation
The FBI arrested Rep. Chris Collins Wednesday on charges of insider trading after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of passing on secret information about a failed clinical test to his son, who dumped 1.3 million shares of stock in a pharmaceutical company. Published August 8, 2018
Visa overstays present wrinkle in immigration issue
More than 400,000 people came to the U.S. on legal visitor visas in 2017 but were still here six months after their time was up, the government said in a new report Tuesday detailing the less-talked about side of illegal immigration. Published August 7, 2018
Illegal immigrant ‘family’ nabbed after man found to have raped girl
A woman turned her juvenile daughter over to a sexual predator to sneak them both into the U.S. in exchange for getting the mother a job, Homeland Security officials said Tuesday, detailing one of the horrific abuses that migrants are able to make of the immigration system. Published August 7, 2018
Court grants Mexican mother power to sue in U.S. court over cross-border shooting
A Mexican woman whose teenage son was killed in a cross-border shooting can sue a Border Patrol agent in American courts, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday in a decision that extends some constitutional rights to foreigners who have never set foot in the U.S. Published August 7, 2018
ICE employee ousted for using job to campaign for Hillary Clinton
An ICE employee agreed to resigned Tuesday and accepted a five-year bar from working in the federal government after admitting to politicking on behalf of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. Published August 7, 2018
DACA ruling appealed by Trump administration
The Trump administration filed notice late Monday that it is appealing last week's ruling that ordered it to restart the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty in full. Published August 6, 2018
Refugee charged with murder was in ICE custody in 2016
An Iraqi refugee now charged with attempted murder of a Colorado police officer was actually in ICE custody in 2016, but was ordered released thanks to a court decision that ruled his previous convictions for assault and a host of other crimes weren't serious enough to deport him. Published August 6, 2018
Alex Jones/Infowars shutdown ignites debate over social media content policing, censorship
Facebook and YouTube shut down accounts Monday run by radio host Alex Jones, saying his charged rhetoric violated their policies and were detracting from their efforts to spawn a civil conversation. Apple also said it nixed Mr. Jones' podcast from its iTunes subscription lists, and Spotify erased the host's program from its feed, as social media companies began to take a more active role in policing their content. Published August 6, 2018
Homeland Security border wall prototypes fail to account for rough terrain
The Department of Homeland Security invested $20 million in the contest to build prototypes for President Trump's border wall, only to discover that most of them were impractical for the tough terrain along the U.S.-Mexico line, the government's chief watchdog said Monday. Published August 6, 2018
Ronald Vitiello picked to head ICE immigration enforcement
President Trump on Monday nominated Ronald D. Vitiello, a former head of the Border Patrol, to run ICE, tapping him to run the embattled agency responsible for deportations. Published August 6, 2018
Iraqi refugee charged with attempted murder of Colorado police officer
An Iraqi refugee now charged with attempted murder of a Colorado police officer was actually in ICE custody in 2016 but was ordered released thanks to a court decision that ruled his previous convictions for assault and a host of other crimes weren't serious enough to deport him. Published August 6, 2018
DHS cut corners to start building Trump’s border wall
Homeland Security cut corners in deciding where to build President Trump's border wall, and still hasn't been able to put any of the new designs the president demanded into operation, the government's chief watchdog said in a new report Monday. Published August 6, 2018
Federal judge rules that DACA must be restarted
A federal judge on Friday said the government must restart the entire DACA deportation amnesty, including accepting brand new applications -- but gave the administration a chance to appeal before his ruling takes effect. Published August 5, 2018
Secret Service: Moscow employee didn’t leak secrets to Russian government
The Secret Service said Friday that it had conducted a review and determined a Russian national formerly employed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow did not have access to classified information to leak to the Russian government. Published August 3, 2018
Federal judge orders Trump admin to restart DACA program
A federal judge on Friday said the government must restart the entire DACA deportation amnesty, including accepting brand new applications -- but gave the administration a chance to appeal before his ruling takes effect. Published August 3, 2018
National Archives rejects Democrats’ request for Kavanaugh documents
The National Archives has rebuffed Democrats' attempts to force the release of perhaps 3 million pages of documents from Judge Brett Kavanaugh's time in government service, dealing a significant blow to Democrats' attempt to derail his elevation to the Supreme Court. Published August 3, 2018
Reunifying children, deported parents left to activists, Feds says
The Trump administration said Thursday it will largely be up to immigrant-rights advocates to track down deported parents who want to be reunited with their children still in the U.S. Published August 2, 2018
Illegal immigrants say Facebook discriminates against them
Facebook's attempt to stop Russian interference in the U.S. elections has enraged activists who say illegal immigrants will be banned from buying political ads on the internet platform. Published August 2, 2018
