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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, Friday, July 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds slap sanctions on Burma, Laos for refusing deportations

The Trump administration said Tuesday it has stopped issuing visas to some government officials and their families from Myanmar and Laos, in a move designed to punish both countries for failing to cooperate in taking back their deportees. Published July 10, 2018

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., third from left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, arrive for a news conference on pre-existing health conditions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Schumer: Dems won’t boycott Kavanaugh hearings, votes

Top Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions Tuesday that his party would boycott committee meetings or Senate floor action to try to derail President Trump's Supreme Court pick. Published July 10, 2018

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Mexico will create its own border force: Report

Mexico's president-elect has complained about President Trump's immigration policies, but he's looking to adopt some them for his country, a top aide said. Published July 9, 2018

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 17, 2018 provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. As NATO allies convene, one issue not on their formal agenda but never far from their thoughts is immigration, even though illegal border crossings are decreasing on both sides of the Atlantic. The separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border and Italy’s refusal to let shipwrecked migrants disembark in its ports illustrate the hardening positions on border control in Washington and European capitals. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Feds on track to reunite 54 of 102 illegal immigrant families

The government will miss Tuesday's deadline for reuniting dozens of young illegal immigrant children with their parents, a Justice Department lawyer said Monday -- though the judge who put himself in charge of overseeing the process said that still marks solid "progress." Published July 9, 2018

In this Monday, June 25, 2018 file photo, a mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child as surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border, near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Feds to miss reunification deadline for about half of border families

The government will miss Tuesday's deadline for reuniting dozens of young immigrant children with their parents, a Justice Department lawyer said Monday -- though the judge who put himself in charge of overseeing the process said there was still solid "progress." Published July 9, 2018

A judge ordered the government to reunite children who were separated from their parents at the border. He has set a deadline for Wednesday for children under five. (Associated Press)

Homeland Security officials reluctantly return to catch-and-release policy

Homeland Security is preparing to release dozens of immigrant parents from custody this week in order to reunite them with their young children, blaming a judge's deadline for forcing them to reimpose the catch-and-release policy the Trump administration was trying to end. Published July 8, 2018

Immigrant families lined up to enter the central bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last month in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press/File)

Zero-tolerance policy fails to stop migrant family surge

Migrant families continued to pour across the U.S.-Mexico border in June, according to the latest numbers, a signal that the government's threat to jail parents and separate them from their children didn't stop them from making the attempt. Published July 8, 2018