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Stephen Dinan

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

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Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez, 23, qualified for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection said he violated terms of the program and was subject to deportation.

Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez caught trying to sneak back into U.S.

An illegal immigrant "Dreamer" who became the face of the pro-DACA movement earlier this year after getting deported was arrested this week for trying to sneak back into the U.S. without permission, the Border Patrol said Wednesday. Published November 8, 2017

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (right) listened to Gov.-elect, Ralph Northam as Pam Northam looked on during a news conference in the governor's mansion in Richmond on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Democrat victories seen as momentum for midterm elections

Gun-control activists, Obamacare supporters, immigrant-rights advocates, environmentalists, gay rights activists -- every part of the Democratic coalition -- claimed momentum Wednesday in the wake of stunning victories in the off-year elections. Published November 8, 2017

"We will enforce our laws. It's vital we do so. We will do so," said Kirstjen M. Nielsen, President Trump's pick to be the next Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Kirstjen M. Nielsen grilled on border wall, DACA

Kirstjen M. Nielsen, President Trump's pick to be the next Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday she would look at reopening the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty to allow people who missed the renewal deadline, and promised not to let their information be shared with deportation officers. Published November 8, 2017

U.S. Border Patrol agents are reporting a new surge in illegal border crossings in Texas. (Associated Press/File)

Border Patrol losing agents faster than it can hire them

The U.S. Border Patrol is losing agents faster than it can hire them, according to a new audit released Wednesday that said competition with other federal law enforcement and the difficulty of passing a polygraph test have sapped the agency of nearly 2,000 agents it's supposed to have. Published November 8, 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., defends the GOP tax reform plan being crafted in the Ways and Means Committee this week, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan says GOP won’t toss Trump in wake of election

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, said Wednesday he understands Democrats' enthusiasm in the wake of this week's elections, saying the GOP would have been spinning results the same way if they'd emerged victorious. Published November 8, 2017

Democrat Phil Murphy exits the polling booth with his youngest son Sam, after voting at the Fairview School on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 in Middletown, N.J. Murphy is facing Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagnoto to replace Gov. Chris Christie, the two-term, term-limited incumbent. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)

Phil Murphy wins 2017 New Jersey governor race

Democrat Phil Murphy was declared the winner in New Jersey's gubernatorial election Tuesday, with networks calling the race soon after polls closed, delivering a major pickup to Democrats who'd been reeling after last year's election losses. Published November 7, 2017

The gunman in Sunday's massacre at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, had a number of red flags that should have denied him access to a firearm. (Associated Press/File)

GOP open to new gun debate in wake of Texas shooting

Top Republicans said Tuesday that there is room for a limited gun control debate in the wake of this weekend's church shooting because the massacre has exposed loopholes in the background check system that both parties agree need to be fixed. Published November 7, 2017

Immigrant rights groups present a petition asking lawmakers to help release a Nicaraguan asylum seeker, who was detained after a routine check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South Florida, at the office of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Miami. At right is Ros-Lehtinen's Chief of Staff Maytee Sanz. Espilvio Sanchez-Benavidez is slated for deportation even as he continues to appeal his case in federal court. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Special immigration status for 5,000 Nicaraguans cancelled, 86,000 Hondurans delayed

The Trump administration said Monday that it will cancel a special immigration status that has protected thousands of Nicaraguans from deportation for nearly 20 years, but it punted on a decision for tens of thousands of people from Honduras, instead inviting Congress to step in and grant them full status. Published November 6, 2017

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and other Republicans on Capitol Hill introduced their far-reaching tax overhaul on Thursday. Republican tax-writers have decided to shift the tax code's inflation index from the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, to something known as chained CPI, which is a slower-growing method of calculating cost-of-living increases. (Associated Press/File)

Tax bill’s chained CPI sneaks in rate hikes

Buried amid the deductions and credits, House Republicans have made a major shift in tax policy that will mean an escalating tax increase on every American taxpayer over the ensuing decades. Published November 5, 2017

Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (Associated Press)

Lamar Smith, longtime GOP immigration leader, to retire

Rep. Lamar Smith, a senior Republican from Texas who was instrumental in writing the strict immigration crackdown of 1996, announced Thursday he will retire from Congress at the end of next year. Published November 2, 2017