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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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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

In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, April 6, 2018, Farenthold abruptly resigned, four months after announcing he wouldn’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Texas demands Blake Farenthold pay for election to replace him

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a demand Wednesday that former Rep. Blake Farenthold, a Republican who resigned office after facing allegations of sexual harassment, pay the state to hold the election to replace him. Published April 25, 2018

Poster sized enlargements of passports are on display during an anti-Muslim ban rally as the Supreme Court hears arguments about wether President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries violates immigration law or the Constitution, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump’s tweets front and center as Supreme Court hears travel ban

The heart of President Trump's immigration plans went on trial in the Supreme Court Wednesday as the justices fought over whether his travel ban is legal or whether his history of Muslim-disparaging tweets has tainted him so badly that anything he does with respect to Muslims is constitutionally suspect. Published April 25, 2018

Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

DACA restart ordered by federal judge

A federal judge delivered another blow to President Trump's attempt to roll back the Obama-era DACA program, ruling Tuesday that last year's revocation was illegal and the entire program could have to be restarted. Published April 24, 2018

In this April 12, 2018, photo, Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Pompeo, faces serious opposition including a rare rebuke expected Monday, April 23, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as all Democrats, and at least one Republican, have said they will oppose him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Schumer opposing Pompeo over special counsel Russia investigation

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday that he's going to vote against Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state in part because he wouldn't promise to publicly oppose firing of those leading the special counsel's Russia investigation. Published April 24, 2018

MS-13 member tries to sneak into U.S. as illegal immigrant child

An MS-13 gang member tried to sneak into the U.S. last week by posing as an Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC), the Border Patrol said Tuesday, hoping to take advantage of lax American laws that give UAC a quick foothold in the U.S. Published April 24, 2018

In this Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Madison Gray, a Temple University student, holds up a sign during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen, at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. More than five decades after Americans poured into the streets to demand civil rights and the end to a deeply unpopular war, thousands are embracing a culture of resistance unlike anything since. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine)

Supreme Court ruling on travel ban case to affect Donald Trump’s agenda

What the Supreme Court does with President Trump's travel ban case, which reaches the justices this week, is likely to determine whether courts across the country give him the usual deference due a president and allow him leeway to pursue his immigration crackdown. Published April 23, 2018

The remnants of the Central American migrant caravan are continuing their journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. border. (Associated Press)

DHS vows caravan will be arrested, prosecuted if it enters U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Monday promised members of the illegal immigrant caravan making its way to the U.S. border that they could face criminal charges if they jump the border despite all the warnings. Published April 23, 2018

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Liberian warlord sent to federal prison for bogus asylum claim

A man who was once one of Liberia's most violent warlords during that country's brutal civil war was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for immigration fraud, after authorities said he lied about his past when he won asylum in the U.S. Published April 20, 2018

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses as he takes questions from reporters following a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer backs marijuana decriminalization

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, announced his support Friday for decriminalizing marijuana, and said he'll introduce a bill to strip the drug from being listed as a federally controlled substance. Published April 20, 2018

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump loses appeal to punish sanctuary cities

President Trump lost another round in his legal battle over sanctuary cities Thursday as a federal appeals court ruled that he could not force localities to let deportation officers into their prisons and jails to go after illegal immigrants. Published April 19, 2018