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Stephen Dinan

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

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Gustavo Andrade, left, and activists from United We Dream, an immigrant youth-led organization, leave the Senate Hart Office Building after taking their advocacy message to Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats promise to derail Congress until Dream Act passes

Leading Hispanic Democrats said Monday they're so disappointed in President Trump's new 70-point immigration enforcement plan that they'll withhold support for must-pass legislation in Congress until lawmakers work out a better deal to protect illegal immigrants. Published October 9, 2017

Foreign nationals being arrested this week 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. The White House submitted a 70-point enforcement plan to Congress Sunday proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration — including a massive rewrite of the law in order to eliminate loopholes illegal immigrants have exploited to gain a foothold in the U.S. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Donald Trump sends 70-point immigration enforcement list to Congress

EXCLUSIVE: Determined to finally solve illegal immigration, the White House submitted a 70-point enforcement plan to Congress Sunday proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration -- including a massive rewrite of the law in order to eliminate loopholes illegal immigrants have exploited to gain a foothold in the U.S. Published October 8, 2017

In this file photo, immigrant-rights supporters gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Frustrated with both President Trump and Congress, activists are increasingly turning to the courts to try to alter the country's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

75% of Dreamers re-applied for DACA program

More than 75 percent of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" who are eligible to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program status under Trump administration's phaseout of the Obama-era deportation amnesty re-applied in time for Thursday's deadline, the government said. Published October 5, 2017

FILE - In this May 15, 2017 file photo, protesters wave signs and chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Trump admin. asks Supreme Court to toss travel ban challenges

The legal challenges to President Trump's old travel ban should be tossed out, the administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday, saying the updated policy the White House issued last month is "substantially" different, and sets the ban on firm legal footing. Published October 5, 2017

Tea party and conservative groups still faced the brunt of targeting, with the liberal and issues groups significantly less affected, investigators said. (Associated Press/File)

IRS targeted pro-border security groups for illegal scrutiny: Audit

The IRS singled out pro-border-security groups for intrusive scrutiny along with tea party, conservative, Occupy movement and progressive organizations, the tax agency's inspector general said in an audit Thursday that confirmed the depths of tea party targeting. Published October 5, 2017

In this May 1, 2016, file picture, Eva Lara, second from let, reacts as she reaches for her grandmother Juana Lara through the border wall during a brief visitation near where Mexico and the United States meet at the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

House committee approves $10 billion infusion for Trump border wall

The House Homeland Security Committee gave first approval to the broad scope of President Trump's border wall Wednesday, clearing a bill that would authorize $10 billion in new infrastructure spending, new waivers to speed up construction and 10,000 more border agents and officers to patrol the U.S.-Mexico line. Published October 4, 2017

In this Sept. 5, 2017, file photo, Yurexi Quinones, 24, of Manassas, Va., a college student who is studying social work and a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, rallies next to Ana Rice, 18, of Manassas, Va., far right, in support of DACA, outside of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration reopens door to citizenship for Dreamers

Top administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that illegal immigrant Dreamers should be granted a full pathway to citizenship, seemingly contradicting President Trump, who said last month that citizenship wasn't on the table. Published October 3, 2017

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi demands commission to study gun violence

Reaching for a political solution after Sunday night's horrific shooting in Las Vegas, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for a new special select congressional committee to combat gun violence. Published October 2, 2017

Drug traffickers were once so prevalent in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that visits were limited. Now all 516 square miles of its sweeping mountains and cactus-covered terrain is fully accessible. (Stephen Dinan/The Washington Times)

Border security protects National Park Service land

A stroll to Quitobaquito Spring, a desert oasis and the crown jewel of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona, was forbidden a decade ago, the victim of a border out of control. Published October 1, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo, people stand on the steps of the Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict entry into the United States by residents of some mainly Muslim countries have been the subject of lawsuits almost since the moment he announced the first travel ban in January. The latest version of the ban, rolled out Sunday, is certain to attract more legal challenges and is already affecting the high court’s review. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, file)

ACLU challenges updated travel ban

Civil rights groups announced a new legal challenge to President Trump's revised travel ban, saying that his attempt to add non-Muslim countries does little to change the underlying policy. Published September 29, 2017

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was among the most embattled agencies in the previous administration, with deportation officers saying they signed up to enforce immigration laws only to have Obama officials put severe restrictions on when and how they could carry out their duties. (Associated Press/File)

ICE nabs nearly 500 aliens in sweep of sanctuary cities

Federal deportation officers swarmed sanctuary cities this week, netting nearly 500 immigrants in a series of targeted operations designed to go after people that counties and cities were shielding through their noncooperation policies. Published September 28, 2017

Homegrown terrorism is a bigger threat than attacks by Islamic extremists, say Democrats on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (Associated Press)

Christopher Wray: FBI’s domestic, jihadi terror cases equal

The FBI has about 1,000 open domestic terrorism investigations -- approximately the same number as more traditional jihadi terrorist cases -- the bureau's new director said Wednesday, as he sought to assure Congress that his agents take the domestic threat seriously. Published September 27, 2017