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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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The national council that represents 7,500 employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not withdrawing its support from President Trump, but a letter sent to the White House on Friday says the path he is taking in immigration negotiations undercuts the security promises he made on the campaign trail. (Associated Press/File)

ICE agents slam Donald Trump’s immigration plan

They endorsed President Trump during the campaign, but now the nation's deportation officers say they oppose his immigration framework, concluding that the proposed amnesty would leave "gaping holes" for a new wave of illegal immigration. Published February 4, 2018

While President Trump delivers his address inside the Capitol, immigration rights activists will be protesting outside. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump demands Senate vote on his immigration plan

The White House asked GOP leaders Thursday to put President Trump's immigration framework up for a vote in the Senate when the chamber begins its debate in coming weeks, moving to make his four-point plan the basis for the looming floor fight. Published February 1, 2018

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters as he leaves the office of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who is moderating bipartisan negotiations on immigration, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. President Donald Trump has given Congress until March to come up with a plan to protect the nearly 700,000 young people who had been protected from deportation and given the right to work legally in the country under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Trump announced he was ending DACA last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Immigration deal sought to protect Dreamers, avoid contentious issues

The president's forceful calls over the past week for bipartisanship on immigration failed to move the needle at all, as lawmakers began to look for a slimmed-down deal to protect Dreamers without broaching the big issues in the immigration debate. Published January 31, 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. Kirstjen said she “did not hear” President Donald Trump use a certain vulgarity to describe African countries, but she doesn’t “dispute the president was using tough language.” ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Syrians’ protected status extended by Homeland Security

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will fully renew special humanitarian protections for Syrians caught in the U.S. during the height of that country's civil war, but won't open the window to anyone who came after 2016. Published January 31, 2018

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Voters approve of Trump immigration plan: CBS poll

Congress may not be big on President Trump's four-point immigration plan but those who watched his State of the Union address liked it, according to a CBS News poll. Published January 31, 2018

In this Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Trey Gowdy to retire

Rep. Trey Gowdy, a rising star among conservative Republicans, said Wednesday he will retire from politics and return to being a lawyer. Published January 31, 2018

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez speaks to reporters in front of the courthouse in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 16, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bob Menendez won’t be tried, Justice Dept. says

The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel its corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez, saying that it no longer saw a path to conviction given the constraints the court has placed upon it. Published January 31, 2018

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney listens to a question during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Court upholds Obama-era Wall Street cop bureau as constitutional

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- the controversial Wall Street cop Congress set up in the wake of the 2008 collapse -- is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, delivering a major win to liberals who had pushed for the independent watchdog. Published January 31, 2018

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump on immigration deal: ‘Americans are dreamers too’

President Trump offered Democrats a bipartisan opening on immigration in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying he's willing to work with them to legalize illegal immigrant "Dreamers," but Americans cannot be left behind. Published January 30, 2018

President Donald Trump arrives before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats refuse to stand for Trump arrival at State of the Union

Most Democratic lawmakers, dressed in black, refused to stand to greet President Trump for his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, setting the tone for one of the most divisive receptions for a president in modern history. Published January 30, 2018