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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this June 5, 2014, file photo, a Border Patrol agent uses a headset and computer to conduct a long-distance interview by video from a facility in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS wasted millions in taxpayer dollars on unnecessary polygraphs: Audit

Homeland Security paid for polygraph exams for more than 2,300 potential hires at Customs and Border Protection even though they'd already admitted to drug use or criminal behavior that would have disqualified them anyway, the department's inspector general said in a new report this week. Published August 11, 2017

The Migration Policy Institute found that farms are plugging gaps by using machines and enticing workers with health care. (Associated Press)

Farms adjusting to life without immigrant labor: Report

Farmers addicted to cheap illegal immigrant labor are facing disruptions, but not devastation, as they adjust to world with fewer unauthorized workers, according to a new report Thursday. Published August 10, 2017

In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, Georgia Cordova of El Paso, Texas, center, joins other protesters as they take part in a No Ban, No Wall rally to support the rights of immigrants and oppose a border wall and support sanctuary cities at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Hispanic Bar Association boycotts Texas over anti-sanctuary city law

The Hispanic National Bar Association said Thursday it's pulling its 2020 conference out of Texas to protest that state's push to crack down on sanctuary cities, saying the new law slated to go into effect next month will lead to discrimination. Published August 10, 2017

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John McCain to force vote on new Afghanistan war strategy

Worried by the Trump administration's delay in announcing a military strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Sen. John McCain said Thursday he'll try to force the debate on Capitol Hill, offering his own plan that would force a troop increase. Published August 10, 2017

Congressional staffers attended a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in 2013. Some staffers dismiss claims in the Congressional Management Foundation report. They say lazy cohorts don't make use of Congress' extraordinary resources and instead outsource research and decision-making to lobbyists. (Associated Press/File)

Congress staffers report dire risk from slim budgets, lack of resources

Congressional staffers may be a grumbling lot at any time, but they sounded an even more dire warning this week, saying their pay is so low, their budgets so slim and their lawmaker bosses so harried that the very workings of American democracy are at risk. Published August 9, 2017

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)

Trump-backed immigration bill draws significant support: Poll

Americans generally favor a more selective legal immigration system that would reward those who speak English and those who bring desired skills to the U.S., according to a new poll released Wednesday that could boost the new immigration bill President Trump is backing. Published August 9, 2017

The sanctions issued Tuesday by the Trump administration mark a major increase in pressure on countries that refuse to take back their deportees. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s illegal immigration numbers show major changes

President Trump has overseen huge increases in arresting illegal immigrants inside the U.S., pushing them through the immigration courts toward deportations and stopping newcomers from entering along the southwestern border, according to statistics released Tuesday. Published August 8, 2017

Illegal immigration spikes in July; still lower than Obama years

Illegal immigration across the southwest border surged 15 percent in July compared to the month before, Homeland Security announced Tuesday, signaling that President Trump's early success in stemming the flow of people jumping the border has begun to lessen. Published August 8, 2017

President Donald Trump listens as Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., speaks during a meeting with the Republican Study Committee, Friday, March 17, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Mark Walker: GOP can’t allow ‘clean’ debt increase

A leading congressional conservative said Republicans must not approve a "clean" debt increase later this year, saying it would be a betrayal of piled-up promises to voters to finally get a handle on the federal budget. Published August 8, 2017

In this Jan. 13, 2010, file photo, two young wild horses play while grazing in Reno, Nev. Wild horse advocates say President Trump's new budget proposal would undermine protection of an icon of the American West in place for nearly a half century and could send up sending thousands of free-roaming mustangs to slaughter houses in Canada and Mexico. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) ** FILE **

Federal court orders restoration of 23,000 acres for wild horses

A federal appeals court has delivered a victory to wild horse enthusiasts, ordering the U.S. Forest Service to restore 23,000 acres of critical land as protected horse country in California — and showed judges taking an increasingly dim view of agencies' decision-making. Published August 6, 2017

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, points to a poster with an image of barrier on the Texas-Mexico border as he talks to reporters about border security, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Illegals from border surge cared for by HHS: Audit

After a rough start, federal social workers are now doing a better job of keeping tabs on the illegal immigrant children under their care from the Obama-era border surge, including making efforts to follow up with the children and their sponsors to make sure they're being treated well, according to a government audit released Thursday. Published August 3, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, pauses as he holds his first news conference since the Republican health care bill collapsed last week due to opposition within the GOP ranks, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, on Capitol Hill Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans leave Donald Trump with no major legislative wins

Republicans haven't scored a marquee legislative win for President Trump, but as they prepare to leave Capitol Hill for their summer vacation, they insist they have made serious gains on many nuts-and-bolts bills to reshape the government. Published August 3, 2017