Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Catch and release is over, DHS says; January saw lowest border numbers since summer of 2020
Homeland Security saw illegal immigration plummet in January, according to new data published Tuesday that showed the border had the lowest level of migrants detected since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Published February 18, 2025
Court watchers expect Supreme Court will take up Trump’s firings, birthright citizenship challenge
The first legal challenge to President Trump's aggressive agenda is now heading to the Supreme Court after he asked the justices to remove a lower court order that blocked him from ousting a top government watchdog. Published February 18, 2025
Federal agencies give Trump’s Truth Social the cold shoulder
President Trump may own Truth Social, but his own federal agencies have been reluctant to get on it. Published February 18, 2025
Time to go: DHS tells illegal immigrants to ‘self-deport and stay out’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem launched what the department called an international ad campaign on Monday urging illegal immigrants to "self deport and stay out." Published February 17, 2025
Trump cleaves through federal workforce with ‘probationary’ firings
President Trump has taken a cleaver to the federal bureaucracy over the last week, sparing almost no part of the government as agencies fired thousands of recently hired employees that his administration says it can do without. Published February 16, 2025
Trump DOJ fires 20 Biden immigration judges
The Trump administration has canned 20 "midnight" immigration judges the Biden administration tried to shoehorn onto the courts in its final days, The Washington Times has learned. Published February 15, 2025
Justice Department formally asks court to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
The Justice Department formally asked a federal judge Friday night to drop the criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, moving to close out the controversial prosecution. Published February 15, 2025
League of Women Voters wallops Congress for not standing up to Trump
The League of Women Voters demanded Friday that members of Congress do more to stop President Trump, saying they need to "restore stability to the country." Published February 14, 2025
Sneaky sneaker heist: Mexican migrants caught stealing piles of Nikes
Federal prosecutors have charged a theft ring comprised largely of illegal immigrants with stealing more than 1,900 pairs of Nike shoes in a train robbery this year. Published February 14, 2025
Trump cans thousands of ‘probationary’ federal workers
President Trump's latest move against the federal bureaucracy came this week when the administration moved to fire thousands of recently hired employees still on probationary status. Published February 14, 2025
NYC to allow ICE to return to its jail to focus on ‘violent criminals and gangs’
In a major reversal, New York Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that his city will build a new relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, allowing officers into the city's main jail in an as-yet murky role. Published February 13, 2025
Trump’s spending pause exposes extreme reach of federal government
As the battle over President Trump's spending pause plays out in the courts, it's becoming clear just how far Uncle Sam's financial fingers reach in American society. Published February 13, 2025
Telework employees claimed extra pay, ducked drug tests
Transportation Department employees were bilking the government for extra pay by claiming to work in high-cost cities but actually teleworking from cheaper locations, according to a new federal investigation released Wednesday. Published February 12, 2025
Trump administration sues New York over state’s sanctuary policies: ‘Now you’re next’
Attorney General Pam Bondi sued New York on Wednesday over the state's sanctuary policies, saying they are jeopardizing Americans' safety. Published February 12, 2025
DHS claws back $80 million in money NYC used to house migrants
Homeland Security said Wednesday it has recaptured tens of millions of taxpayer dollars it had recently sent to New York City as reimbursement for housing migrants. Published February 12, 2025
Venezuelan migrants forced illegal immigrants into prostitution
An illegal immigrant mother and her son ran a sex trafficking operation out of Tennessee, recruiting poor young Venezuelan women, paying to smuggle them into the U.S., and then forcing them into prostitution once here, federal prosecutors said. Published February 12, 2025
Trump’s border security success turns migrant stream southward; illegals head back home
President Trump's border buildup has been so successful that America's southern neighbors are now dealing with a startling new problem: migrants streaming south, trying to return back home after realizing they wouldn't make it to the U.S. Published February 12, 2025
Unification Church dispute over funds gets day in court in D.C.
An appeals court in the District grappled Tuesday with a thorny case involving control of $3 billion in assets of the Unification Church and whether judges are violating the First Amendment if they try to settle the dispute over how the money was used. Published February 11, 2025
ICE arrests Venezuelan gang member accused of ‘mass shooting’ in Chicago
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that it has arrested an illegal immigrant gang member from Venezuela who is a suspect in a "mass shooting" in Chicago. Published February 11, 2025
FEMA employees did avoid pro-Trump homes last year, investigation finds
Some FEMA employees did skip over homes that had pro-Trump campaign signs last year after being instructed to do so by a supervisor, according to the results of a federal investigation made public Tuesday. Published February 11, 2025
