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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A police officer tries to free an immigration protester who chained himself to a gate in front of a building in Atlanta that houses federal immigration offices during a protest on Nov. 19, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Immigrant activists stage blockade to stop deportations

Immigrant-rights activists attempted to block the road to federal immigration agents' headquarters in Atlanta on Monday, demanding President Obama stop deporting any more illegal immigrants after last week's Supreme Court stalemate. Published June 27, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, on the Supreme Court decision on immigration. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Most illegals still won’t be deported

President Obama said most illegal immigrants still won't be deported, even after the Supreme Court's tie ruling Thursday upheld an injunction on his broader deportation amnesty. Published June 23, 2016

Gerson Quinteron of Washington yells during a demonstration on immigration at the Supreme Court on Thursday. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The justices' one-sentence opinion effectively kills the plan for the duration of Obama's presidency. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court blocks Obama immigration plan in 4-4 tie

President Obama lost his bid to kick-start his deportation amnesty Thursday after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4, keeping in place a lower court's injunction, nixing the policy for the rest of Mr. Obama's tenure and igniting political and legal debates that will carry on well beyond. Published June 23, 2016

Jean Jacques (NorwichBulletin.com via Associated Press/File)

Criminal aliens released in U.S. because home countries reject them

Homeland Security agents release criminal aliens back onto the streets without strict monitoring because their home countries refuse to take them back, the department's inspector general concluded in a report that exposes serious flaws in the system. Published June 21, 2016

FILE - In this June 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in Las Vegas. Trump's campaign is cycling $6 million into his companies through use of his properties; meanwhile, Trump has been on an urgent fundraising quest. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump, Clinton decline to speak to major Hispanic group

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both declined invitations to speak to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) convention this week, raising questions about both Democrats' and Republicans' outreach goals ahead of the November election. Published June 21, 2016

"Why aren't we working on something that could actually get done?" pleaded Sen. Patrick Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who tried to broker a compromise after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, but saw those efforts doomed by the same gridlock that still prevails four years, and dozens of mass-shootings deaths, later. (Associated Press)

Gun control proposals again doomed by partisan gridlock

They agreed on the need to "do something" about guns in the wake of Orlando, but senators couldn't find the sweet spot Monday, instead retreating to partisan corners and stalemating on competing plans to try to keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists. Published June 20, 2016

"Congress should not abandon the Constitution in the face of terrorism," said Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who has forced the fight each of the last three years. "Unfortunately, proponents of warrantless surveillance mischaracterized our legislation and its bearing on the investigation in Orlando." (Associated Press)

House upholds NSA phone snooping as terrorist attacks shift debate

With the terrorist-inspired Orlando shooting fresh in their minds, House lawmakers reversed course last week and voted to uphold the government's ability to snoop through its data when it believes American citizens are involved in terrorism -- suggesting the post-Snowden wariness of the NSA has dissipated. Published June 19, 2016

FILE - In this June 25, 2014, file photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. If lawmakers in Austin have their way, the Texas National Guard will be staying at the border at a cost of $12 million. But is it worth it to have the guardsmen at the border? And what can they do, other than watch the brush, as the number of illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico continues to dwindle. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Illegal families surge across border; 2016 already worse than 2015

The number of illegal immigrant families jumping the border this fiscal year has already topped all of 2015, according to Homeland Security Department statistics released Friday that show the administration's border problems continue to grow. Published June 17, 2016

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch supports a plan to deny gun sales to those on terrorist watch lists, brushing off the FBI's concern it will alert suspects. (Associated Press)

Blocking terrorists from getting guns debated in Washington

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on Thursday threw her support behind a plan to deny firearms sales to those on terrorist watch lists, brushing aside the FBI's concerns that it could interfere with their investigations and lending her backing to Democrats ahead of key votes next week. Published June 16, 2016

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, right, talks to the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, during the committee's hearing to consider a censure or IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House panel votes to censure IRS chief over Lerner emails

Saying nothing has changed at the IRS, House Republicans took the first steps toward impeaching agency Commissioner John Koskinen on Wednesday, with the Oversight Committee voting to censure him for thwarting the investigation into tea party targeting. Published June 15, 2016

Rep. Lamar Smith (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigrants who overstay visas almost never caught, feds admit

Immigration agents catch an abysmally small percentage of the illegal immigrants who arrived on visas but overstayed their welcome, authorities admitted to Congress Tuesday, describing a loophole that those around the globe are increasingly using to gain a foothold in the U.S. Published June 14, 2016

Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House votes to stop IRS from collecting info of nonprofit donors

The House took a concrete step Tuesday to neuter the IRS in the wake of the tea party targeting scandal, approving legislation that would stop the tax agency from being able to request the names of major donors to nonprofit organizations. Published June 14, 2016