Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Trump’s new border czar puts sanctuary cities on notice: ‘Get the hell out of the way’
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump's new border czar, delivered a stern warning to sanctuary cities on Monday by telling them to "get the hell out of the way" as the next administration comes for illegal immigrants. Published November 11, 2024
Trump selects Tom Homan, former ICE chief, as new ‘border czar’
President-elect Donald Trump will tap Tom Homan, who ran the government's deportation agency in the first Trump administration, as his border czar. Published November 11, 2024
U.S. has spent $14 billion on Afghan evacuees
The U.S. has spent more than $14 billion to rescue and resettle Afghans in the U.S. over the last three years, according to the inspector general who oversees the work. Published November 10, 2024
Dog vote goes to Trump, cat ladies not enough for Harris
Kamala's cat women couldn't save her. Vice President Kamala Harris, derided as the candidate of choice for "childless cat ladies," won over female cat owners vote by 7 percentage points in the presidential election, but it was nowhere near the lopsided margins she needed to overcome President-elect Donald Trump. Published November 8, 2024
Judge strikes down Biden’s ‘parole’ deportation amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses
President Biden stretched the law with his "parole" program to give special breaks to immigrants who are in the country illegally and married to U.S. citizens, a federal judge has ruled. Published November 7, 2024
Push to expand noncitizen voting crumbles as voters pass bans in 8 states
Santa Ana, a city in Southern California, has one of the highest rates of noncitizen residents in the country. Yet voters are poised to reject allowing them to vote in local elections. Published November 7, 2024
GOP seeks audit of agriculture guest-worker program
Top House Republicans on Thursday asked for an audit of the government's agriculture guest-worker program, saying changes President Biden made last year have made it tougher for farms to get the workers they need. Published November 7, 2024
Top Biden aide faces Hatch Act complaint over illegal fundraising solicitations
Government investigators have concluded that Neera Tanden, the domestic policy adviser at the White House, broke the law when she repeatedly used social media to solicit campaign donations for Democrats. Published November 7, 2024
Call in the healers: Trump opponents struggle to cope with his second win
Some liberal activists seethed at President-elect Donald Trump's victory. Some pleaded for a white knight -- the news media or maybe judges -- to lead a new resistance over the next four years. Still others called in the healers. Published November 6, 2024
Trump made stunning gains among young voters
President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains among young voters in the election, walking away with 44% support of those under 30 years of age, according to exit polling. Published November 6, 2024
Americans search for options to flee U.S. after Trump win
Presumptive President-elect Donald Trump's historic election night has sparked a new interest in immigration -- but this time it's Americans looking to get out. Published November 6, 2024
Liz Cheney accepts election results, urges media, judges to become ‘guardrails of democracy’
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the onetime GOP leader who bolted to become one of Democrats' biggest cheerleaders this year, said Wednesday she accepts the results of the election -- but urged ongoing resistance "over these coming four years." Published November 6, 2024
Trump sees ‘historic realignment’ as GOP points to record Latino vote; gains across map
Latino voters delivered big for the GOP this week, giving the party arguably its best-ever numbers at the presidential level and hinting at a lasting political realignment. Published November 6, 2024
Trump wins record Hispanic support
Former President Donald Trump saw a massive surge in support from Hispanic voters with the two major media exit polls showing him with at least 43% of their votes. Published November 6, 2024
Bomb threats, long lines at polls, but overall voting mostly proceeds smoothly across U.S.
Early Election Day hiccups added fuel to an inferno of distrust about the results and the possibility of a lengthy period of election legal challenges to follow. Published November 5, 2024
How Trump broke America’s most important political dynasties
A genial consensus dominated Washington for decades that America's century of greatness was built on largely unfettered free trade, generous immigration and an aggressive foreign policy that positioned the U.S. as the worldwide enforcer of those norms. Published November 5, 2024
Feds charge Michigan man with election-related threats after angry emails to pro-Harris PAC
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it was bringing a criminal case against a Michigan man who sent angry emails complaining about the intensity of ads from a political action committee supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. Published November 5, 2024
Atlanta paper forced to recant after calling Dustin Inman Society ‘anti-immigration hate group’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution issued a lengthy correction this month after it published a story wrongly labeling an immigration enforcement group as an "anti-immigrant hate group." Published November 5, 2024
Supreme Court to consider role of race in drawing Louisiana’s congressional districts
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up cases challenging Louisiana's congressional districts, two of which were drawn to give Black voters primary political power in picking who wins those seats. Published November 4, 2024
Biden’s lenient ‘catch-and-release’ parole programs and vetting failures spurred migrant crime wave
That illegal immigrants are committing crimes is nothing new, but many experts say there's something different about the last 3 1/2 years, in both the number and intensity of the crimes the country is seeing. Published November 4, 2024
