Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Federal judges, Trump administration accuse the other of overreach on short-term deportation amnesty
Federal judges in Maryland complained Monday that the Trump administration's lawsuit against their short-term deportation amnesty policy violates the Constitution and insisted they must have wide-ranging powers to stop a president from acting. Published July 21, 2025
Judge orders Trump to restore taxpayer-funded legal advocates for incompetent migrants
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to restore a program that provides legal assistance to migrants facing deportation hearings who are deemed too mentally incompetent to face the proceedings on their own. Published July 21, 2025
Judge orders White House to restore transparency website on budget
A federal judge ruled Monday that the White House budget office broke the law by taking down a website that gave Congress and the public detailed data on how the administration is spending taxpayers' money. Published July 21, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s own lawyers oppose his pretrial release
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of the fierce deportation battle, renewed their call Monday that their client remain in pretrial detention, saying they fear he'll be quickly deported if he is released in the criminal case against him. Published July 21, 2025
ICE to ‘flood’ New York with agents after border officer shot by illegal immigrant
The Trump administration vowed Monday to "flood" New York City with ICE agents to round up illegal immigrant criminals after an off-duty border officer was shot in the face during what authorities say was a botched robbery attempt by two illegal immigrants. Published July 21, 2025
Trump is losing 75% of federal cases challenging his executive actions
President Trump has tamed Congress and largely defanged the federal bureaucracy as he pursues his vigorous second-term agenda, but federal district judges have rushed to the battlements to take him on. Published July 20, 2025
Homan says ‘no amnesty’ for illegal immigrants in Trump plans
White House border czar Tom Homan flatly ruled out any "amnesty" for illegal immigrants as part of President Trump's plans -- and said he won't accept an amnesty bill from Congress, either. Published July 18, 2025
Democrats seethe as committee advances Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove to appeals court seat
Republicans powered the nomination of Emil Bove to be a federal appeals-court judge through the committee on Thursday, brushing aside Democrats' vehement complaints that President Trump's former defense lawyer is unfit for the post. Published July 17, 2025
Three police chiefs charged with selling fake crime reports to help ‘hundreds’ of illegal immigrants
Federal authorities arrested three Louisiana police chiefs accused of taking part in a scam to help hundreds of illegal immigrants gain legal status by selling them bogus documents that falsely claimed they were victims of armed robberies. Published July 16, 2025
Pentagon withdraws 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles immigration mission
The Trump administration will recall 2,000 National Guard soldiers deployed last month to Los Angeles, saying the city is calm enough that the president can start withdrawing the federalized troops. Published July 15, 2025
Trump sues public broadcasting board members who refuse to be fired
President Trump's Justice Department announced a lawsuit Tuesday against three members of the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, accusing them of defying Mr. Trump's attempt to fire them. Published July 15, 2025
Homeland Security declares ‘most secure border in history’
Homeland Security on Tuesday said the border under President Trump is now the "most secure" it's been in history, celebrating the latest monthly data showing unfathomably low border activity in June. Published July 15, 2025
Trump fights borderline asylum; Supreme Court asked to define migrant ‘arrival’
Close counts only in horseshoes and hand grenades -- and now the U.S. border, where the Trump administration is battling to unravel a court decision that could rewrite the definition of a national boundary. Published July 15, 2025
Texas identifies 100 potential noncitizens who may have cast illegal ballots in 2020 and 2022
Texas is investigating more than 100 people who may have illegally voted as noncitizens in the 2020 and 2022 elections, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday. Published July 15, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump to slash Education Department
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to move ahead with mass firings and deep cuts at the Education Department, setting aside a lower court's ruling that put the administration's plans on hold. Published July 14, 2025
Bondi starts English-only overhaul of government; agencies told to ax multilingual help
Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the federal bureaucracy to start eliminating websites, notices and forms offered in languages other than English, saying it's time to carry out President Trump's executive order declaring English the government's official language. Published July 14, 2025
Homeland Security says Democratic congressman ‘doxed’ ICE employee during violent anti-ICE mob
Homeland Security said a Democratic congressman took part in "a violent mob" that tried to stop ICE agents from executing a criminal search warrant at a marijuana farm in California. Published July 14, 2025
Judge rules Trump’s mass deportation arrests in Los Angeles were illegal
A federal judge ruled Friday that Homeland Security's massive operation to arrest and detain illegal immigrants in Los Angeles used illegal "roving patrols" based on racial profiling, and then wrongly denied the arrested migrants access to lawyers. Published July 12, 2025
Going nowhere: Case study finds 99% of Biden’s illegal immigrant ‘parolees’ still in U.S.
Just 1% of the illegal immigrants caught and released in a special test case two years ago have actually left the U.S., according to ICE data that underscores how difficult a job the Trump administration faces in trying to unwind the Biden border surge. Published July 9, 2025
DHS ends 26-year-old temporary deportation amnesty for Hondurans, Nicaraguans
More than a quarter century after Hurricane Mitch devastated parts of Central America, the Trump administration is moving to boot out 55,000 migrants who'd been living in the U.S. under special deportation protections since then. Published July 7, 2025
