Stephen Dinan

DHS says new spouse ‘parole’ program will keep other illegal immigrants from coming

If illegal immigrants get firmer legal footing in the U.S. they'll be able to send more money to their home countries, which will stop other would-be migrants from trying to come here, the Biden administration said Monday.

August 19, 2024

IRS employees increasingly snooping on taxpayers, but DOJ rarely prosecutes

IRS employees are increasingly poking into taxpayers' secret information -- a violation of the law -- but prosecutors are refusing to go after them, the agency's inspector general said in a new report.

August 18, 2024

Southern border sees lowest illegal immigration numbers in years

Illegal immigration across the southern border tumbled to just a little more than 100,000 migrants encountered in July, the administration has announced, celebrating the numbers as proof that President Biden's recent tougher approach is working.

August 16, 2024

DHS announces details of Biden’s amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses

President Biden's new "parole" program for immigrants who are married to citizens but in the U.S. illegally will apply even to those who are defying court-issued deportation orders, according to the guidelines the Department of Homeland Security published Friday.

August 16, 2024

Harris sidesteps blame for bungled Afghanistan withdrawal; congressional report to outline role

Three years after the fall of Kabul, Vice President Kamala Harris has escaped political damage from the Biden administration's first major international stumble, and experts doubt that will change.

August 15, 2024

Feds accuse Jordanian migrant of ‘hate-fueled’ anti-Israel rampage in Florida

Federal authorities accused a Jordanian migrant of a "hate-fueled" spate of attacks on Florida businesses he believed were supporting Israel, including a major attack on a solar energy facility.

August 15, 2024

Federal worker collected telework paycheck while sitting in jail, exploits position as head of union

A federal employee and labor union leader collected her government paycheck for time worked even though she was actually sitting in a jail cell on DUI charges, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.

August 14, 2024

Machete-wielder at Capitol was illegal immigrant released despite being ‘priority’ for detention

An illegal immigrant who was caught with a machete, a knife and a brick outside the U.S. Capitol was previously in the custody of federal authorities twice but was released each time, according to new data obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.

August 14, 2024

Migrant ‘crime tourists’ arrested for $1 million robbery

U.S. authorities have arrested two migrants they say are part of a South American "crime tourism" operation that has ravaged from coast to coast, including a brazen daylight robbery at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel that netted a $1 million watch.

August 14, 2024

GOP prods Democrat-led states to block noncitizen voting

The Republican National Committee fired off a letter Tuesday to eight Democrat-led states demanding they go through their voter rolls and try to erase the names of noncitizens who may be lurking there.

August 13, 2024

Victimization survey rebuts Biden, Harris boast of falling crime rates

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris insist crime is dropping, but survey after survey show Americans believe the country is less safe now than it was a year ago, or five years ago when President Trump was in office.

August 13, 2024

Palestinian Americans say they were put on No Fly List because of Gaza war activism

Two Palestinian-American men say they were punished for their pro-Palestinian activism by being put onto the No Fly List.

August 12, 2024

Drugs put children to sleep for smuggling across border; drivers want to keep them seen, not heard

There is a new disturbing trend in human smuggling where parents pay $10,000 apiece to have their children drugged and smuggled across the border to join them in the U.S.

August 12, 2024

Growing government debt tops climate as bigger threat to economy; budget crunchers get reality check

The rapidly rising federal debt will do substantially more damage to the U.S. economy in coming years than climate change, the Congressional Budget Office said, putting stark figures on the size of the danger.

August 9, 2024

Ernst demands end to Afghanistan payments that wind up in Taliban’s hands

The U.S. has been out of Afghanistan for nearly three years, but taxpayers are still sending money to the country -- and some of it has likely ended up with the Taliban.

August 9, 2024

RNC asks Supreme Court to revive Arizona’s citizenship check for voters

The Republican National Committee asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step in and revive an Arizona law that requires officials to verify citizenship for some people registering to vote using a state form.

August 8, 2024

Companies hired North Korean tech workers, thinking they were U.S.-based remote employees

Federal prosecutors brought charges Thursday against a Tennessee man they say helped North Koreans pose as American IT workers, helping them earn U.S. salaries and fund the rogue regime's nuclear weapons program.

August 8, 2024

Texas orders hospitals to calculate how much they spend on care for illegal immigrants

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered Texas hospitals to collect and report data on how much money they spend to care for illegal immigrants.

August 8, 2024

Walz oversaw worst pandemic fraud in nation; $250 million stolen from program to feed kids

Plenty of governors saw their states get bilked by fraudsters during the pandemic, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz oversaw the most egregious one yet.

August 8, 2024

Illegal immigrant notched nine arrests in New York City in less than five months

A Venezuelan migrant was arrested by police in New York City nine times in just 4 1/2 months, tallying nearly two dozen charges.

August 8, 2024