Stephen Dinan

Texas defends border law before appeals court

Texas was back before a panel of federal judges Wednesday to defend its on-again-off-again border law, telling the court the state has marched right up to the line of what's legal in dealing with illegal immigrants but has not crossed over it.

April 3, 2024

DHS bungles 200,000 immigration court cases, drawing congressional probe

The House Judiciary Committee announced a probe Wednesday into massive bungling by Homeland Security, which failed to file summonses with the immigration courts for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, causing some 200,000 cases to be dismissed.

April 3, 2024

Schumer vows revenge on federal judges over court-shopping allegations

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he will strike back with legislation after a court in Texas said it won't agree to his demand to change how it assigns cases -- a seemingly technical issue, but with significant implications for how some major cases are decided.

April 2, 2024

Republicans warn IRS to stop retaliating against whistleblowers who revealed Hunter Biden tax crimes

Three House committee chairs issued a warning Tuesday to the Biden administration not to investigate or retaliate against the two IRS special agents who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden's tax problems, helping derail what had been a sweetheart plea deal.

April 2, 2024

Biden adds ‘another gender’ checkbox to citizenship application

The government introduced a citizenship form Monday that allows immigrants to select X as their gender, giving them a new option beyond male and female.

April 1, 2024

Feds say child pornographer exploited immigration system to smuggle in his victim

Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against a man they say smuggled in an illegal immigrant child and then produced child pornography with the minor, a case that implicates President Biden's more relaxed approach to illegal immigrant children.

April 1, 2024

Judge nixes lawsuit against Ron DeSantis over migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

A federal judge on Monday tossed part of a lawsuit accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of malfeasance when he flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard in 2022.

April 1, 2024

Homeland Security now required to reveal details of border chaos under new law

The Department of Homeland Security is being forced to become a lot more transparent about what's going on at the border.

March 31, 2024

Food fight: Senators pressure feds not to demote potatoes from the ranks of vegetables

A bipartisan group of senators delivered a stern warning to Uncle Sam this week: Keep your paws off our french fries.

March 28, 2024

New estimate says U.S. now has 13.7 million illegal immigrants, up 37% under Biden

President Biden's wave of new illegal immigrants is upending the usual demographics of immigration and sending the education levels plummeting, according to a new report Thursday that raised big questions about the country's ability to absorb the newcomers.

March 28, 2024

Lawmakers demand answers after federal workers hold in-person rally to protest in-person work

Normally, Republicans would celebrate the fact that federal workers showed up at their office. But the employees who came to the Labor Department's Boston office last week weren't there to work -- they were there, in person, to protest having to show up for in-person work.

March 27, 2024

Appeals court rejects border ‘invasion’ claims, issues new block on Texas’ strict immigration law

A federal appeals court renewed an injunction Wednesday blocking Texas' tough new immigration law, delivering a significant victory to immigrant-rights advocates and President Biden.

March 27, 2024

‘Free to leave’: Agents in California say some illegal immigrants walk away without arrest

"Gotaways" were first, but the Border Patrol is now corralling "walkaways" -- illegal immigrants at the border fence where agents are too overwhelmed to make arrests.

March 25, 2024

White House blasts new ban on flying BLM, gay pride flags at embassies

President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill into law Saturday but not without regrets, as the White House blasted a provision tucked inside the legislation that will prevent his State Department from flying Black Lives Matter or gay pride flags at foreign embassies.

March 23, 2024

Illegal immigration rose in February; 11 more terrorism suspects caught

Illegal immigration ticked up in February, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting more than 256,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants.

March 22, 2024

Border Patrol employee arrested on migrant smuggling charge

A Border Patrol employee was caught trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico boundary with an illegal immigrant in his vehicle.

March 22, 2024

Congress’ $1.2 trillion spending bill leaves both sides wanting more

Congress' new spending bill adopts a Trump-style approach to immigration spending, boosting funding for border enforcement and detention, but it forgoes the big policy changes that Republicans say are needed to solve the migrant crisis.

March 21, 2024

Mexico asks U.S. court to strike down Texas immigration law

Mexico filed a brief in a U.S. court Thursday asking judges to block Texas from enforcing its strict new immigration law, saying it's unfairly frightening Mexicans who live in the state.

March 21, 2024

Prince George’s County to reexamine its sanctuary policy

Prince George's County is rethinking its sanctuary policy limiting cooperation with Homeland Security after being dinged by repeated reports of undocumented immigrant criminals it shielded from deportation.

March 21, 2024

New spending bill would bar State Department from flying BLM and pride flags at embassies

The new spending bill Congress is rushing to complete would prevent the State Department from flying gay-rights or other politically charged flags at any facilities, including U.S. embassies.

March 21, 2024