Stephen Dinan

‘Brutal and violent’: Judge denounces ICE arrests in Oregon, orders limits

A federal judge scorched ICE Friday for the way it's carried out immigration in Oregon, saying the deportation agency "intended to strike fear" in the state, and he ordered severe limits on how arrests can be made.

February 28, 2026

Judge blocks DHS from detaining refugees in Minnesota, warns of ‘dystopian nightmare’

A federal judge unloaded on the Trump administration and its attempt to re-vet refugees in Minnesota, calling is a "dystopian nightmare" that breaks America's promise to those fleeing persecution in their home countries.

February 27, 2026

DHS under fire for nearly-blind migrant found dead after Border Patrol encounter

The Department of Homeland Security is facing new questions over a migrant's death -- this time a refugee here with legal status who died after Border Patrol agents left him at a coffee shop in Buffalo.

February 27, 2026

Illegal immigrant ran fake U.S. government agency: Feds

A Brazilian man in the U.S. illegally ran a brazen scam pretending to head a fake federal agency that trained chaplains in Florida to respond to emergency situations, prosecutors said Friday.

February 27, 2026

DOJ escalates push for states’ voter data

Brushing aside legal setbacks, the Justice Department is intensifying its quest to force states to turn over their voter rolls.

February 27, 2026

Minnesota judge threatens criminal contempt against ICE over failure to follow orders

The chief federal judge in Minnesota lambasted the Trump administration on Thursday for its continued inability to follow court orders in releasing illegal immigrants and raised the possibility of pursuing criminal contempt charges against government officials.

February 26, 2026

NYC mayor says Trump promised to release Columbia University student arrested by ICE

President Trump has promised to have ICE release a Columbia University student who was arrested by ICE earlier Thursday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

February 26, 2026

Judge won’t block Trump’s White House ballroom

A federal judge shot down an attempt to derail President Trump's White House ballroom construction plans, saying Thursday that the group that challenged him bungled its lawsuit.

February 26, 2026

Judge rules IRS broke law by sharing addresses with ICE

The IRS broke the law "approximately 42,695 times" by sharing taxpayers' addresses with ICE, a federal judge said Thursday.

February 26, 2026

Maryland sheriffs unload on Annapolis after wave of anti-ICE legislation

Maryland sheriffs vehemently denounced the anti-ICE sentiment sweeping through Annapolis this week, saying attempts to thwart the federal agency from arresting illegal immigrants at jails will only push those officers out into the state's communities.

February 26, 2026

Appeals court backs Trump’s union-stripping executive order

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of President Trump's ability to strip many federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, erasing a lower court injunction.

February 26, 2026

Migrant left State of the Union after DHS’ ‘arrest’ message on social media

A Brazilian migrant in the country without firm legal status had to leave the State of the Union address this week after Homeland Security posted to social media saying it was looking to arrest "aliens like him."

February 26, 2026

DHS arrested 261 DACA ‘Dreamers’ last year; almost all had criminal records

The Department of Homeland Security arrested 261 people who were here under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty program and had deported 86 of them, the department revealed in a letter to Congress made public this week.

February 26, 2026

Trump administration to block Medicaid payments to Minnesota over reports of Somali immigrant fraud

The federal government will shut down some Medicaid reimbursements for Minnesota until the state takes concrete steps to shut down what the Trump administration has described as rampant fraud, particularly among the Somali immigrant community.

February 25, 2026

Supreme Court decries ‘unfairness’ after government seized, sold home for less than half its value

The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday to deliver justice to a family whose home was seized and sold by a local county at well below the estimated market value to cover a small tax debt.

February 25, 2026

Judge strikes down key part of Trump’s deportation policy

A federal judge on Wednesday declared the Department of Homeland Security's expansive policy letting him send unauthorized immigrants to so-called third countries is illegal, in a decision that could blow a hole in the president's mass deportation efforts.

February 25, 2026

Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police

As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who have been issued badges and guns and sent into communities.

February 25, 2026

Trump says Democrats ‘ashamed’ to stand for U.S. citizens

President Trump delivered a blunt call on illegal immigration Tuesday, renewing his call for deportations, calling on Congress for help and warning that fraud is rampant and "importing these cultures" threatens the U.S.

February 24, 2026

Trump calls border ‘most secure’ in history in State of the Union speech

President Trump took a victory lap Tuesday night over his astounding success in controlling the borders, declaring it the best the country has ever enjoyed.

February 24, 2026

Florida arrests man released by Biden autopen clemency

Florida's attorney general called Tuesday for a review of all of President Biden's clemency grants that were signed by autopen, pushing to see if any of those people can be rearrested on state charges.

February 24, 2026