Stephen Dinan

Illegal immigrants in Washington eligible for Obamacare, Biden team rules

The Biden administration has approved a waiver that will let Washington state extend Obamacare coverage to immigrants who are in the country illegally.

December 12, 2022

Louisiana voters amend state constitution to ban noncitizen voting

The push to block noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections gained steam this weekend as Louisiana approved a ban on the practice.

December 12, 2022

ICE officers urged to ease up on criminal arrests ahead of expected border surge

Some ICE officers have been told to cut down on arrests of even serious criminals to free up detention bed space so the government has somewhere to put illegal immigrants caught at the border, The Washington Times has learned.

December 12, 2022

Crime victim staffer at Texas prosecutor’s office charged with smuggling migrants to Houston

Federal authorities brought charges against a Texas state employee who they say used an official government vehicle to smuggle illegal immigrants to Houston.

December 10, 2022

Rep. Michael Cloud warns labor union against taking ICE members’ money

Rep. Michael Cloud demanded cooperation from a leading federal labor union Friday on an investigation of its decision to stop representing law enforcement officers at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

December 9, 2022

ICE officer charged with sexually assaulting illegal immigrants he was supervising

Prosecutors said the former deportation officer abused his power over migrants whom he was supervising for years.

December 8, 2022

Nuke Bizzle gets 6 years in prison after pleading to scamming $700K in COVID unemployment mail fraud

The rapper's fortunes turned after posting a music video of his crime to YouTube.

December 8, 2022

Biden administration appeals ruling that ended Title 42 border policy

The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that ended the Title 42 pandemic policy that allows the government to expel illegal immigrants.

December 7, 2022

Feds bring COVID fraud charges against the author of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against Florida state Rep. Joe Harding, accusing him of bilking a pandemic assistance program to get loans for businesses that had gone defunct years earlier.

December 7, 2022

Supreme Court justices skeptical of unchecked state power over federal elections

Supreme Court justices cast a skeptical eye Wednesday on claims that state legislatures rule in making decisions about federal elections, worrying that it would upend the usual checks and balances.

December 7, 2022

Trump’s budget chief offers plan to defund Biden’s ‘woke’ agenda

Republicans who want to undermine the Biden administration's "woke" agenda now have a blueprint: The Center for Renewing America released a list of more than 20 federal budget items it says promote critical race theory, gay rights or other controversial causes with taxpayers' money.

December 7, 2022

ATF wants to destroy guns from botched Obama-era Fast and Furious operation

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has alerted Congress that it intends to destroy the guns it still possesses from the botched Fast and Furious operation, which saw the U.S. inadvertently arm Mexican cartels.

December 6, 2022

Biden says border chaos isn’t ‘important’ enough to make visit

President Biden shunned a chance to visit the border Tuesday, saying he had something "more important" to do on a trip to Arizona than see the chaos that's erupted on his watch.

December 6, 2022

Homeland Security grants new deportation amnesty for Haitians

Homeland Security announced a new deportation amnesty for Haitians on Monday, citing ongoing unrest in the Caribbean nation as a reason the U.S. will allow its citizens who are already here -- including illegal immigrants -- to remain.

December 5, 2022

Reported bipartisan deal will grant citizenship to two million ‘Dreamers,’ toughen border processing

A report that two senators have struck a tentative deal on granting a pathway to citizenship to 2 million illegal immigrants inflamed debate Monday, with immigration activists saying they hope lawmakers can speed something through before the GOP takes control of the House next year.

December 5, 2022

Ready or not? Homeland security insists they are ready for border surge, then asks for delay

Homeland Security officials promised a top Republican senator's staff that they would be prepared to handle a border surge the moment the Title 42 pandemic policy ended. So why, Sen. James Lankford wonders, did the department then ask a federal judge for a five-week delay in his order ending Title 42?

December 5, 2022

Supreme Court to decide how much authority state legislatures have over elections

In any other era, the Supreme Court's upcoming case on who holds the final say on election rules would be largely confined to the pages of law review journals and back rooms of state legislatures.

December 5, 2022

DHS bows to pressure from activists to shut detention center ‘tainted’ by handling of women, kids

The Homeland Security Department will close a migrant detention center it maintains in Pennsylvania after bowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists who say the facility is tainted by a history of detaining women and children.

December 2, 2022

Rep. Jim Jordan hints at subpoena for ousted DHS disinformation chief Nina Jankowicz

Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican poised to take over as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has asked the head of the Biden administration's failed disinformation governance board to deliver testimony.

December 1, 2022

Feds announce bust in $30 million pandemic unemployment fraud

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against eight people in Georgia they say filed more than 5,000 bogus applications for pandemic unemployment benefits, stealing more than $30 million in money intended for the downtrodden.

November 30, 2022