Stephen Dinan

Biden, Democrats face trouble with independents

President Biden and fellow Democrats head into a congressional election year seriously "out of step" with Americans on dozens of key issues, according to a Republican-leaning polling outfit, which has a year's worth of data to prove it.

December 23, 2021

ICE to deploy body cameras on special agents

ICE said Tuesday it will begin to deploy body cameras on special agents, to be followed eventually by deportation officers, in a move the Biden administration characterized as bringing "transparency" to the agency.

December 21, 2021

Secret Service says pandemic fraud totals nearly $100 billion

The U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday that fraudulent coronavirus pandemic benefit claims are "nearing $100 billion," and the agency named its first-ever national coordinator to oversee its investigations.

December 21, 2021

‘Potential terrorist’ nabbed jumping border in Arizona

Border Patrol agents say they nabbed a "potential terrorist" trying to jump the border Friday, adding a national security dimension to the border chaos that's erupted in southwestern Arizona this month.

December 20, 2021

GOP policy chief wants party to have solutions in 2022

Backers of a socialized health care system are eager to point to Canada and European countries as models for how good it can be. Rep. Gary Palmer likes to point to them as evidence for how bad it can be.

December 20, 2021

DHS to plug gaps Biden left in Trump’s border wall

Homeland Security announced Monday it will re-start construction on President Trump's border wall, moving to plug "gaps" left in place after President Biden ordered all work to stop on his first day.

December 20, 2021

DHS to add 20,000 guest-worker visas for seasonal jobs

Homeland Security said Monday it will add 20,000 new slots to a seasonal guest-worker program this winter, including thousands of visas set aside for people from countries responsible for much of the illegal immigrant surge.

December 20, 2021

COVID-19 funds used to make snow, rent band and buy tote bags; wasteful spending revealed in report

The federal government's coronavirus spending spree turned out to be a snow job -- literally.

December 20, 2021

Foreign-born population soars to new record under Biden; highest rate of immigrants since 1910

The U.S. has had a massive surge in immigration this year, with as many as 1.5 million newcomers and a record 46.2 million foreign-born people, according to a report for the Center for Immigration Studies.

December 20, 2021

Democrats in bind over amnesty as immigration groups demand payoff

Democrats face intense pressure from immigrant-rights advocates who say the party must deliver on a broad amnesty program.

December 19, 2021

Illegal immigration ticks up; DHS border numbers show worst November on record

The Biden administration oversaw the worst November on record for illegal border activity, with Customs and Border Protection recording nearly 174,000 encounters with illegal immigrants.

December 17, 2021

Parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ bid to stick immigration legalization in budget

The Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday that Democrats can't stick a legalization program for illegal immigrants into President Biden's budget bill, putting the party in a political bind as it tries to move forward.

December 16, 2021

Biden halts plan to pay illegal immigrant families separated at border

The federal government has pulled out of negotiations to pay massive settlements to illegal immigrant families separated at the border during the Trump administration, attorneys for the families said Thursday.

December 16, 2021

Nation’s capital becomes safe haven for illegals; new DHS rules expand no-go zones for ICE arrests

Any Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who wants to arrest an illegal immigrant in the District of Columbia will have to hope the target is sunning in Rock Creek Park or rowing on the Anacostia River.

December 16, 2021

ACLU launches ad campaign to pressure Biden over illegal immigrant families

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is trying to win massive payments for illegal immigrant families separated under the Trump administration, announced a new ad campaign Wednesday to pressure President Biden to "repair" the damage done to the families.

December 15, 2021

DHS removes roadblocks to save time for some refugees who want to come to the U.S.

Homeland Security has ditched an interview requirement for spouses and children of refugees who want to come to the U.S. as a package deal, saying it was taking too long to complete the cases without much benefit from the extra work.

December 15, 2021

Illegal immigrant Russians nabbed making run at U.S. border

Three vehicles piled with Russian illegal immigrants made a run at the U.S. border on Sunday, drawing gunfire from a Homeland Security officer.

December 14, 2021

Immigrant from the Bahamas charged with casting illegal ballots in North Carolina

An immigrant from the Bahamas has been voting illegally in North Carolina for nearly two decades, federal prosecutors said Monday, including casting ballots in repeated Democratic primaries and in the 2020 presidential election.

December 14, 2021

State Department says fewer than a dozen U.S. citizens stuck in Afghanistan

Fewer than a dozen U.S. citizens who want to get out of Afghanistan and have all the paperwork are still stuck there, the State Department said Monday, suggesting it has whittled down a number that had been in the hundreds just a few weeks ago.

December 13, 2021

Harris announces new Central American investment as part of immigration effort

Pepsi, Cargill and several other companies will make new investments in Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday, saying it was the latest success in her effort to try to create opportunities in those communities that might keep future would-be migrants at home.

December 13, 2021