Stephen Dinan

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Newsom plans assault weapon ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said recently he will try to pass legislation that will give citizens the right to sue anyone who sells an assault weapon or "ghost gun" in the state, seeking to harness last week's Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law for liberal priorities.

Supreme Court limits early challenges to Texas abortion ban law

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that opponents of Texas' new abortion law have only a narrow window to challenge it in federal court at this point.

Truck crash kills dozens of migrant en route to U.S.

Dozens of Central American migrants believed to have been heading north through Mexico en route to the U.S. were killed Thursday after the speeding truck carrying them rolled over while taking a curve, spilling bodies across the road.

High-skilled guest-worker visas used to undercut Americans: Study

One of the largest users of America's high-skilled guest-worker program admitted in court documents that it paid the foreigners less than it paid U.S. citizens for the same kind of work, shorting them nearly $100 million in wages each year, according to a new study Thursday.

Arizona emerges as new border hotspot; governor deploys more National Guard troops

DHS plans new regulation to stop family separations of illegal immigrants

Homeland Security announced plans Thursday to write new regulations that would ban the kind of family separations at the border that took place under the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy.

Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools

Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system before the Supreme Court, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious.

Biden’s border nominee squeaks through confirmation vote in Senate

President Biden's pick to lead the country's top border agency was confirmed Tuesday on a near party-line vote in the Senate, installing someone who's argued for a more lenient approach toward illegal immigration.

Supreme Court panel submits report, makes no call for major changes to high court

They studied, listened and debated, and after seven months of work, President Biden's commission on the Supreme Court failed to recommend any big changes to the way the justices operate. The toothless final report was adopted and submitted to Mr. Biden on a unanimous vote Tuesday.

Bipartisan disgust with Biden’s supply chain, border crises, poll finds

Voters don't want police fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, according to a Washington Times poll that found Americans see public safety as a serious policy issue.

Poll finds border wall is popular again now that Trump is gone, bipartisan support emerges

Americans believe a border wall is part of the solution to illegal immigration and oppose the Biden administration's plans to pay settlements to illegal immigrants whose families were separated after they jumped the border in the Trump era, according to a new poll taken for The Washington Times.

Biden panel wary of upending Supreme Court with term limits or ‘packing’

President Biden's panel to examine changes to the Supreme Court expressed wariness of any big upheavals in a draft report released ahead of a final vote Tuesday.

House GOP to investigate COVID unemployment cash going to China, Russia

Top Republican investigators demanded answers Monday from the Biden administration about how taxpayer money meant to go to unemployed Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic has been stolen by Chinese or Russian syndicates.