Stephen Dinan

DHS defends delay in the investigation into Border Patrol agents accused of whipping Haitians

Homeland Security issued a statement Tuesday defending the lengthy delay in the investigation into Border Patrol agents accused of whipping Haitian migrants in Texas in September, saying the probe is following the "customary process."

November 16, 2021

Mayorkas faces questions over honesty as Senate panel prepares to grill him on border crisis

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will take the witness seat in Congress on Tuesday facing new questions about the Biden administration's handling of the border crisis and his own truthfulness in previous testimony about efforts to control the surge of illegal immigrants.

November 16, 2021

Border chaos continues in October with record-setting arrests

The Border Patrol apprehended nearly 160,000 illegal immigrants jumping the southern border in October, Homeland Security announced Monday, toppling yet another monthly record for President Biden.

November 15, 2021

‘We are your base’: Activists warn Democrats of election losses without full amnesty in budget

Immigrant-rights advocates demanded Monday that Democrats revive a plan for a broad amnesty measure in President Biden's budget bill, saying unless illegal immigrants see a full pathway to citizenship their allies will have less reason to turn out to vote in 2022.

November 15, 2021

Steel company that smuggled illegal immigrant workers forfeits $6 million to feds

A steel-making company has been ordered to forfeit $6 million after admitting it ran a pipeline for illegal immigrants from Mexico to work for it.

November 14, 2021

Feds ponder how much to pay illegal immigrants in compensation

As the Biden administration considers cutting $450,000 checks to compensate illegal immigrants who suffered emotional trauma from the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, figuring out exactly the right comparison with previous government payouts -- such as those made to Japanese Americans -- is fraught with complications.

November 10, 2021

Supreme Court weighs condemned killer’s demand for pastor to touch him during execution

John Henry Ramirez will almost certainly be executed by Texas for having robbed a convenience store worker of $1.25 then stabbing him 29 times, killing him. His lawyer went before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to ask the justices to rule that, when the time comes, he's allowed to have his pastor in the execution chamber.

November 9, 2021

‘As important now as it was then’: Unknown Soldier hits century mark with tributes, questions

The first Unknown Soldier almost didn't make it back to U.S. soil at all.

November 9, 2021

New fiscal year begins with lower federal deficit

The new federal fiscal year has begun with some good -- or at least less bad -- news, as Uncle Sam ran a smaller deficit in October than a year ago, according to a new estimate Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.

November 8, 2021

Taxpayers to cover cost of Afghan evacuees’ immigration applications

Homeland Security announced Monday that it will waive the usual immigration fees for Afghan evacuees who've been paroled into the country since the start of the airlift operation, leaving U.S. taxpayers to pick up the tab for their costs.

November 8, 2021

Biden DOJ plan to pay illegal immigrants is widely unpopular, poll shows

Two-thirds of American voters disapprove of the Biden administration's plans to pay illegal immigrants $450,000 for "trauma" stemming from having their families separated during the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy, according to a new poll Monday.

November 8, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol agent says up to 1.2 million illegal immigrants evaded detection

As many as 1.2 million illegal immigrants may have evaded detection and sneaked into the country over the last year and more will come if they hear about plans to pay $450,000 to some migrants, a top Border Patrol union official said in a new podcast released Friday by Sen. Marsha Blackburn and provided first to The Washington Times.

November 5, 2021

Democrats block GOP attempt to derail Biden’s $450,000 payments to illegal immigrants

Republicans moved this week to block $450,000 payments to illegal immigrants who were part of family separations during the Trump administration, but they saw their first attempt quashed by Senate Democrats.

November 4, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s a death trap’: ICE officers file OSHA complaint over illegal immigrant COVID risks

The labor union for ICE officers has filed two workplace safety complaints about the Biden administration's handling of illegal immigrants and COVID-19 at the border, saying federal employees processing and releasing the migrants face conditions that amount to "a death trap."

November 4, 2021

Thousands of Border Patrol agents at risk of being fired over vaccine mandate, Arizona AG warns

Thousands of Border Patrol agents could be fired over failing to meet President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, Arizona's attorney general warned in a new letter calling on the administration to relax its unprecedented shots-or-else approach.

November 4, 2021

Democrats draw immigrants’ ire after watering down amnesty provisions in budget bill

House Democrats dropped plans for an expansive amnesty for illegal immigrants in their new budget proposal Wednesday, and instead called for a more tentative legal status for illegal immigrants that would block them from deportation but not offer a clear path to citizenship.

November 3, 2021

Citizenship path for illegal immigrants to cost taxpayers more than $500 billion

Offering a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants and opening the doors to more legal immigrants will cost the federal government more than $500 billion over the next few decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

November 3, 2021

Immigration activists blast Democrats over shrinking immigration plans

Immigration activists lashed out at Democrats on Tuesday for lacking "courage" as chances dimmed for including a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are in the country illegally in President Biden's social spending bill.

November 2, 2021

Border deaths soar as 2021 sets record for most migrant fatalities

The Border Patrol counted 557 migrant deaths along the southern border over the past year, shattering the previous record and putting a body count on the ongoing illegal immigrant surge.

November 1, 2021

10,000 Afghans resettled two months after evacuation as questions mount over vetting

Nearly 10,000 Afghans brought out of their country during the U.S. airlift have been processed, released and resettled into the U.S. over the last two months.

October 31, 2021