Stephen Dinan

John Katko: Terror suspects are part of border surge

People on the terrorist watchlist have been nabbed trying to cross the border as part of the new surge of migrants, Rep. John Katko, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, revealed Monday during a trip to the border.

March 15, 2021

Mexican border ‘crisis’ worsens as politicians fight over label

Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, wouldn't call the border situation a crisis two weeks ago. Now, he says, it's reached that point.

March 14, 2021

Migrant border crashers arriving with dramatically higher COVID-19 rates than U.S. population

Migrant families coming across the border are testing positive for the coronavirus at between three and 10 times the rate of the U.S. population, according to a Washington Times survey of jurisdictions that are doing the testing.

March 14, 2021

DHS admits ‘record’ border surge, taps FEMA to detain children

Homeland Security took major steps in recent days to try to get a handle on the surge of migrant children streaming across the southern border by making it easier for immigrant relatives who are in the U.S. illegally to come collect them, by asking FEMA to help care for them and by asking ICE deportation officers to volunteer to help with the children's "security."

March 13, 2021

DHS to speed ability of illegal immigrant families to claim border kids

Hoping to encourage more illegal immigrants to come forward and collect their illegal immigration children, the Biden administration on Friday rescinded a 2018 memo that allowed Homeland Security to access data about sponsors for the children.

March 12, 2021

DHS taps ICE officers to help with ‘security’ for migrant children at border

As the border surge intensifies, Homeland Security is begging ICE deportation officers to rush to the border to help with "security operations" for the illegal immigrant children and families that are overwhelming the Border Patrol.

March 12, 2021

Border surge migrants bringing COVID-19 to U.S. at elevated rates

Migrant families coming across the border are testing positive for the coronavirus at between three and 10 times the rate of the U.S. population, according to a Washington Times survey of jurisdictions that are doing the testing.

March 11, 2021

Kevin McCarthy plans border visit to highlight ‘crisis’

Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Thursday he will lead a congressional delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border next week to get a first-hand look at the migrant "crisis" he says the Biden administration is bungling.

March 11, 2021

Migrant dies in Border Patrol custody

A man died in the Border Patrol's custody Wednesday afternoon, marking the first announced death as the border situation has reached crisis levels.

March 10, 2021

Illegal immigrant children set monthly record as border surge rises

President Biden's first full month in charge of the country's borders set new records for illegal immigration, according to numbers released Wednesday that showed last month was the worst February ever when it comes to illegal immigrant children.

March 10, 2021

Andy Biggs challenges claim that Trump ‘gutted’ DHS

Rep. Andy Biggs is challenging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's claim that President Trump "gutted" the department -- and particularly the claim that the department lacks enough people to process asylum cases.

March 10, 2021

DHS retreats on ‘public charge’ rule to make immigrants self-supportive

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that he has retreated on a Trump-era policy to push immigrants to be self-supportive, saying it was an affront to the country's history as a nation of immigrants.

March 9, 2021

Mark Brnovich, Arizona AG, confounded by Biden deportation policy

President Biden's decision to limit deportations even as it ramps up catch-and-release of new illegal immigrants at the border is "one of the stupidest things we've ever seen," Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Tuesday.

March 9, 2021

Nancy Pelosi eyes Congressional Gold Medal for Capitol Police, dismisses Portland federal officers

Praise and accolades continue to pour in for the U.S. Capitol Police who defended Congress on Jan. 6, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promising to award the force the Congressional Gold Medal. Across the country in Portland, Oregon, another federal police force is wondering where its medal is.

March 9, 2021

Greg Abbott, Texas governor, blasts Joe Biden on immigration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that President Biden "cares more about people who are not from this country" as his immigration policies spawn a crisis at the border, with surging numbers of migrants being released into communities without testing.

March 9, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas to testify before Congress amid border surge

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will testify to Congress on March 17, giving lawmakers their first crack at prodding him over his handling of the border surge that's left children mired in detention and put COVID-positive migrants out into American communities.

March 9, 2021

Arizona expands lawsuit to challenge ICE non-deportation guidance

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich late Monday opened a new front against the Biden administration's immigration policies, expanding an existing lawsuit to include Homeland Security's new non-deportation rules.

March 9, 2021

Michael Burgess warns migrant surge ‘a guaranteed super spreader event’

A group of Republicans on Monday demanded that Homeland Security begin to test illegal immigrants caught jumping the U.S.-Mexico border for the coronavirus or, better yet, be prevented from entering in the first place.

March 8, 2021

Biden administration extends Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan migrants

The Biden administration said Monday that hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who have fled the economic and humanitarian crisis in their homeland can stay in the U.S. for now, moving to cement a policy President Trump had put in place in his last days in office.

March 8, 2021