Stephen Dinan

Hispanic groups warn Trump’s ICE surge could ‘nullify’ GOP’s Texas congressional goals

Republicans may not be able to make good on the five seats they hope to net from Texas' new congressional map, according to an immigration group that says the GOP is counting on Hispanics who are slipping away.

February 13, 2026

DOJ says Harvard is hiding racial admissions data

The Justice Department accused Harvard University of hiding its data about racial admissions and filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the school release the information to federal investigators.

February 13, 2026

Judge orders ICE to let clergy distribute ashes to migrants in detention on Ash Wednesday

A federal judge on Thursday ordered ICE to let members of the clergy into a migrant processing facility near Chicago to distribute ashes next week on Ash Wednesday, saying the government's attempt to block them was a violation of their religious rights.

February 12, 2026

Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly

A federal judge on Thursday issued an injunction forbidding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from taking steps to punish Sen. Mark Kelly, saying the Pentagon cannot claim the power to strip a retired officer of his First Amendment rights.

February 12, 2026

Judge Boasberg orders DHS to bring back some deported Venezuelans

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back some of the Venezuelans ousted in last year's deportation flights in March -- and told the government to pay for the transportation.

February 12, 2026

‘Admit their mistakes’: Sen. Rand Paul makes ICE, CBP chiefs watch shooting of Alex Pretti

Sen. Rand Paul took the country's immigration chiefs through a step-by-step video of the encounter that led to last month's shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, telling them they've lost the trust of the public.

February 12, 2026

Border officer charged with harboring migrant niece, who was also his paramour

Authorities announced charges Wednesday against a longtime Customs and Border Protection officer they say was knowingly living with an illegal immigrant girlfriend, who was also his niece.

February 12, 2026

Trump ends ICE surge in Minnesota; border czar Homan hails ‘great success’

The Trump administration will withdraw the remaining ICE and Border Patrol forces in Minnesota, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.

February 12, 2026

Judge blocks Trump’s transfer of death row inmates commuted by Biden

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration likely violated the constitutional rights of 20 prisoners when it moved them to the federal government's most restrictive prison.

February 11, 2026

Judge frees three illegal-immigrant murderers from detention; calls convictions ‘irrelevant’

A federal judge ordered Homeland Security to release three illegal immigrants with homicide convictions on their criminal records and a fourth illegal immigrant convicted of sex crimes.

February 11, 2026

Pam Bondi confirms ‘pending investigations’ involving Epstein collaborators

Attorney General Pam Bondi told Congress on Wednesday that the Justice Department has active investigations stemming from accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and urged any victims to tell their stories to the FBI.

February 11, 2026

U.S. deficit rises as Trump tax cuts, immigration crackdown sap revenue

President Trump's tariffs have given Uncle Sam a boost, but the government will still run a nearly $2 trillion deficit this year, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, pointing to overheated spending that far outstrips revenue coming in the door.

February 11, 2026

Bondi brushes off Epstein questions, says Trump’s transparency is unassailable

Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed Democrats' demands to apologize to Epstein victims Wednesday, calling it "theatrics," but saying the Justice Department is ready to investigate anyone else the victims can identify as involved in their trafficking.

February 11, 2026

FBI raid of voting records meant to find long-elusive evidence of ballot misconduct in 2020 count

When the FBI seized voting records from Fulton County, Georgia, last month it was looking for evidence of "defects" in the vote count from the 2020 election, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that backed up the search warrant.

February 10, 2026

‘Going to hell’: ICE in hot seat over Minnesota deaths

The government's top immigration enforcers came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver their first defense after the slaying of two American citizens in Minnesota, facing vicious attacks from Democrats who compared them to Nazis and slave patrols and suggested the head of ICE faced eternal damnation.

February 10, 2026

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver asks acting ICE director if he’s ‘going to hell’

Rep. LaMonica McIver challenged the head of ICE on Tuesday, asking him how he thinks he'll fare on judgment day.

February 10, 2026

ICE says it does not maintain database on Americans

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons flatly rejected the accusation that his agency maintains a database of Americans who have protested against President Trump's deportation efforts.

February 10, 2026

Judge blocks Justice Dept.’s request for Michigan voter data

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit trying to get a look at Michigan's voter rolls, saying the Justice Department is not entitled to the information.

February 10, 2026

Court blocks California’s no-masking law aimed at ICE, but allows visible ID requirement

A federal judge on Monday issued an order blocking California from enforcing its new law barring ICE and other federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks, ruling that the state illegally targeted the feds.

February 9, 2026

Judge orders feds to pay to bring back deported illegal immigrants

Taxpayers suddenly find themselves on the hook for bringing back illegal immigrants who judges say were wrongly deported.

February 9, 2026