Stephen Dinan

DOD employee moonlighted as money mule for Nigerian fraudsters: Feds

Federal authorities announced charges Monday against a Defense Department employee they say was secretly working as a money mule for a Nigerian fraud network, siphoning millions of dollars into their accounts from American victims.

February 9, 2026

DOJ reaches legal settlement declaring Biden’s border ‘parole’ to be unlawful

The Trump administration has quietly struck a legal settlement that not only ends one of President Biden's mass migrant "parole" programs but could block future presidents from trying to revive them.

February 8, 2026

Appeals court backs Trump in major fight over detaining long-time illegal immigrants

A federal appeals court delivered a major boost to President Trump on Friday, ruling in favor of his administration's new interpretation of immigration law that would allow him to hold long-time illegal immigrants in detention while they fight their deportations.

February 7, 2026

Illegal immigrant convicted of voting, stealing disability and food stamp benefits

An illegal immigrant from Colombia was convicted Friday on charges that she voted illegally in the 2024 presidential election and stole some $400,000 in Social Security disability, food stamp and housing assistance.

February 6, 2026

DHS tallies all the criminal migrants California let go from prisons, jails since Trump took office

California's failure to honor ICE deportation "detainer" requests has led to 4,561 migrants with criminal records being released back into communities since President Trump took office, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday as it begged the state to cooperate in turning people over.

February 6, 2026

Man charged with attempted murder of Trump’s budget director Russ Vought

A Maryland man has been arrested on attempted murder charges against Russ Vought, one of President Trump's top aides.

February 5, 2026

GOP rejects Democrats’ new proposed rules for ICE as ‘radical,’ unrealistic

Republicans on Thursday resoundingly rejected Democrats' new proposals to reel in ICE, saying the 10-point list of reforms, including barring arrests near schools and courts and giving localities a veto over operations, was the stuff of "fantasy land."

February 5, 2026

Feds arrest antifa activist in Minnesota, charged with making threats to ICE

The Justice Department announced charges Thursday against a self-described "antifa" agitator in Minnesota, accusing him of encouraging the killings of federal officers carrying out President Trump's deportation surge.

February 5, 2026

Democrats reveal 10-point list of demands for ICE reforms

Democratic leaders laid out their terms for continuing to fund Homeland Security on Wednesday, saying the department must severely curb its immigration enforcement and return to Biden-era policies limiting arrests if Congress is to pass a new spending bill.

February 4, 2026

Supreme Court allows California’s Democrat-friendly congressional map to stand

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed Republicans' challenge to California's new congressional map, delivering a significant boost to Democrats' hopes of taking control of the U.S. House in November's elections.

February 4, 2026

61% of illegal immigrant households use welfare; children are main conduit for aid

Roughly half of all immigrant-headed households in the U.S. use welfare -- and among illegal immigrant homes in particular, it's even higher, at 61%, according to a new study Wednesday that argues that's another reason to enforce immigration laws.

February 4, 2026

DHS drawdown begins in Minnesota; 700 officers to leave immediately

White House border czar Tom Homan declared a victory of sorts in Minneapolis, saying the feds are now getting "unprecedented cooperation" from local communities and the Department of Homeland Security will remove 700 officers from the state.

February 4, 2026

‘The system sucks’: Government lawyer says feds not prepared to handle immigration enforcement surge

A government lawyer begged a federal judge to hold her in contempt of court so she could spend 24 hours behind bars and finally get some sleep, rather than deal with the tsunami of legal work President Trump's immigration enforcement surge has spawned.

February 3, 2026

Motor mayhem: ICE says it has documented 3,300% increase in vehicle attacks

Aliens and U.S. citizens alike are increasingly turning to cars and trucks as weapons of choice in their attempts to stop ICE from carrying out arrests, according to new government data that shows a 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks.

February 3, 2026

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa for wealthy foreigners

President Trump's opponents went to court Tuesday to try to shut down his "Gold Card" visa, saying his attempt to sell a pathway to U.S. citizenship to wealthy investors violates the laws Congress has written laying out who gets into the country.

February 3, 2026

ICE sets new record pace for deportations

ICE has hit a new record pace for deportations, averaging more than 1,450 deportations a day in the middle of January, according to the agency's latest data.

February 3, 2026

‘Hostility to nonwhite immigrants’: Judge slams DHS Secretary Noem

A federal judge delivered a withering rebuke to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday, accusing her of harboring a "hostility to nonwhite immigrants," and blocking her decision to end a deportation amnesty for hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants.

February 2, 2026

DHS to make all immigration agents in Minnesota wear body cams

All immigration personnel operating in the Minneapolis enforcement surge will be outfitted with body cameras, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.

February 2, 2026

Thousands of Epstein docs pulled down after victims complained

Millions of pages of new Epstein files went up -- and several thousand have already come down, after victims complained the files contained information that could reveal their identities.

February 2, 2026

Judge orders ICE to let members of Congress make snap inspections

A federal judge ordered ICE to restore immediate access for members of Congress seeking to make inspections of detention facilities, saying the agency seems to be playing games with its funding to try to block the lawmakers.

February 2, 2026