Stephen Dinan

Lawyers rush to court to head off deportation sweep

Immigrant-rights activists rushed to court in New York Thursday to ask a judge to head off President Trump's plans for a new deportation sweep, asking that anyone ordered removed in absentia without a lawyer be granted an automatic new hearing.

July 11, 2019

House to vote on criminal contempt for Barr, Ross over citizenship question

The House will vote next week to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress over the administration's attempts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

July 11, 2019

Pelosi: Illegal immigrants should refuse to admit ICE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged illegal immigrants to refuse to open the door to ICE officers, saying they have rights and must exercise them to thwart the administration's planned deportation sweep.

July 11, 2019

ICE deportation sweep to begin this weekend

ICE officers will begin President Trump's promised deportation sweep this weekend, targeting about 2,000 illegal immigrants who have been ordered deported but are defying those judges' orders to remain in the country, The New York Times reported Thursday.

July 11, 2019

Yazmin Juarez details daughter’s death at ‘Kids in Cages’ hearing

A woman who came to the U.S. as part of the surge of illegal immigrant families, and then watched her daughter die after being released from ICE custody, told Congress on Wednesday to do whatever it can to stop more deaths.

July 10, 2019

Immigrant-rights activists attack Joe Biden over deportations

Immigrant-rights activists staged a sit-in protest at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's campaign headquarters Wednesday, demanding he apologize for being part of the Obama administration's record level of deportations.

July 10, 2019

Appeals court tosses D.C.’s lawsuit against Trump ‘emoluments’

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of President Trump's business interests, tossing a lawsuit brought by Maryland and Washington, D.C., arguing he was violating the Constitution by running his hotel empire while serving as president.

July 10, 2019

Judge Jesse Furman rejects Trump legal team changes 2020 census citizenship case

A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's effort to change its legal team in the census citizenship question case, ruling Tuesday that the government gave no reason why it wanted to pull the lawyers who've argued the case for months.

July 9, 2019

Illegal immigration drops 28% after deal with Mexico

The number of illegal immigrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped 28% in June, authorities announced Tuesday, saying the slower pace gives Homeland Security a chance to improve conditions.

July 9, 2019

Mitch McConnell doubts Roy Moore will be party’s pick in Alabama

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he doubts Roy Moore will emerge as Republicans' nominee for that state's U.S. Senate race next year, saying GOP voters "have figured this guy out."

July 9, 2019

Smugglers used ambulance to try to sneak illegals into U.S.

Eagle-eyed Border Patrol agents sniffed out an attempt this weekend to smuggle illegal immigrants deeper into the U.S. in an ambulance.

July 9, 2019

Megan Rapinoe would beat Trump for president: Poll

U.S. women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe would narrowly best President Trump in an election, according to a new poll Tuesday.

July 9, 2019

Megan Rapinoe accepts Dems’ invite for soccer team to visit Capitol Hill

The U.S. national women's soccer team will visit the Capitol to celebrate their World Cup championship.

July 9, 2019

Jose Serrano, New York Democrat, vows to block money for Trump’s citizenship question

The Democrat who oversees money for the Census Bureau said Tuesday he will not allow President Trump to stop the printing of the 2020 questionnaire to add a citizenship question.

July 9, 2019

Bill would allow victims to sue sanctuary cities

Senate Republicans announced new legislation Tuesday that would allow victims of illegal immigrant crimes to sue sanctuary cities for damages.

July 9, 2019

Donald Trump loses bid to block complainers from presidential Twitter account

A federal appeals court shot down President Trump's attempts to block critics from his Twitter account, ruling Tuesday that government officials' social media platforms are public forums protected by the First Amendment.

July 9, 2019

Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump must answer for Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer tried to tie President Trump to the growing scandal over accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying Tuesday that Mr. Trump must answer for his past praise of the billionaire financier.

July 9, 2019

House Dems to subpoena Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein

The House Judiciary Committee will vote this week to subpoena President Trump's son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner, as Democrats' battle with the White House gets more personal.

July 9, 2019

ACLU fights Trump lawyer change in census citizenship case

Now even the lawyers arguing the census citizenship question have become a matter of dispute.

July 8, 2019

U.N. human rights commissioner blasts U.S. border situation

The U.N.'s human rights commissioner on Monday blasted the U.S. for the conditions illegal immigrant children face when they are caught sneaking across the border, calling it "undignified."

July 8, 2019