Stephen Dinan

Illegal immigrant forced to drink his urine to stay alive in desert

A Chinese migrant lost in the Arizona desert said he was forced to abandon his brother and to drink his own urine to survive.

January 27, 2025

ICE sweeps up record number of illegals; military support, diplomatic clashes mark Trump’s 1st week

President Trump's shock and awe strategy has fueled a surge in immigration arrests in the interior of the country.

January 26, 2025

J.D. Vance scolds U.S. Catholic bishops after criticism of Trump on immigration

Vice President J.D. Vance, a practicing Catholic, said that he was "heartbroken" by what he called unfair criticism by America's Catholic bishops of the Trump administration's early moves to crack down on illegal immigration.

January 26, 2025

Trump administration deletes Jan. 6 data from federal websites

The Trump administration is cleansing federal websites of data about the Jan. 6 cases.

January 26, 2025

ICE arrested 10 Tren de Aragua gang members, more than 400 criminals in one day

Homeland Security arrested 25 gang members Friday, including 10 members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, as well as more than 400 other illegal immigrants with criminal records.

January 25, 2025

Noem confirmed as Trump’s DHS secretary

The Senate on Saturday voted for Kristi Noem to become President Trump's Homeland Security secretary, giving him a loyal lieutenant at the helm of the department that will carry out his border and immigration plans.

January 25, 2025

ICE arrests more than 1,000 illegal immigrants over two days

Homeland Security's deportation agency said that it arrested 593 more illegal immigrants on Friday, putting its two-day total above 1,000.

January 25, 2025

Woman charged in shooting that killed a Border Patrol agent

Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged Teresa Youngblut with assault with a firearm in a shooting that killed a Border Patrol agent earlier in the week in Vermont.

January 24, 2025

Supreme Court to hear case on religious charter schools

The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear a pair of cases challenging whether states can ban religious schools from taking part in their taxpayer-funded charter school programs.

January 24, 2025

‘You’re fired!’: Trump 2.0 ditches first-term caution for instant action

In his first go-around, it took President Trump 10 days to make his first major firing. This time it started on Day 1. And it's kept going.

January 24, 2025

New Jersey mayor blasts ICE for ‘blanket of fear’ after three illegal immigrants arrested in Newark

The mayor of New Jersey's largest city on Friday accused Homeland Security's deportation agency of a warrantless "raid" on a local business after officers questioned employees and arrested three suspected illegal immigrants.

January 24, 2025

ICE arrests more than 500 migrants on Thursday

Homeland Security's deportation force delivered a daily update Thursday night saying it made 538 arrests and placed 373 additional deportation detainer requests with other law enforcement agencies.

January 23, 2025

‘Mexican cartel terrorists’ shoot American along border

An American citizen hiking near the U.S.-Mexico border in California was shot by what authorities called "Mexican cartel terrorists" on Wednesday.

January 23, 2025

Arizona county shutters border shelters as flow of new migrants stops

The flow of illegal immigrants being caught and released has dried up so quickly that one Arizona county is shutting down two migrant shelters, saying they aren't needed anymore.

January 23, 2025

Texas asks to be reimbursed for $11 billion spent defending border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked Congress on Thursday to give the state $11 billion in taxpayer money to reimburse it for what it's spent in recent years plugging gaps in the border left by the Biden administration.

January 23, 2025

Montana county says DHS can use its expo center to hold illegal immigrants

Yellowstone County in Montana let the federal government know it can use the county's expo center to hold illegal immigrants for deportation.

January 23, 2025

DHS grants immigration arrest powers to U.S. Marshals, DEA, ATF

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Thursday deputized agents and officers at the Justice Department to help in making immigration arrests, creating a force multiplier as President Trump seeks to carry out his promise of mass deportations.

January 23, 2025