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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Casey Russell, an air and marine interdiction agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, patrols above the 30-foot high wall along the border with Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Sasabe, Ariz. Dramatic elevation drops, mountains, uneven topography, washes and triple-digit temperatures in the summer months are common along the wall in this region at the base of the Baboquivari Mountains in the Tucson sector. This stretch is one of the deadliest along the international border. Border Patrol agents performed 3,000 rescues in the sector in the past 12 months. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Border Patrol missing key video in a migrant death case

Border Patrol authorities say a thunderstorm knocked out their video recording equipment at a Texas processing facility in August, leaving a two-week gap in records including a key period when an illegal immigrant fell ill while in custody and later died.

October 19, 2022
Migrants hold Red Cross blankets after arriving from Texas on buses at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 27, 2022. The Pentagon has rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance for the thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Catholic bishop blasts Biden, GOP governors over immigration

The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' migration committee chastised the Biden administration and red state governors for their handling of immigration and called for all sides to collaborate on better treatment.

October 18, 2022
Migrants, many from Central American and Venezuela, walk along the Huehuetan highway in Chiapas state, Mexico, early Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting to normalize their status in a region with little work and still far from their ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Border Patrol agents poke holes in DHS’ new border policy

Homeland Security's announcement that it will begin to oust some Venezuelan illegal immigrants caught jumping the border is turning out to be less than it seems, according to Border Patrol agents and analysts who say the policy is riddled with holes.

October 16, 2022
A migrant family from Venezuela walks to a Border Patrol transport vehicle after they and other migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves in June 16, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted after Russia’s invasion, while Mexico has agreed to accept some Venezuelans who are expelled from the United States, the two nations said Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

DHS to start blocking some Venezuelans at border

The Homeland Security Department announced a new effort Wednesday to welcome some Venezuelan migrants but kick others out of the country, reviving a Trump-era policy of forcing some illegal immigrants back over the border into Mexico.

October 12, 2022