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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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A man jokes with a U.S. Border Patrol agent as he and other migrants wait between two border walls to apply for asylum Friday, May 12, 2023, in San Diego. Hundreds of migrants remain waiting between the two walls, many for days. The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending a three-year-old asylum restriction and enacting a set of strict new rules that the Biden administration hopes will stabilize the U.S.-Mexico border and push migrants to apply for protections where they are, skipping the dangerous journey north. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Most migrants still caught and released into U.S. after Title 42

Most illegal immigrants at the border are still being caught and released after the end of Title 42, according to new numbers obtained by The Washington Times that challenge Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' promises of "consequences." Published May 18, 2023

Elmer Maldonado, 40, a migrant from Honduras, sleeps with his 1-year-old son at a shelter, Monday, March 22, 2021, in Harlingen, Texas. One night, they slept on the dirt under a bridge shivering from the cold temperatures at an intake site where large groups of migrants turn themselves in to Border Patrol officers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

8-year-old migrant dies in Border Patrol custody

An 8-year-old illegal immigrant girl died Wednesday while in Border Patrol custody, the agency announced, saying she suffered a "medical emergency" that cost her life. Published May 17, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS is planning to launch a pilot program for a government-run, online tax filing system that’s free for all. After months of research, the IRS published a feasibility report on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, laying out taxpayer interest in direct file, how the system could work, its potential cost, operational challenges and more. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

IRS has built its own e-file system to compete with TurboTax

The IRS said Tuesday that it could create its own electronic direct-file system that would allow many taxpayers to bypass expensive companies such as TurboTax and complete their returns for free -- but said it will take an infusion of manpower and money to get it done. Published May 16, 2023

U.S. Border Patrol agents move through a crowd of migrants that have waited between two border walls for days to apply for asylum, as they decide who to take next to processing, Friday, May 12, 2023, in San Diego. Hundreds of migrants remain waiting between the two walls, many for days. The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending a three-year-old asylum restriction and enacting a set of strict new rules that the Biden administration hopes will stabilize the U.S.-Mexico border and push migrants to apply for protections where they are, skipping the dangerous journey north. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS says it complied with judge’s order on border releases

A Homeland Security official told a federal judge Monday that the department generally has complied with his order to stop issuing "parole" to illegal immigrants last Thursday, saying that while some people were officially released after the judge's deadline, they had been "fully processed" before that. Published May 15, 2023

President Joe Biden answers a reporter's question as he boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Monday, May 15, 2023. Biden is traveling to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden celebrates as border migrant surge doesn’t materialize

The Biden administration took a sort of victory lap Monday after a major border surge didn't materialize, saying that foreign governments have stepped up their own border security and migrants are becoming reluctant to shift from border-jumping to using "legal" avenues of entry. Published May 15, 2023

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about border security during a briefing at the White House, Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DHS makes last-minute plea to migrants as Title 42 ends

Title 42, the pandemic expulsion power that had kept the border crisis from turning into catastrophe, has now expired, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made a final plea to migrants massing in Mexico not to rush the border. Published May 12, 2023

U.S. Border Patrol agents talk with women before leading them to a van as they wait to apply for asylum between two border walls Thursday, May 11, 2023, in San Diego. Many of the hundreds of migrants between the walls that separate Tijuana, Mexico, with San Diego have been waiting for days to apply for asylum. Pandemic-related U.S. asylum restrictions, known as Title 42, are to expire May 11. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Judge blames Biden for border chaos, rejects DHS’ ‘parole’ policy

A federal judge ruled late Thursday that Homeland Security cannot use its "parole" powers to catch and release illegal immigrants in the current border surge, upending the chief tool the administration was hoping to use to deal with the expected wave of people. Published May 11, 2023