Stephen Dinan

Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, asks DHS to stop releasing migrants in Arizona

An Arizona Congressman told Homeland Security on Monday to stop releasing illegal immigrants into his state, saying he's been unable to get straight answers about what's going on.

March 29, 2021

DHS begs for border volunteers, offers COVID-19 vaccines in exchange

Homeland Security issued a new plea Monday for volunteers to head to the border to help handle the surge of migrants, and said those who do want to go can jump the line to get COVID-19 vaccines.

March 29, 2021

Border agents pulled off patrol sparks spike in ‘gotaways’

Most of the attention at the border is on the capture of children and families, but an even bigger problem could be the people who are getting away right now.

March 28, 2021

DHS to ‘fortify’ DACA; attempt to put program on firmer footing

Homeland Security will soon move to "fortify" the DACA program, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday night, moving to reassure hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" that the program will continue to give them a place in society.

March 26, 2021

Border Patrol told to watch for migrants looking to kill cops

The Border Patrol in Arizona was put on alert this week over intelligence that two Mexican migrants planned to jump the border to try to kill a cop, The Washington Times has learned.

March 26, 2021

GOP demands businesses punish Democrats who try to overturn Iowa House election

Four top Senate Republicans demanded Thursday that corporations punish Democrats who are "stealing" one of Iowa's House seats by overturning the results of the November election.

March 25, 2021

DC Catholic churches win Holy Week reprieve from mayor’s coronavirus shutdown

A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday on Mayor Muriel Bowser's coronavirus restrictions on the city's Catholic churches, ruling that the District's limits of 25% capacity or 250 people at services violates fundamental worship rights.

March 25, 2021

Democrats ‘silent’ as Joe Biden border surge spirals

House Democrats called more than 10 hearings during the last migrant surge to rake the Trump administration for its handling of the border. Yet now, with the Biden team slammed by a new surge, Democrats have put down their gavels and clammed up.

March 25, 2021

Migrant child dies in Rio Grande; Border Patrol rescues 3-year-old

A 9-year-old migrant child died after being stranded in the Rio Grande but Homeland Security agents managed to rescue and revive another child and an adult from the river, the government said Thursday.

March 25, 2021

James Comer demands Dems break silence, hold hearings on border surge

Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, demanded Thursday that Democrats break their silence and start to hold hearings to probe the border surge that's confounding the Biden administration.

March 25, 2021

Joe Biden says border surge ‘happens every year’

President Biden downplayed the severity of the border surge Thursday, saying it "happens every year," and suggested things seem worse now because the Trump administration left him with a broken system unable to deal with the problem.

March 25, 2021

Biden asks VP Harris to lead on border-surge negotiations

President Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the border is experiencing "serious spikes" of illegal immigration and gave Vice President Kamala Harris the job of fixing it.

March 24, 2021

Support for border wall surges as border ‘crisis’ intensifies

Americans are increasingly saying, "Build the wall." A majority of voters now say they want to see the government finish construction of former President Donald Trump's border wall, according to new polling from the Senate Opportunity Fund, which also found Americans itching for a tougher approach to illegal immigration than President Biden is taking.

March 23, 2021

DHS releases images of migrants packed in border pens

Homeland Security released images Tuesday of children packed in pens in Border Patrol stations, rushing to try to regain control of the narrative after leaked photos already exposed the troubling conditions.

March 23, 2021

ICE ‘draft declaration’ seeks to shape testimony on Joe Biden deportation policies

ICE's chief of staff has written a "draft declaration" for agency employees to use if they are called to give testimony in court cases dealing with the Biden administration's deportation policies, The Washington Times has learned.

March 22, 2021

Shaneesha White charged fraud in use of benefits for plastic surgery, feds say

Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against a Buffalo woman they said bilked the government of nearly $50,000 in coronavirus unemployment benefits, then used the money to pay for a trip to Florida and two plastic surgeries.

March 22, 2021

ICE signs contract for 1,200 more detention beds to fight border surge

ICE said Monday it has signed a contract to set up more than 1,200 new detention beds to process migrant families, in a move that expands the agency's ability to test new arrivals for the coronavirus.

March 22, 2021

Joe Biden faces growing bipartisan worry over border

An Arizona Democratic senator added her voice Monday to growing bipartisan complaints over President Biden's handling of the border, labeling the situation an "ongoing crisis" and demanding immediate steps.

March 22, 2021

Alejandro Mayorias, Homeland Security secretary: Biden team has plans to diffuse migrant surge

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, fresh from a trip to the border, made the rounds of the Sunday political talk shows to try to defuse growing worries over the Biden team's handling of the migrant surge, insisting they have plans to solve the situation.

March 21, 2021

ICE ends long-term detention of migrant families

ICE has effectively ended long-term detention for migrant families, delivering a huge win to immigrant rights activists who for years had pushed for the move.

March 21, 2021