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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Snow covers part of a road sign on Mount Laguna in the mountains east of San Diego, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. A blustery winter storm dumped snow and ice across the West on Wednesday, making driving treacherous in the mountains from California to the Rockies and forcing residents and party-goers in some usually sun-soaked cities to bundle up for a frosty New Year's. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, K.C. Allred)

Border agents rescue migrants caught in snowstorm

The call came in to San Diego's 911 center just before 2 p.m. on a Monday in February. It was sunny and nearly 70 degrees in the city — but off to the east, in the Laguna Mountains, there was snow on the ground, sleet was falling and the windchill was in the teens.

June 25, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump says border wall ‘has helped’ cut illegal immigration

President Trump said Tuesday morning that the border wall has helped cut the flow of illegal immigration to "just about a record-breaking low," as he prepared to jet off to Yuma, Arizona, to mark more than 200 miles of construction since the start of his administration.

June 23, 2020
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies before a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on the coronavirus and the FY2021 budget, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Chad Wolf, acting DHS chief: DACA is still illegal

The chief of Homeland Security said Sunday that the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty program for "Dreamers" is still illegal, and the department will try again to cancel it, after the Supreme Court last week shot down a previous attempt to do so.

June 21, 2020
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye, left, and his wife Angeline Ndayubaha, right, attend his inauguration in Gitega, Burundi, Thursday, June 18, 2020. President Evariste Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza)

U.S. stops issuing visas to Burundi over deportation feud

The Trump administration announced Friday it has stopped issuing most types of visas to Burundi citizens, slapping the central African nation with some of the stiffest penalties ever for refusing to cooperate in taking back its deportees.

June 19, 2020
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Prince William Country ends 287(g) program involvement

Prince William County's Jail Board failed Wednesday to renew its cooperation agreement with ICE, meaning its involvement in the 287(g) program that allows deputies at the jail to begin the deportation process will expire at the end of this month.

June 17, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz warns Google over attack on conservative media

Sen. Ted Cruz, chairman of a Senate subcommittee with oversight of constitutional rights, is sending a letter Wednesday warning Google that it may face repercussions if it follows through with punishing a conservative website over its content.

June 17, 2020