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Articles by Stephen Dinan

In this April 29, 2018, photo, a drone operator helps to retrieve a drone after photographing over Hart Island in New York. The mystery drones (not pictured) detected flying over New Jersey in recent weeks are "concerning" and the FBI does not know who is operating them, a senior bureau official told Congress on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

DHS developing plans to shoot down drones near airports

Top House lawmakers revealed Friday that Homeland Security is working on plans to allow the government to shoot down drones flown near airports -- and the members of Congress urged the administration to do a rethink.

November 15, 2019
In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a target to lockup during a raid in Richmond, Va. On Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, immigration officials tied a third murder arrest in two months to sanctuary city policies in the Seattle, Washington, area, saying an illegal immigrant who was twice shielded from deportation by King County slew a man "as he lay asleep in his own home."  (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Third Seattle-area murder tied to sanctuary city policy

Immigration officials have tied a third murder arrest in two months to sanctuary city policies in the Seattle area, saying an immigrant who was twice shielded from deportation by King County slew a man "as he lay asleep in his own home."

November 15, 2019
In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

DHS confirms no new border wall yet

The administration still has yet to fence in any new miles of border with President Trump's wall, a top Homeland Security official acknowledged Thursday -- though he said that's not the right way to look at the problem.

November 14, 2019
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, with other federal and officials, announces that nearly 330 fugitives suspected of violent crimes have been arrested as part of a crime-fighting initiative in New Mexico, at a news conference at the office of the Bernalillo County Sheriff in Albuquerque Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Barr was in Albuquerque to highlight the results of Operation Triple Beam, a program that has been conducted in numerous U.S. cities and has led to hundreds of arrests. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz) **FILE**

William Barr denies Trump asked him to hold press conference

Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he doesn't recall being asked by the White House to hold a press conference to do a very public exoneration of allegations he broke the law with his request that Ukraine investigate a political opponent.

November 13, 2019
In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

More than 600 children ‘recycled’ by migrant smugglers at border: ICE

More than 600 children were "recycled" through the border over the last year, including some who were carried across eight times, by a different person each time, looking to exploit lax policies to gain a foothold in the U.S., a top ICE official told Congress on Wednesday.

November 13, 2019
A migrant leans on a fence of the Gateway International Bridge that connects downtown Matamoros, Mexico with Brownsville, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Migrants wanting to request asylum camped out on the international bridge leading from Mexico into Brownsville, Texas, causing a closure of the span. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

DHS moves to cut off asylum seekers’ work permits

Homeland Security proposed a new policy Wednesday to delay issuing work permits to asylum seekers until after their cases are approved, in a move aimed at trying to end the incentive that is drawing hundreds of thousands of bogus refugees to the U.S. border.

November 13, 2019
During a training drill, Customs and Border Protection officials block the entrance to the San Ysidro port of entry. (Associated Press/File)

Judge rules border DHS needs reasons to search travelers’ phones

The government does need to have a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity before it can search or seize Americans' electronic devices at U.S. ports and border crossings, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, delivering a significant victory to civil liberties advocates.

November 12, 2019
President Donald Trump addresses the Economic Club of New York Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Supreme Court’s DACA case leaves Donald Trump with bad options

The Supreme Court's ruling in the DACA case is likely to detonate in the middle of the presidential campaign, and those on both sides of the issue say even if he prevails with the justices, it's not likely to be pretty for President Trump.

November 12, 2019