Stephen Dinan

Judge sidesteps Supreme Court, restores deportation amnesty for Venezuelans, Haitians

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when it sought to revoke a last-minute Biden renewal of Temporary Protected Status -- a form of deportation amnesty -- for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan migrants.

September 6, 2025

Gang uses pandemic small business loans to buy guns, alcohol: Feds

Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a dozen members of the Florida-based Hood Boys, accusing the gang of fraudulently applying for pandemic small business loans, then spending the money at gun and liquor stores.

September 5, 2025

ICE finds over 475 illegal workers at Hyundai plant in Georgia

When federal law enforcement raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia this week, some migrants ran into a sewage pond to try to escape, with one man trying to flip the boat that agents were using to fish them out of the water.

September 5, 2025

Feds bust migrant smuggling ring that charged Cubans up to $40,000 to sneak into U.S.

Federal prosecutors said they have busted a lucrative and massive migrant smuggling ring that brought thousands of Cubans to the U.S. while instructing them how to deceive border guards to get in and fake asylum claims to win more permanent status.

September 5, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire FTC official

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in yet another legal battle over the president's attempt to fire agency officials.

September 4, 2025

Federal workers bowing to Trump’s order to show up for work

President Trump's effort to get federal employees back into their offices for work is proving to be stunningly effective, with the number of full-time in-office employees nearly tripling over the last six months.

September 4, 2025

DHS’ citizenship agency expands power, hiring special agents to make arrests

The Department of Homeland Security's third immigration agency, which usually handles legal applications, is getting deeper into the law enforcement game as well.

September 4, 2025

DHS ends deportation amnesty for Venezuelans

The Homeland Security Department announced the end of a years-old deportation amnesty for migrants from Venezuela, saying Wednesday that the program has become too much of a threat to public safety and national security.

September 3, 2025

American citizens emerge as new threat to ICE officers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement experts said they're used to dealing with illegal immigrants resisting their own arrest, but said the growth of American saboteurs attempting their own guerrilla war on ICE is a new extreme.

September 3, 2025

Trump appeals court ruling against his troop deployment in Los Angeles

The Trump administration on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to step in and block a lower court ruling that found his deployment of troops to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act.

September 3, 2025

Appeals court rules Trump misused Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan deportees

A federal appeals court issued a searing rebuke to President Trump late Tuesday, ruling that he overstepped his deportation powers when he used a centuries-old law to speed up the deportation of Venezuelan gang suspects.

September 2, 2025

Appeals court reinstates FTC commissioner fired by Trump

A federal appeals court issued a ruling Tuesday restoring Rebecca Slaughter to her post on the Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's move to fire her contradicted existing law.

September 2, 2025

Almost 50% of FEMA employees do social media while on the job; some consume porn

Nearly half of employees at FEMA used their social media accounts while on the job, according to the results of a government investigation that found some even consumed what Homeland Security called "racially charged porn."

September 2, 2025

Appeals court sides with Trump’s EPA in fight over Biden’s last-minute climate grants

A federal appeals court backed the Trump administration in its effort to have the Environmental Protection Agency cancel billions of dollars in climate change grants that President Biden tried to rush out the door just before his term ended.

September 2, 2025

Judge rules Trump violated Posse Comitatus Act by sending National Guard to LA

President Trump's decision to federalize and deploy Marines and the National Guard to help arrest illegal immigrants in Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

September 2, 2025

Trump upends flow of money migrants send home

Mexicans living in the U.S. are suddenly sending less money back home and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming America's crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying President Trump is hurting her nation's bottom line.

September 2, 2025

Judge halts migrant children’s deportation just as planes were loading up

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pull juvenile migrants off deportation flights Sunday, saying it appeared the government was trying to deport them without giving them their full right to challenge their ouster.

August 31, 2025

Trump seizes victory in border wall fight with new funding

President Trump appears to have finally triumphed in the border wall battle, taking an issue that had been a major political battleground and turning it into a no-brainer winner for a majority of voters -- and Congress.

August 31, 2025

Justice Dept. says noncitizen from Canada voted illegally in 9 U.S. elections over 20 years

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Canadian citizen they say repeatedly registered and voted in elections in North Carolina over the last 20 years.

August 28, 2025

Double-dip: Senator demands crackdown on feds pocketing unemployment checks and salaries

A Labor Department employee is the latest federal worker to be accused of claiming unemployment benefits while holding down a full-time job with Uncle Sam, highlighting what one leading senator said has become a persistent problem of double-dipping.

August 28, 2025