Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court gives attention to nationwide injunctions; judges slap down birthright changes

Supreme Court justices across the ideological spectrum have long complained about the expanding power of lower court judges to intervene and halt a president's policies nationwide.

May 13, 2025

ICE nabs 189 migrants during 4-day immigration bust in D.C.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 189 illegal immigrants in the D.C. area last week and served inspection notices on 187 businesses to determine if they have been employing unauthorized workers.

May 13, 2025

Tren de Aragua gang members staged revolt at ICE detention

Members of Tren de Aragua, the notorious Venezuelan gang, staged a rebellion at an ICE detention facility late last month, barricading themselves and threatening to take hostages or harm officers, the government revealed in filings with the Supreme Court on Monday.

May 12, 2025

Judge clears way for DHS to use IRS information against some illegal immigrants

A federal judge on Monday rebuffed immigrant rights advocates' attempt to shut down Homeland Security's efforts to get information about illegal immigrants from the IRS.

May 12, 2025

Customs and Border Protection slashes catch-and-release by 99.99%

President Trump's border success appears to have plateaued, with the Border Patrol reporting encounters of illegal immigrants at the southern border rose slightly last month.

May 12, 2025

Biden administration gave protected status to Afghans despite terrorism flags

The Biden administration approved temporary protected status, a form of deportation amnesty, for Afghan migrants who had indications of terrorism in their histories, The Washington Times has learned.

May 12, 2025

Caught on video: DHS says congresswoman assaulted ICE officer

Homeland Security released a video Saturday it said showed a congresswoman assaulting a federal officer during a scuffle when lawmakers "stormed" into an ICE detention facility on Friday.

May 10, 2025

Activists drop lawsuit claiming ICE deported U.S. citizen child

Homeland Security officials took a victory lap Saturday after immigration groups asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that had claimed the government wrongly deported an American child.

May 10, 2025

Judge slams brakes on Trump’s fed workforce cuts

A federal judge issued a restraining order blocking President Trump's plans for major personnel cuts across the government, saying he has to ask Congress for permission before he attempts such a broad rewrite of the bureaucracy.

May 10, 2025

Democratic lawmakers storm ICE detention facility in New Jersey, Newark mayor arrested

The Democratic mayor of Newark and members of Congress from New Jersey "stormed" an ICE detention facility on Friday, authorities said.

May 9, 2025

Eagle Scout who burned U.S. flag in anti-Israel protest at Union Station gets probation

Michael Snow Jr., who torched an American flag as part of anti-Israel protests at Union Station in Washington last summer, was slapped with a 4-month probation sentence.

May 9, 2025

Courts keep ruling against Trump on foreign student deportations

A federal judge ordered Homeland Security to immediately release Rumeysa Ozturk, a university student from Turkey whose arrest in March went viral.

May 9, 2025

TSA’s facial recognition is better than 99% effective

The government's civil liberties watchdog gave a relatively clean bill of health to the TSA's use of facial recognition technology to screen travelers, saying it's strikingly effective and is largely immune to abuse.

May 9, 2025

Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Trump fired Carla Hayden as the librarian of Congress on Thursday, sparking the ire of congressional Democrats who said he was ousting a groundbreaking professional from a critical nonpartisan job.

May 8, 2025

DHS says 600,000 migrants turned around in Mexico after Trump took over

As many as 600,000 migrants who had been heading for the U.S. turned around when they realized President Trump had closed the border, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told senators on Thursday, citing information from Mexican officials.

May 8, 2025

FEMA chief out after disagreeing with Trump on the future of the agency

Cameron Hamilton was out Thursday as acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a day after he delivered testimony to Congress where he disagreed with President Trump's plans to wind down the agency.

May 8, 2025

Trump asks justices to OK broad presidential powers on immigration

The administration went to the Supreme Court on Thursday to demand the justices reverse a "destabilizing trend" from lower courts that have rushed to meddle in the president's immigration policies.

May 8, 2025

DOGE is now helping DOJ sniff out illegal voters

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has turned its attention to illegal voting, scouring records to discover -- and report to federal prosecutors -- the names of noncitizens who have registered and voted in U.S. elections.

May 8, 2025

Noem unloads on Van Hollen over ‘advocacy for a known terrorist’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem excoriated Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Thursday for his defense of deported MS-13 gang suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying his "advocacy for a known terrorist is alarming."

May 8, 2025

Judge rules Trump can’t use Pentagon to get around deportation restrictions

A federal judge told the Trump administration Wednesday that it cannot evade his new rules on carrying out deportations by having them done by the Defense Department rather than Homeland Security.

May 7, 2025