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Articles by Stephen Dinan

A mother embraces her young son after signing a document giving immigration advocate Nora Sandigo legal guardianship of him if she is detained or deported by immigration authorities, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

‘Leave now’: Trump team bets big on self-deportation

Mitt Romney's dream of self-deportation has become a reality under President Trump, whose administration is making a full-court press to get illegal immigrants to leave on their own without having to be formally removed.

March 3, 2025
FILE - The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Dems create hotline for fired DHS employees

The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee has created a hotline for employees fired from the Homeland Security Department to share their stories.

March 3, 2025
Then-DNC chairman candidate, Ken Martin, speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey,Jr.) ** FILE **

Democrats sue Trump over claim of supremacy over independent agencies

The Democratic National Committee led a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order claiming power to be the final decision-maker on how so-called independent federal agencies interpret the law, saying it gives the president too much room to meddle.

March 1, 2025
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

AOC lashes out at White House border czar Homan

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused White House border czar Tom Homan of trampling on her constitutional rights by saying she might be prosecuted for coaching unauthorized immigrants on how to deal with deportation officers.

February 28, 2025
The United States Department of Justice sign in Washington, D.C., on July 12, 2017. Paul Brady Photography / Shutterstock.com ** FILE **

U.S. extradites 29 cartel leaders from Mexico

President Trump took a victory lap after the Justice Department secured the extradition of 29 major crime figures from Mexico, including the man accused of killing a DEA agent.

February 28, 2025
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Supreme Court backs Trump in dispute over USAID funding

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower court order telling the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion by midnight in a fight over its hold on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) money.

February 26, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

ICE tallies 20,000 arrests in one month

The government's deportation force made more than 20,000 arrests in a single month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday.

February 26, 2025