Stephen Dinan
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MS-13 expanding to Mexico to control migrant-smuggling, feds say
MS-13 has expanded its operations into Mexico, running migrant smuggling routes in order to make money and be able to send reinforcements into the U.S. to replace gang members who get arrested or deported, according to federal prosecutors. → Read More
Black Republican unloads after Democrats say border security is ‘white nationalist conspiracy’
Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican, unloaded on Democrats Tuesday after they tweeted that worrying about border security was a “white nationalist conspiracy,” challenging them to say that to his face. → Read More
Surging number of suspected terrorists nabbed jumping U.S.-Mexico border this year
The Border Patrol has nabbed 78 people on a terrorist watch list so far this fiscal year, according to new Department of Homeland Security data. → Read More
D.C. declares ‘emergency’ over migrants being bused into city
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday over the surge of illegal immigrants arriving in her city, calling it “a crisis that is certainly not of our making” and tapping millions of dollars in aid to help house and feed the newcomers. → Read More
Feds can’t say what happened to Afghan evacuees in U.S. who were security risks, not fully vetted
The Biden administration is still allowing Afghans to reach the U.S. without checking them through a key Defense Department database that could help weed out national security risks, according to senators. → Read More
Texas Bar Foundation under investigation for allegedly encouraging, financing illegal immigration
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation Friday into the Texas Bar Foundation, saying he’s heard complaints the lawyers’ group is funneling taxpayers’ money to organizations that encourage and fund illegal immigration. → Read More
Judge Jackson makes early overtures to Republicans during confirmation hearing
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told senators Monday that she believes the Constitution grants a “limited” role to judges, kicking off her Supreme Court confirmation hearing with an early overture to Republicans who will decide how difficult a path she has to the high court. → Read More
Judge rules Biden overreached in exempting kids from border pandemic policies
A federal judge on Friday slammed President Biden’s decision to grant an exemption to illegal immigrant children at the border by allowing them to enter while other migrants are turned back amid the pandemic. → Read More
Russell building named for segregationist senator remains; decision to change falls to Schumer
While Robert E. Lee's statue has been pulled down from the U.S. Capitol and lawmakers voted to expunge Confederate generals' names from military bases, the Senate still honors Richard B. Russell, a segregationist senator, with his name on its most prestigious office building. → Read More
High-skilled guest-worker visas used to undercut Americans: Study
One of the largest users of America’s high-skilled guest-worker program admitted in court documents that it paid the foreigners less than it paid U.S. citizens for the same kind of work, shorting them nearly $100 million in wages each year, according to a new study Thursday. → Read More
Feds ponder how much to pay illegal immigrants
As the Biden administration ponders cutting $450,000 checks to compensate illegal immigrants who suffered emotional trauma from the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, figuring out exactly the right comparison with previous government payouts -- such as those made to Japanese Americans -- is fraught with complications. → Read More
Supreme Court weighs condemned killer’s demand for pastor to touch him during execution
John Henry Ramirez will almost certainly be executed by Texas for having robbed a convenience store worker of $1.25 then stabbing him 29 times, killing him. His lawyer went before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to ask the justices to rule that, when the time comes, he's allowed to have his pastor in the execution chamber. → Read More
‘As important now as it was then’: Unknown Soldier hits century mark with tributes, questions
The first Unknown Soldier almost didn't make it back to U.S. soil at all. → Read More
New fiscal year begins with lower federal deficit
The new federal fiscal year has begun with some good -- or at least less bad -- news, as Uncle Sam ran a smaller deficit in October than a year ago, according to a new estimate Monday by the Congressional Budget Office. → Read More
Taxpayers to cover cost of Afghan evacuees’ immigration applications
Homeland Security announced Monday that it will waive the usual immigration fees for Afghan evacuees who’ve been paroled into the country since the start of the airlift operation, leaving U.S. taxpayers to pick up the tab for their costs. → Read More
Biden DOJ plan to pay illegal immigrants is widely unpopular, poll shows
Two-thirds of American voters disapprove of the Biden administration’s plans to pay illegal immigrants $450,000 for “trauma” stemming from having their families separated during the Trump administration’s zero tolerance border policy, according to a new poll Monday. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol agent says up to 1.2 million illegal immigrants evaded detection
As many as 1.2 million illegal immigrants may have evaded detection and sneaked into the country over the last year and more will come if they hear about plans to pay $450,000 to some migrants, a top Border Patrol union official said in a new podcast released Friday by Sen. Marsha Blackburn and provided first to The Washington Times. → Read More
Democrats block GOP attempt to derail Biden’s $450,000 payments to illegal immigrants
Republicans moved this week to block $450,000 payments to illegal immigrants who were part of family separations during the Trump administration, but they saw their first attempt quashed by Senate Democrats. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s a death trap’: ICE officers file OSHA complaint over illegal immigrant COVID risks
The labor union for ICE officers has filed two workplace safety complaints over the Biden administration’s handling of illegal immigrants and COVID at the border, saying federal employees forced to process and release the migrants face conditions that amount to “a death trap.” → Read More
Thousands of Border Patrol agents at risk of being fired over vaccine mandate, Arizona AG warns
Thousands of Border Patrol agents could be fired over failing to meet President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, Arizona’s attorney general warned in a new letter calling on the administration to relax its unprecedented shots-or-else approach. → Read More