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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the stark number of missed contraband items looked bad "out of context," but said the tests were important in trying to advance TSA's mission. (Associated Press)

Illegals refuse to give up three-year amnesties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama defies federal judge, fails to rescind wrongly issued amnesties

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Obama derides judge who blocked amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House from Marine One, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Washington, as he arrives from Miami where the he visited the National Hurricane Center and the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity to pay his respects to the Cuban-American diaspora that worship there. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Homeland Security granted work visas despite injunction

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We will continue to fight for the rule of law by asking the district court to carefully review the administration's withheld documents and hold the DOJ accountable so they provide reliable information about this case," said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Associated Press)

Texas demands Obama prove he’s halted deportation amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson waits to speaks about the agency's budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee session during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DHS blames tech glitch for violating judge’s amnesty injunction

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

DILLEY, Texas - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announces the opening of a new detention center for adults who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally with their children, Dec. 14, 2014. The new center replaces the temporary facility in Artesia, N.M., and will have the capacity to hold up to 2,400 people. Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler.

DHS broke judge’s order, approved amnesty applications despite injunction

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We will continue to fight for the rule of law by asking the district court to carefully review the administration's withheld documents and hold the DOJ accountable so they provide reliable information about this case," said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Associated Press)

Andrew Hanen, immigration amnesty judge, gets Justice apology for late revelation of 3-year action

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Obama visited the university's medical center to discuss the impact of climate change on public health and steps his administration is taking to reduce the health impacts of climate change on communities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama admin. fires back: Justice Dept. lawyers insist they didn’t lie to court over amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Crystal A. Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector in Arizona, rides her ATV while on patrol. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol)

Obama motion to immediately restart amnesty rejected by federal judge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2014. file photo, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Leon Rodriguez tells reporters that immigration officers don't share applicants' information with enforcement authorities unless an applicant has a disqualifying criminal history or is a national security threat, during an interview with The Associated Press in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Immigration agency says original amnesty still approving Dreamers’ applications

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged at Tuesday's hearing that 282 people have had to be kicked out of the amnesty program because of criminal convictions or gang ties that were later discovered. That was out of a population of more than 600,000 who were approved. (Associated Press)

Jeh Johnson: Court should have known part of amnesty was in effect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In addition to announcing proactive legal status for 4 million illegal immigrants, President Obama in November also ordered immigration agents not to bother deporting most of the rest of the illegal immigrant population and to focus only on serious criminals. (Associated Press)

Obama dealt series of setbacks on immigration, takes fire from all sides

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (credit: White House photo/Pete Souza)

Obama asks appeals court to re-start amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The states challenging President Obama's deportation amnesty have already won the first round in court after the case landed in the lap of Judge Andrew S. Hanen, a Bush appointee who issued a scorching rebuke to the Department of Homeland Security last year, accusing it of refusing to follow border security laws. (Associated Press)

Obama lawyers misled federal judge in amnesty case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A woman chants in to her megaphone outside the federal courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday while protesting Judge Andrew Hanen's ruling that halted President Obama's amnesty order. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty approval for 100,000 Dreamers ‘covering’ from Texas judge’s ruling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama's amnesty order offered a number of different benefits to illegal immigrants, including expanding eligibility for his 2012 amnesty for Dreamers and boosting the amount of time he was granting an amnesty from deportation and permits for legal work from two years to three years. (Associated Press)

100,000 amnesty applications approved under Obama rules before judge halted program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegal immigrants sit in a group after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds ask appeals court to restart amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who held a press conference to highlight other dangers of letting the department's funding to lapse, said "The clock is ticking." (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty contract quietly canceled as White House struggles to comply with ruling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 17, 2015 photo, Clementina Herrera comforts her son Luis Manuel Herrera, 6, who's father is in Ciudad Juarez, as he explains that he believes God will make it so his family can be together at a rally for immigration reform in front of Devine Redeemer Presbyterian Church sponsored by the Texas Organizing Project in San Antonio, Texas. Immigrants across the country expressed disappointment Tuesday after a federal judge put a hold on President Barack Obama's plan to protect more than 4 million people living illegally in the U.S. from deportation. But many said they haven't lost hope. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Bob Owen)

Justice Dept. to seek stay of ruling on Obama immigration action

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times