• Top News
  • Reuters/FOX News: Migrant arrests at US-Mexico border in March lowest ever recorded
  • Wall Street Journal: U.S. Looks for More Countries to Take Migrants
  • FOX News: Biden-appointed judge blocks Trump admin from terminating legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
  • Washington Post/USA Today/Bloomberg/The Hill/Washington Examiner: Trump administration says it mistakenly deported Salvadoran migrant
  • CBS News: Justice Department says it cannot bring back man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
  • Reuters: Trump deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador. Dozens have active asylum cases
  • Newsweek: JD Vance Defiant After Man Deported by Error: ‘Gross To Get Fired Up’
  • Miami Herald: Rep. Andy Harris: Maryland man deported by ICE error ‘probably an MS-13 gang member’
  • ABC News: Family of Venezuelan migrant recently sent to El Salvador: ‘It’s the American horror’
  • FOX News: Trump admin defends deporting accused MS-13 leader to El Salvador amid backlash
  • NBC News: Immigration scorecard for deportations relied on tattoos and social posts, court filings show
  • NPR: Green card holders and travelers are caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • CNN: With Trump’s crackdown against dissent escalating, some seeking to protest his immigration policies face a difficult choice
  • The Hill: Judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending deportation protections for Venezuelans: ‘Smacks of racism’
  • New York Times: Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations
  • ABC News: Supreme Court to hear challenges to Trump executive orders
  • ABC News: DOJ has contradicted itself on when immigration removal is complete, ACLU argues
  • FOX News: Emerging GOP leader backing Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act at Supreme Court
  • Yahoo! News: Farm workers avoiding bird flu testing because of deportation threat, officials fear
  • New York Times: Trump Says He’s Settled on a Tariff Plan That Is Set to Take Effect Wednesday
  • The Hill: Thune urging GOP colleagues to kill resolution to undo Trump tariffs
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] ‘We need to fight back’: Walkout planned in support of Tufts University student detained by ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Trump administration may pull $9 billion in aid to Harvard over alleged anti-Semitism
  • Newsweek: [NY] Cornell Student Chooses To Leave US After Trump Lawsuit
  • The Hill: [NY] Colleges watch nervously as Columbia scrambles to appease Trump
  • ABC News/NBC News: [NJ] Judge rejects government’s request to move Mahmoud Khalil’s case to Louisiana
  • FOX News: [VA] Accused MS-13 leader nabbed by Patel’s FBI to remain in custody for now, judge rules
  • Reuters: [IL] US House probes Northwestern’s law clinic over representation of pro-Palestine protestors
  • Yahoo! News: [IA] Senate subcommittee approves bill establishing ‘human smuggling’ crime
  • Dallas Morning News: [TX] Bill tapping more local law enforcement for immigration duties passes Texas Senate
  • Dallas Morning News: [TX] North Texas lawmaker asks Gov. Greg Abbott to send state’s inmates to El Salvador
  • Axios: [CO] Trump’s deportation crackdown prompts Colorado universities to urge caution
  • Washington Examiner: [WA] House Judiciary Committee to investigate Washington state’s sanctuary status
  • AP: [CA] US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children
  • Telemundo: [CA] San Francisco: Government sues over cuts in aid funds for unaccompanied immigrant children
  • FOX News: [CA] Zeldin to visit border where ‘disgusting Mexican sewage’ is harming US environment
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Sinaloa cartel slapped with Trump admin sanctions in blow to drug empire
  • AP: [Mexico] Mexico’s security chief quietly forms an elite force to take on the drug cartels
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Grim details of infamous Jalisco cartel’s operations revealed during investigation of recruitment ranch in Mexico
  • Miami Herald: [Mexico] Maduro to pick up 300 Venezuelan migrants in Mexico he says left U.S. fearing deportation
  • Yahoo! News: [El Salvador] El Salvador’s Bukele flaunts ‘iron fist’ alliance with Trump
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • AZ Central: JD Vance shrugs off deportation ‘error’ that could leave a man dead | Opinion
  • The Hill: Signalgate exposed more than war plans: It pulled back the curtain on the administration
  • Newsweek: After ‘Signalgate,’ MAGA’s Contempt for NATO Is Impossible To Ignore | Opinion
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS Austin: Trump delivers on border promises; 113,000 arrests & 100,000 deportations
  • Newsweek: How Many Migrants Has Trump Deported? White House Announces New Numbers
  • AP: Most immigrants at risk of deportation from US are Christian, report finds
  • New York Times: Some Conservative Voices Raise Alarm Over Trump’s Immigration Tactics
  • Yahoo! News: Undercover team exposes criminals smuggling unusual cargo: ‘The fourth-largest source of illicit revenue globally’
  • CBS Austin: [MA] ICE arrests 370 illegal immigrants in Massachusetts operation targeting violent gangs
  • Newsweek: [MA] ICE Detains Defendant in Middle of His Own Trial
  • AP: [MA] Judge holds ICE agent in contempt after he detained suspect during a trial
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] New court filings detail timeline of Tufts student who was detained by ICE, sent to Louisiana
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Venezuelans in Massachusetts get reprieve from crackdown on immigration
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Accused child rapist from Ecuador arrested in Brockton, ICE says
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Irish national arrested in Warwick, held by ICE as authorities allege construction fraud
  • Telemundo: [NY] ICE detains three students from a New York school district, including a third grader
  • Yahoo! News: [PA] Deported Dauphin County Bhutanese refugee arrested in Nepal, more deported
  • Washington Post: [MD] Immigrant advocates rally for Md. bill to ban formal partnerships with ICE
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TN] More than 400 complaint calls were made against Hispanic bars before the federal operation.
  • Wall Street Journal: [LA] Inside Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil’s ICE Detention Center
  • NBC News: [LA] Detained immigrant students sent to remote Louisiana facilities accused of human rights abuses
  • WCIA: [IL] Two people arrested by ICE at Champaign Co. Courthouse
  • The Hill: [IL] Kidney donor detained by ICE before life-saving transplant can take place
  • Yahoo! News: [MN] Officials: Minnesota college student’s ICE arrest was over drunk driving, not Palestinian protests
  • The Hill: [MN] ICE: University of Minnesota student’s visa not revoked for protests
  • AP: [MN] University of Minnesota student who was detained by ICE sues for immediate release
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram: [TX] Mexican citizen indicted in Laredo for transporting, possessing child porn
  • NBC 9 Denver: [CO] 2nd ICE detainee who escaped Aurora facility during power outage arrested
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Man detained by ICE in El Monte among 4 million immigration case backlogs
  • NBC 7 San Diego: [CA] Activists rally in El Cajon after East County immigration enforcement operation
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Examiner: Homan says temporary protected status is not meant to be ‘decades long’
  • New York Times: Nobel Laureate and Ex-Leader of Costa Rica Says U.S. Revoked His Visa
  • Yahoo! News: Musk’s claim Biden administration gave Social Security numbers to millions of noncitizens lacks context
  • Yahoo! News: Marco Rubio orders diplomats to search social media accounts of student visa applicants
  • Univision: Republicans are seeking to end a legal challenge like the one that halted the birthright citizenship decree.
  • Washington Examiner: Left-wing groups sue Trump over citizenship voting requirement
  • Miami Herald: [TX] Restaurant owner sexually abuses worker, threatens revoking green card, Texas suit says
  • Yahoo! News: [CO] At least 9 international student visas revoked at Colorado universities
  • Yahoo! News: [NV] Feds cut $300,000 grant for citizenship assistance in Nevada, citing ‘sanctuary cities’
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Ex-New York politician caught at MIA hoarding hundreds of child sex abuse videos: feds
  • Border Report: [TX] CBP: Man tries to smuggle meth hidden in his ‘buttocks’
  • ABC News: [TX] 2 men face federal charges after woman, teen drown in alleged smuggling attempt
  • Amarillo Globe-News: [TX] Amarillo and Dumas residents plead guilty to smuggling $2 million in fentanyl
  • Telemundo Amarillo/Miami Herald: [TX] Former agent sentenced in Texas for trafficking undocumented migrants and cocaine
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram: [TX] USBP agents encounter migrants in drainpipe near Rio Grande
  • FOX News: [CA] San Diego Border Patrol chief says calling low crossing numbers a ‘dramatic change’ is an ‘understatement’
  • Border Report: [CA] Marines install razor wire at border park, further restricting access
  • Univision/Yahoo! News: [CA] More than 1,000 replicas of firearms seized at Los Angeles International Airport
  • FOX News: [CA] San Diego migrant shelter closes doors with numbers plummeting after Trump immigration crackdown: report
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Two migrants, one pregnant, rescued by Border Patrol in Otay Mountain wilderness
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] 1 dead, another injured after fall from border wall
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Border Patrol agents stay with stranded Mexican women overnight on Otay Mountain
  • Washington Post: [Canada] The tiny library caught in the middle of U.S.-Canada tensions
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Miami Herald: [NY] Construction contractor caught with loaded gun at busy New York airport, feds say
  • WPXI: [PA] TSA officers spot handgun in backpack at Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoint
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Newsweek: Millions Told To Prepare As Flood Warnings Hit 11 States
  • Yahoo! News: FEMA wants Hurricane Helene survivors to be aware of resource help lines
  • NBC News: Midwest and South brace for life-threatening flash flooding, hail and tornadoes
  • Miami Herald: [GA] FEMA must face Atlanta flood repair lawsuit after approving just $200 of $1.2 million aid
  • WSB: [GA] Cleanup efforts underway after EF-1 tornado knocks down over 100 trees in Henry County
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Whitmer deploys National Guard for north MI storm recovery
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] State officials to conduct storm damage assessment in Porter County Thursday
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] El Paso ends emergency declaration as migrant arrivals drop at US-Mexico border under Trump
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] Governor declares disaster emergency amid soaring wildfire risk
  • NPR: [OR] States say Trump’s continued freeze on much-needed FEMA aid violates a judge’s order
  • USA Today: [CA] Wildfires in California are threatening the world’s oldest trees
• Federal Protective Service
  • Roll Call/Newsweek: [DC] Senate staffer arrested for carrying unlicensed pistol in the Capitol
• Coast Guard
  • ABC 10 San Diego: US Coast Guard triples fleet to prevent smuggling of undocumented migrants
  • Florida Voice: Sen. Rick Scott files bill creating U.S. Coast Guard secretary
  • NewsNation: Patrolling Amereica’s Borders By Sea
  • 930 AM Buffalo: [NY] Lake Freighter Off Buffalo Harbor
  • Maritime Executive: [NY] Coast Guard and Local Police Rescue Seafarer With Spinal Injuries
  • CBS 11 Savannah: [GA] U.S. Coast Guard Commander Nathaniel Robinson discusses protecting the waterways
  • CBS 12 West Palm Beach: [FL] U.S. Coast Guard returns 99 Haitians after intercepting overloaded boat
  • FOX 7 Miami: [FL] Coast Guard, police investigate migrants coming ashore in Miami
  • ABC 7 Sarasota: [FL] United States Coast Guard suspends search for missing man
  • 600 AM San Diego: [CA] San Diego Military Has Rescued Migrants Off The Coast Of San Diego
  • CBS Austin: [Haiti] U.S. Coast Guard returns 99 Haitians after intercepting overloaded boat
  • Stars and Stripes: [Guam] US Coast Guard on Guam shifts focus to border security, expects new cutters
  • USA Today: [Guam] Chinese national caught smuggling immigrants to little-known US territory
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Renew — but improve — billion-dollar cyber grant program to states and locals, House witnesses say
  • Cyber Security News: CISA Warns of Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Credential Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
  • HS Today: House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing Set to Examine State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks Targeting Critical U.S. Infrastructure
  • DefenceScoop: Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee
  • CyberScoop: Apple issues fixes for vulnerabilities in both old and new OS versions
• Terrorism Investigations
  • HS Today: FBI Advises No Specific Credible Threat Targeting Hospitals
  • HS Today: Senator Steve Daines Announces Bill to Prevent Potential Terrorists from Entering the U.S.
  • New York Times: [NY] Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Mangione, Bondi Says
  • Miami Herald: [NY] Luigi Mangione’s Lawyer Responds to Call For Death Penalty
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Buffalo mass shooter requests death penalty trial be moved to NYC
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Judge rules lawsuit against gun manufacturer, dealers linked to Highland Park mass shooting can proceed
  • FOX News: [ND] Tesla Cybertruck menace charged in Costco parking lot crime caught on camera: police
  • AZCentral.com: [ID] Idaho man charged with battery after allegedly hitting pro-Musk protester with car
  • Yahoo! News: [NV] Nevada man accused of threatening to kill Jewish people
• National Security News
  • The Hill/Reuters: Supreme Court appears poised to revive terror victims suit against Palestinian groups
  • Yahoo! News: National security adviser and staff used personal Gmail accounts for official communications: report
  • The Hill: Senate Democrats call for special counsel to investigate Signal leak
  • Minnesota Public Radio: White House says it’s ‘case closed’ on the Signal group chat review
  • New York Times: Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate
  • New York Times: [VA] Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain
  • Newsweek: [Panama] Mapped: Global Ports China Could Lose to US After Panama Deal
  • HS Today: [Somalia] U.S. Forces Conduct Significant Airstrike Targeting ISIS-Somalia
  • Miami Herald: [Lithuania] 3 of 4 U.S. soldiers found dead in Lithuania have been identified
  • Axios: [Ukraine] Putin’s envoy to visit Washington for talks on Ukraine
  • Newsweek: [Ukraine] US Rejects Putin’s Proposal for Third Party Control of Ukraine
  • Miami Herald: [Syria] Trump says ‘no sign’ of missing journalist Austin Tice, but U.S. won’t stop looking
  • HS Today: [Lebanon] U.S. Says It Expects Lebanese Government to Disarm Terrorist Groups
  • Newsweek: [Yemen] Satellites Find NATO Aircraft Carrier Near Red Sea Amid US Airstrikes
  • Axios: [Iran] Trump seriously considering Iran’s offer of indirect nuclear talks
  • USA Today: [Iran] 2 men charged in scheme to procure U.S.-made parts for Iranian government
  • Newsweek: [Iran] Iran Oil Tanker Seizure Stokes Tensions with U.S.
  • Newsweek: [Iran] US Builds Up Forces in Middle East as Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] U.S. Sends Warplanes, Ships to the Middle East in Warning to Iran
  • CNN: [Iran] US moves B-2 stealth bombers to Indian Ocean island in massive show of force to Houthis, Iran
  • Reuters/FOX News/CBS News: [China] China carries out live fire drills in East China Sea in escalation of Taiwan exercises
  • The Hill: [China] White House issues warning to China for war games near Taiwan
  • CNBC: [China] U.S. reaffirms commitment to Taiwan as Beijing conducts live fire drills in East China Sea
  • CNN: [Philippines] US approves sale of 20 US F-16 fighter jets to Philippines as Washington tightens key Asian alliance

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