• Top News
  • Newsweek/Los Angeles Times: DOJ Steps In as Illegal Migrant Who Killed Teen Couple Set for Early Release
  • DailySignal.com: DHS Official Condemns California Over Planned Early Prison Release of Illegal Alien Who Killed 2 Teens
  • New York Post: Family outraged illegal immigrant who killed young couple while drunk driving could be set free after serving just a third of 10-year sentence
  • FOX News: Karoline Leavitt says Trump admin ‘will not tolerate’ early release of illegal immigrant who killed two teens
  • FOX News: Tom Homan vows action as California set to release illegal immigrant who killed two teens
  • Washington Examiner: Homan vows to arrest and deport illegal immigrant set to be released from prison for killing two teens
  • FOX News: Newsom’s office reveals blue state will comply with ICE after illegal immigrant’s early release plans exposed
  • AP/The Hill/CNN: DOJ charges alleged high-ranking Tren de Aragua gang member with terrorism charges
  • Breitbart: DOJ Files First-Ever RICO Charges Against 27 Tren de Aragua Gang Members
  • 600 AM San Diego: Total Number Of Terrorists Arrested In Trump’s Deportation Raids Revealed
  • CNN: Mexico’s president hits back at US anti-immigration ads, calls them ‘discriminatory propaganda’
  • The Daily Wire: How Country Star John Rich Teamed Up With Kristi Noem To Combat Child Sextortion
  • FOX News/Daily Caller: Abrego Garcia Pulled Over In Vehicle Owned By Convicted Human Smuggler
  • CBS News: Judge pauses demand for more details on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
  • FOX News: Federal judge alleges ‘willful and bad faith refusal’ to comply in Abrego Garcia deportation case
  • Washington Examiner: Wes Moore calls for return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stand trial in US
  • NewsMax: Homan: Garcia ‘Got More Due Process Than Laken Riley’
  • Univision: Democrats are demanding that Trump return Ábrego García to the US and abandon his threat to deport citizens to El Salvador.
  • NewsMax: Democrats Warned on Support of Accused MS-13 Illegal
  • FOX News: Be gone’: Republicans target sexually violent illegal immigrants in new bill
  • Reuters: US deports Iraqi man at centre of debate on refugee policy
  • AP: Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations
  • NPR: After a scathing rebuke, judge grants DOJ an extension in deportation case
  • FOX News: Two federal judges may hold Trump in contempt as he defies courts in immigration crackdown
  • Washington Examiner: Judge rebukes ACLU for improper voicemail in deportation case
  • Bloomberg Law: Three Judges Undercut Trump Administration ‘Gang’ Deportations
  • New York Times: Trump Challenges Migrants’ Due Process Rights, Undercutting Bedrock Principle
  • Washington Examiner: ADL CEO commends Trump for ‘leaning in’ on fighting antisemitism at universities
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin May Have Accidentally Empowered Cartels To Flood America With Fentanyl, Republican Legal Experts Warn
  • Reuters: US Justice Department cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims
  • ABC News: [VT] Federal judge sets hearing for next week to decide if Columbia student should be released
  • CBS News/CNN: [VT] Detained Palestinian student must remain in Vermont, judge says
  • Gothamist: [VT] New court filings detail Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi’s ICE arrest: ‘It was a trap’
  • Washington Post: [VT] Columbia student arrested by ICE has deep well of support in Vermont
  • CNN: [MA] What to know about the Trump administration task force targeting Harvard
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] Homan announces 27 Tren de Aragua members and associates arrested in NYC in coordination with Adams
  • Telemundo: [NY] Brother of "El Señor de los Cielos" negotiates plea agreement with the U.S.
  • FOX News: [DC] DHS chief Kristi Noem’s purse was stolen days after similar incident just blocks away: report
  • CNN News Central: [DC] New Details on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Stolen Gucci Handbag
  • Telemundo Washington DC/Yahoo News: [DC] Kristi Noem’s robbery was caught on video, but the images have not been released.
  • Latin Times: [MD] Wife of Kilmar Abrego García Moved to Safe House After DHS Shares Home Address on X: ‘I Don’t Feel Safe’
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Feds launch first-of-its-kind sting with Florida cops to deport undocumented immigrants
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Florida attorney general ‘very eager to litigate’ illegal immigrant law
  • Washington Examiner: [NM] New Mexico Supreme Court bans judge from holding office after alleged gang member arrested in home
  • WGHP: [AZ] High-ranking cartel member with North Carolina ties arrested, U.S. Attorney’s Office says
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] S.F. judge says he’ll likely block Trump order targeting sanctuary cities
  • Yahoo News: [CA] EPA head discusses visit to San Diego on Tijuana River sewage crisis
  • Yahoo News: [El Salvador] Another Dem Sends Warning To Bukele
  • Los Angeles Times: [El Salvador] Rep. Garcia returns from El Salvador with a sliver of hope for deported gay hairdresser
  • Reuters: [Costa Rica] Costa Rica grants special status to 85 migrants deported from the US
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] FBI Says Venezuelan Officials ‘Likely Using’ Tren de Aragua Gang
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Blaze: Mass deportations are critical to America’s future
  • The Hill: Democrats and MS-13, a springtime love affair
  • Washington Post: Can Trump send U.S. citizens to prisons overseas? Not yet.
  • FOX News: [Venezuela] America needs a Venezuela deal that only President Trump can deliver
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NPR: Attorneys warn that immigration court check-ins are now detention risks
  • CBS News: Experts cast doubt on Trump’s claim that Abrego Garcia’s finger tattoos prove MS-13 membership
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Tufts student detained by ICE meets with 3 Massachusetts lawmakers
  • NPR: [MA] Russian-born Harvard researcher held in immigration detention, fighting deportation
  • Newsline: [MA] ICE Detains Russian Researcher
  • Yahoo News: [RI] They were arrested in RI for shoplifting. Now they’re in ICE custody.
  • New York Times: [NY] From New York to Jamaica: One Man’s Deportation Under Trump
  • FOX News: [MD] Maryland illegal immigrants arrested after woman found murdered in woods: officials
  • Washington Examiner: [MD] Homan tells Van Hollen to work with ICE if he wants ‘safety’ for Maryland
  • NewsMax: [OH] Guatemalan Illegal Charged With Smuggling Girl Into US
  • Telemundo: [MO] A Colombian migrant dies in ICE custody at a Missouri jail.
  • Yahoo News: [MI] Venezuelan immigrant in Detroit makes a wrong turn at Ambassador Bridge, is deported
  • FOX News: [IL] Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker moves to boycott El Salvador for aiding Trump over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s detention
  • WTVO: [IL] DOJ says Illinois obstructed ICE agents, released noncitizen offenders
  • Yahoo News: [WI] What to know about recent immigration arrests in the Milwaukee County Courthouse
  • Yahoo News: [SD] Noem to speak at Dakota State commencement
  • Telemundo52: [CA] DHS confirms day laborers were detained outside a Home Depot in Southern California.
  • CBS News: [CA] Judge hears challenge from San Francisco on Trump’s "sanctuary city" crackdown
  • FOX News: [Mexico] ICE partners with Mexico to arrest cartel boss in ‘major milestone’
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Atmosphere of fear’: Some H-1B visa applicants received government notices alleging ‘adverse information’
  • NewsNation: Some states seek to ban driver’s licenses for those in US illegally
  • Minnesota Star Tribune: International students fight visa revocations and detentions in new federal lawsuits
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Fake immigration lawyer arrested in Hialeah after couple complains over asylum case, police say
  • Yahoo News: [MI] Judge orders WMU students’ enrollment status reinstated
  • New York Times: [MN] Minnesota Man Whose Student Visa Was Revoked Says It ‘Shattered’ His Life
  • Iowa City Press-Citizen: [IA] UI students sue Department of Homeland Security, ICE for terminating visas, status. What to know
  • Axios: [IA] Afghan refugees in Iowa told to leave the U.S.
  • Yahoo News: [SD] A dozen international students report visa cancellations in South Dakota
  • Yahoo News: [CO] ICE plans to double the number of jail beds in Denver due to increased arrests in Colorado
  • Yahoo News: [NM] ACLU files federal lawsuit over revoked visa of New Mexico Tech student
  • Univision: [NM] They were selling his card for $500: Hialeah man accused of posing as an immigration lawyer
  • New Mexico Political Report: [NM] Ghanaian student at New Mexico Tech sues DHS and ICE over termination of student status
  • Yahoo News: [UT] Utah immigration lawyer, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, ordered to self-deport
  • FOX News: [Columbia] Leader of Colombia says Trump admin revoked his US visa
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Los Angeles Times: ‘It is time for you to leave’: DHS mistakenly sends notices to U.S. citizens
  • Washington Post: Senator probes CBP nominee’s alleged interference in migrant death investigation
  • Breitbart: 29 Republican Attorneys General Seek Federal Crackdown on Black Market Chinese Vaping Products
  • New York Post: Alleged gangbanger sent to El Salvador by Trump used Biden border app to enter US — despite previous deportation
  • Yahoo News: [VT] CBP agents detain workers at Vermont dairy farm, Migrant Justice calls for their release
  • Latin Times: [NM] U.S. Troops Given Authority to Detain Migrants in New Mexico as Military Role in Southern Border Expands Further
  • CBS News: [AZ] U.S. citizen DHS detained for 10 days has intellectual disabilities, family claims
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Is REAL ID really necessary? What authorities are saying
  • New York Post: [NY] New footage shows how unhinged Russian JFK stowaway Svetlana Dali slipped past TSA, gate agents to board Paris-bound Delta flight
  • WAVE News at 3:00PM: [KY] KY Lawmakers Call for Real ID Deadline Extension
  • Kentucky Lantern: [KY] Kentucky GOP state senators call for extension of REAL ID deadline next month
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
  • Rolling Stone: Trump Is Now Screwing Over Republicans in Need of Disaster Relief
  • Yahoo News: Central U.S. braces for back-to-back days of severe thunderstorms
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] New Jersey declares state of emergency due to wildfire
  • CBS News: [NJ] Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. burns through 13,250 acres
  • Bloomberg/Reuters: [NJ] New Jersey Fire on Track to Be State’s Largest in 18 Years
  • CBS Austin: [NJ] Evacuation orders lifted as New Jersey wildfire scorches over 8,500 acres
  • AP: [NJ] Wildfire in New Jersey Pine Barrens expected to grow before it’s contained, officials say
  • Yahoo News: [NJ] Smoke from massive New Jersey wildfire to smother New York City skies
  • USA Today: [NJ] Firefighters make progress after New Jersey blaze prompted evacuations, damaged buildings
  • Axios: [VA] FEMA delays aid to Virginia as busy hurricane season nears
  • Louisville Courier Journal: [KY] Some Kentucky counties denied public FEMA assistance for February flooding. What we know
  • Yahoo News: [KY] 8 Kentucky counties denied FEMA assistance after floods
  • Yahoo News: [FL] ‘We need the assistance’: St. Pete residents speak on FEMA cuts to city resiliency project
  • New York Times: [LA] Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in New Orleans
  • CNN: [AR] Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request
  • USA Today: [TX] Flash flood warning issued in Texas as central U.S. braces for rounds of storms
  • NBC News Daily: [OR] City Searching for More Grants Toward Water Facility
  • AP: [HI] Lawmakers Agree to Pay $807 Million Into Lahaina Wildfires Settlement Fund
  • Yahoo News: [HI] FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: [NY] Climate extremist strikes again, this time apparently vandalizing Trump Tower
  • New York Daily News: [NY] Climate protester arrested for spray-painting signs at Trump Tower
  • Washington Examiner: Trump plans installation of two 100-foot flag poles at White House
• Coast Guard
  • myRGV.com: Coast Guard seizes 1,400 pounds of illegally caught fish off SPI
  • ABC 13 Hampton: [NC] New bill aims to protect U.S. Coast Guard veterans’ benefits
  • NBC 32 Myrtle Beach: [FL] Coast Guard responds to sailboat hit by lightning in Georgetown; no injuries reported
  • FOX 7 Miami: [FL] South Florida residents tour US Navy war ships during Fort Lauderdale’s Fleet Week
  • Michigan Live: [MI] Near collisions between S.S. Badger, fishing boats prompt possible Coast Guard regulations
  • ABC 10 San Diego: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts suspected human smuggling boat off Oceanside coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: Complaints about ransomware attacks on US infrastructure rise 9%, FBI says
  • CyberScoop: Attackers hit security device defects hard in 2024
  • USA Today: Cybercriminals and scammers stole a record $16B in 2024, new FBI report says
  • Bloomberg: Hackers Manipulate Markets in $700 Million Illicit Trading Spree
  • Federalist: Trump’s Next Target In Dismantling The Censorship Complex Is CISA
  • Yahoo.com: [MD] Baltimore City Schools working to avoid further data breaches
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [IL] Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III to be sentenced Thursday
  • New York Times: [IL] ‘Utter Chaos’: Witnesses Recall Deadly Shooting at Annual Parade
  • The Hill: [TX] Uvalde reaches settlement with families of school shooting victims
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Eyeing Harvard, Trump Targets Foreign Funding of Universities
  • FOX News: US Court of International Trade sides with Trump in tariff case
  • USA Today/NBC News/The Hill/FOX News: A dozen states sue to stop Trump’s tariffs
  • Bloomberg: US Customs Duties Hit New High as Trump Tariffs Take Effect
  • The Hill: Gabbard refers intel leaks to DOJ, blames ‘deep-state criminals’
  • FOX News: Hegseth maintains White House backing amid ‘smear campaign’ alleging likely ouster
  • Politico: The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
  • New York Post: [TX] Former US Army intelligence analyst sentenced for selling sensitive documents to Chinese national
  • AP: [Ukraine] Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Scope of Iran’s Global Threats Not Just Nuclear
  • Reuters: [China] US-China fentanyl talks hang by thread amid trade war
  • Reuters: [China] White House would consider cutting China tariffs as part of talks, source says
  • Washington Post: [China] White House eases tone on tariffs on China but won’t be cutting them soon, it says
  • CBS Austin: [China] There will be no unilateral reduction in tariffs against China: White House
  • Reuters: [Vietnam] Vietnam starts trade talks with US as immense 46% tariffs loom, state media reports

DHS MORNING BRIEFING

DHS MORNING BRIEFING