• Top News
  • NewsMax: Kristi Noem: News That 1.6M Illegal Immigrants Have Left Is ‘Massive’
  • CNN/Washington Examiner: US military deploying over 4,000 additional troops to waters around Latin America as part of Trump’s counter-cartel mission
  • FOX News: Bondi announces nearly 200 arrests ‘and counting’ as federal agents swarm nation’s capital
  • Washington Examiner: One in three DC arrests this week were immigration-related
  • AP/Wall Street Journal/CBS News/NewsMax: DOJ removes newly named D.C. emergency police chief, agrees to rewrite Bondi directive on immigration
  • AP/CBS News: DC sues to block Trump’s federal takeover of its police department as intervention intensifies
  • CBS News: D.C. sues Trump administration, Bondi over federal takeover of D.C. police
  • Daily Caller: DC’s Attorney General Calls On Police Chief To Ignore Anti-Sanctuary City Order
  • NewsMax: D.C. Mayor, AG Reject Bondi’s Police Commissioner Order
  • New York Times: Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police
  • The Hill: Homan: We’re not asking DC police to be immigration officers
  • New York Times: Traffic Stops, Gun Busts and a Soccer Game: Feds Try City Policing in D.C.
  • New York Times: Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps
  • New York Times: 4 Takeaways From the Week Trump Took Control of D.C.’s Police
  • FOX News: Mother of slain congressional intern says Trump’s federalization of DC police ‘needs to be done’
  • FOX News: Bondi puts sanctuary cities nationwide on notice after DC police federal takeover
  • FOX News: Attorney General Pam Bondi urges sanctuary cities and states to comply with ICE
  • Axios: DOJ gives Boston and other sanctuary cities an ultimatum
  • Washington Post: Where National Guard troops and federal agents are patrolling D.C.
  • New York Post: Dramatic video shows feds re-arresting Subway sandwich slinger after he pelted officer with hero in DC
  • Washington Post: Clash over D.C. immigration policies heightens community’s fear
  • New York Times/AP: Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody
  • FOX News: Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility
  • CBS Miami: "Deportation Depot" immigration center to open in shuttered North Florida prison, DeSantis says
  • Latin Times: White Powder That Prompted Evacuation in ICE Building in Manhattan Deemed Non-Hazardous After Testing
  • New York Post: White-powder envelope sent to NYC ICE office said it was delivering ‘karma’ for migrants
  • New York Times: Governor Hochul Pardons Laotian Immigrant to Stop His Deportation
  • AP: Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for ‘illegal’ activity
  • Washington Post/The Hill: Kristi Noem is living temporarily rent-free in home used by Coast Guard commandant after facing ‘vicious doxxing,’ death threats
  • NewsMax: DHS: WashPost Lacks Humanity for Publishing Where Noem Lives
  • CBS News: Tennessee car accident leads to $10 million bounty for accused Mexican drug cartel leader dubbed "The Grandfather"
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Examiner: The Trump security recruitment surge
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Trump is targeting nonviolent and legal immigrants. Americans are starting to notice
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Blaze: Exclusive: ICE sweep targets ‘worst of the worst’ pedophiles and violent criminals
  • Washington Post/Breitbart: ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
  • NewsNation: ICE detention centers filling up as enforcement ramps up
  • Bloomberg: Companies With No Detention Experience Want to Run Trump’s ICE Camps
  • Bloomberg: Five People Angling to Get Rich Off Trump’s ICE Detention Plans
  • NBC News: Immigrant victims of domestic violence scared to seek help amid ICE deportation threat
  • Washington Post: This back-to-school season, educators prepare for ICE encounters
  • FOX News: Union boss compares ICE to Al Pacino mobster as more Dems pile on immigration enforcement
  • NewsNation: Democrats allege abuse of women by ICE and ICE impersonators
  • CBS Mornings: [ME] Turning Down a Grant
  • Bloomberg: [MA] Boston Mayor Accuses ICE of Keeping Secret Who They’re Arresting
  • Chicago Tribune: [NY] ICE grabs 7-year-old NYC public school student amid Trump immigration crackdown
  • NBC News: [PA] Pennsylvania restaurant employees say ICE raid left a trail of destruction for the business
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [GA] Hispanic student and athlete faces deportation after alleged ‘Stop’ violation
  • Today: [IL] Homeland Security Speaks Out After Fatal Crash
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ICE spared him from deportation to Venezuela. He donated a kidney to save his ailing brother in the Chicago area.
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Two priests who serve the poor at Evanston church could be forced to leave US, parish fears
  • New York Post: [WI] ICE nabs illegal immigrant accused of killing high school sweethearts in drunk driving crash after sanctuary cops let her go: DHS
  • FOX News: [TX] Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting young woman now faces ICE arrest detainer after overstaying visa
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Colorado town of Hudson and city of Walsenburg eyed for tripling state’s immigrant detention capacity
  • The Center Square: [NV] Nevada superintendent says ICE won’t enter schools
  • CNN: [WA] A New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son made a brief trip to Canada. They have spent weeks detained by ICE
  • Breitbart: [CA] 2X Deported COVID-Era Illegal Alien Crashes into, Injures ICE Agent
  • New York Times: [CA] Man Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway
  • CNN: [CA] Man yells for help as apparent ICE agents carry him from LA courthouse into unmarked car, video shows
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Home Depots across L.A. become tense battleground in new phase of ICE raids
  • Good Morning America: [CA] Immigration Agents’ Show of Force in Los Angeles
  • Daily Caller: [CA] California Rioters Only Driving ICE To ‘Double Down,’ Trump Prosecutor Says
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] ICE arrests parent outside of Linda Vista Elementary, school officials say
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] L.A. school teachers implement new protections for immigrant families
  • SFGate: [CA] Oakland: ICE Agents Arrest 6, Including Teen And Disabled Adult, In East Oakland Raid
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart: USCIS Director Joe Edlow Reveals Biden Officials Shortened Security Interviews for Foreign Nationals Seeking American Citizenship
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief
  • Bloomberg Law: H-1B Wage Proposal Slotted for August as DHS Plots Slew of Rules
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Suspected DUI driver crashes into immigration services office in South LA
  • Reuters: [South Africa] Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans
• Customs and Border Protection
  • USA Today: CBP’s unusual mission: Policing US ports of entry for trade and threats
  • The Hill: Up to $350M in unused border wall materials set to be returned
  • FOX Business: Customs busts $400M trade duty-evasion ring involving China and others
  • Los Angeles Times: [AZ] Inside the windowless shipping container where analysts hunt migrants by drone
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Officers, suspect in shooting at Otay Mesa border crossing identified
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] Border Patrol agents in L.A. show up outside of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting press conference
  • The Hill: [CA] Newsom knocks Border Patrol presence at redistricting announcement: ‘Sick and pathetic’
  • FOX News: [CA] Border Patrol issues message to Gov. Newsom after LA raid ‘tantrum’
  • AP: [CA] Photos of border patrol arresting a woman selling food and workers at an LA car wash
  • AP: [CA] Border Patrol agents in LA arrest three during raids at Home Depot and car wash
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Houston Chronicle: TSA just launched a touchless PreCheck system with facial recognition to streamline airport security
  • USA Today: TSA’s faster PreCheck lane is now available at these 15 airports
  • Daily Caller: [GA] Bodycam Shows Police Cuff Southwest Airlines Pilot For Allegedly Attempting To Fly Drunk
  • USA Today: [MI] TSA’s faster PreCheck lane is now available at these 15 airports
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Democrats press Noem to drop disaster funding approval policy
  • CNN/AP: Hurricane Erin becomes a Category 4 as it rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean
  • AP: Heavy rains expected in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands as Hurricane Erin nears
• Secret Service
  • The Hill: Secret Service to conduct ‘routine threat exercise’ at White House
  • Good Morning America: [VA] Skimmer Appears in Court
• Coast Guard
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Court upholds FCC data breach reporting rules on telecom sector
  • CyberScoop: Cisco discloses maximum-severity defect in firewall software
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Blaze: How did a terrorist in a tailored suit get Trump’s stamp of approval?
  • New York Times: [NY] After Years of Waiting, These 9/11 Families Are Losing Hope
  • CBS News Pittsburgh: [PA] Teenager charged in connection with East Liberty mass shooting
• National Security News
  • AP: Australian and Philippine forces launch largest military exercises near disputed South China Sea
  • Reuters: Trump Says He Will Set Tariffs on Steel and Semiconductor Chips in Coming Weeks
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Trump says no summit deal reached with Putin over ending war in Ukraine
  • ABC News: [Ukraine] Trump speaks to Zelenskyy, NATO leaders
  • AP/Reuters: [Ukraine] Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement
  • US News & World Report: [Russia] Russia Readying Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Test, Ukrainian Military Intelligence Says
  • ABC News: [Afghanistan] Over 4 years since the Taliban took Kabul, millions of Afghans have been sent back to a country in crisis
  • Reuters: [China] Chinese state media calls U.S. a ‘surveillance empire’ over trackers in chip shipments

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