• Top News
  • CBS News: Trump administration for now can end deportation protections for thousands from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, court says
  • Reuters/AP: Uganda says it has agreed with US to take people who may not qualify for asylum
  • KCBD 11 at Noon: Kristi Noem Tours Flood Damage
  • News 5 at Noon: DHS Building More Detention Center Partnerships
  • NBC News: Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say
  • NBC News: Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center
  • FOX News: Sanctuary cities defy Bondi’s deadline to cooperate: ‘No intention of changing’
  • The Hill: Interior deputizes border agents to National Park sites amid DC takeover
  • USA Today: ICE goes high-profile in DC as it seeks recruits amid mass expansion
  • New York Post: Screaming man who tried to run from federal officers in DC in viral video was previously arrested for child sex crimes and entered US illegally 3 times
  • FOX News: White House touts guns and drug haul removed from DC streets as Trump’s crime blitz nets 550 arrests
  • FOX News: Top law enforcement agency offers cash awards for tips leading to DC arrests amid Trump’s crime crackdown
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid
  • Washington Post: ICE aims to spend millions on decked-out vehicles for D.C. operation
  • Washington Post: ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target.
  • Washington Post: Vance says D.C. police takeover an example for other cities
  • Washington Examiner: Low-profile DC House delegate to introduce two bills countering National Guard takeover
  • The Hill: DC officials say Trump crackdown is about immigration, power
  • The Hill: DC residents in new survey overwhelmingly oppose Trump police takeover
  • New York Post: Off-duty CBP agent shot by illegal migrant in NYC suffered ‘devastating and lasting injuries,’ underwent several surgeries: prosecutors
  • Reuters: US orders amphibious squadron to deploy to southern Caribbean -sources
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: Democrats press DHS for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ information
  • NewsMax: DeSantis Sends Lt. Gov. Collins to Get Illegal Accused in Fatal Crash
  • FOX News: Expert reveals how illegal immigrant trucker may have gotten commercial license before fatal Florida crash
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant trucker accused of killing three people failed English, road sign tests: DOT
  • FOX News: Illegal trucker ‘deported himself to CA,’ lawmaker says, while revealing systemic crisis in transportation
  • FOX News: DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report
  • Washington Post: Migrants are sending less money to Mexico. Trump is only part of why.
  • FOX News: Abrego Garcia lawyers file motion to dismiss criminal charges from Trump DOJ, citing ‘vindictive’ prosecution
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration faces key decision ahead of possible Abrego Garcia release
  • FOX News: Trump’s DHS compares term ‘undocumented immigrant’ to ‘they/them’ pronouns, defends ‘alien’
  • The Hill/Univision: Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. deported to Mexico
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Orders Pentagon to Deploy Three Warships Against Latin American Drug Cartels
  • Washington Post: Hegseth’s expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit
  • NewsMax: Hegseth Security Maxed Out Amid Threats, Global Tensions
  • FOX News: Pentagon officials blast Washington Post for putting ‘lives at risk’ with report on Pete Hegseth’s security
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: President Trump promised to secure the border. And he’s delivered.
  • Washington Times: ‘Paint It, Black’ — the new song of American security
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart.com: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien with 38 Arrests, 15 Convictions, Including Sexual Assault
  • New York Times: Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICE’s Detention of Families
  • Politico: $50K bonuses, reduced age minimums and Superman: How ICE will fill its ranks
  • Politico: ‘This cannot be normalized’: Blue cities and states rebuff White House over immigration enforcement
  • FOX News: [MA] Boston acting ICE director calls out Mayor Wu for sanctuary city policies
  • FOX News: [CT] ICE arrests 65 illegal aliens in sanctuary state operation targeting gangs, transnational organized crime
  • Breitbart: [VA] ICE Arrests Surge to 4,000 in Virginia
  • Breitbart: [GA] President Trump Oversees 367% Increase in ICE Arrests of Illegal Aliens in Georgia
  • Telemundo51: [FL] Cuban father faces deportation while his US citizen daughter awaits heart surgery
  • Daily Caller: [FL] DeSantis Sends Florida’s ‘Chuck Norris’ To Retrieve Illegal Immigrant Trucker From California
  • Blaze: [TX] Bakery owners found guilty of harboring illegal aliens after immigration raid
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Hispanic man from Texas ends up deported even though "they didn’t give me any papers, I didn’t sign anything."
  • Breitbart: [NE] DHS Announces the Opening of Illegal Immigrant Detention Center ‘Cornhusker Clink’ in Nebraska
  • FOX News: [KS] Illegal migrants charged with rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping of woman in Kansas: ICE
  • Axios: [CO] Colorado and Denver reject DOJ’s immigration ultimatum
  • NBC News/Univision: [CA] Video shows Colombian TikToker Tatiana Martinez yanked from car during ICE arrest
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] Santa Rosa security guard arrested for alleged sexual assault after posing as officer, threatening to call ICE
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CNN: Trump administration expands ‘good moral character’ requirement to become naturalized citizen
  • Reuters/CBS News/FOX News: Trump administration to vet immigration applications for ‘anti-Americanism’
  • Federalist: The Left Seethes As Trump Requires Immigrants To Actually Like America
  • Bloomberg Law: Man Denied Birthright Citizenship Over Father’s Diplomat Status
  • Washington Examiner: Feds target immigrants posing as citizens trying to vote, get Social Security
  • Reuters: [IL] US judge rejects Trump administration challenge to Illinois E-Verify law
• Customs and Border Protection
  • USA Today: Burning-hot border fence? DHS plans to paint it black to deter migration
  • 9/10 News at Noon: Southern Border Wall Will Be Painted Black
  • FOX News: DHS secretary reveals why border wall is being painted black
  • Washington Examiner: Republicans praise Trump plan to paint border wall: ‘Black is the new orange’
  • Bloomberg Law: Masimo Sues Customs Over Apple Watch’s Restored Oxygen Tool
  • Daily Caller: [NY] Indian Man Who Wrecked Car, Hospitalized Passengers Pleads Guilty To Migrant Smuggling
  • New York Times: [NJ] Federal Agents Detain Dozens of Workers in Raid at New Jersey Warehouse
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] 52 pounds of primate meat, 11 pounds of rodent meat intercepted at Detroit Metro Airport
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: TSA launches eGates to speed up airport security checkpoint lines
  • NBC News Daily: CLEAR Launches eGates for Faster Airport Security Lines
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Bloomberg: Hurricane Erin to Menace Eastern US Beaches Into the Weekend
  • New York Times: Hurricane Erin Brings Rip Current Risks From Florida to Maine
  • AP: Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds and floods part of a NC highway as it creeps up the East Coast
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] FEMA closing 2 recovery centers handling Hill Country flood damage claims, as thousands wait on aid
  • AP: [TX] Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers
  • CNN: [TX] Parents of girls lost in Texas camp flooding say ‘common sense’ safety measures were absent as lawmakers consider legislation
• Federal Protective Service
  • Federal News Network: [DC] Federal Protective Service urged to establish emergency communication guidance
• Coast Guard
  • NewsNation: [VA] Navy pilot rescued after ejecting from jet off Virginia coast
  • NBC News Daily: [MN] Coast Guard Airlifts 4 Girls Stuck on Island
  • NBC News: [Japan] 2 sailors injured in fire on U.S. warship in Japan, Navy says
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: FBI warns of Russian hacks targeting US critical infrastructure
  • Reuters: Microsoft scales back Chinese access to cyber early warning system
  • DefenseScoop: ‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least 3 cyberattacks
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [Syria] US military raid in Syria eliminates ISIS leader-in-waiting, key financier: officials
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Gabbard launches ‘ODNI 2.0,’ with plan to cut workforce by 40%
  • New York Times: Gabbard Plan Would Shrink Intelligence Center Focused on Election Threats
  • NewsMax: NSA Boss Tried to Save Scientist From Clearance Purge
  • Washington Post: Trump expands sanctions against ICC officials over Israel, U.S. investigations
  • The Hill: NATO scrambles jets after Russian strikes near Romania
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Rubio Takes on Tricky Task of Drafting Security Guarantees for Ukraine
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Vance says Europe will have to take ‘lion’s share’ of burden for Ukrainian security
  • New York Times: [Russia] Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security
  • Washington Post: [Russia] Limits of Trump’s diplomacy clear as Moscow balks at Ukraine plan

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