• Top News
  • FOX News/Daily Caller/Politico: Trump administration ends age cap for ICE positions in major recruitment drive
  • Reuters: Trump administration shifts FEMA staff to ICE during hurricane season
  • Washington Post: [TX] Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape
  • Blaze/Daily Caller: From Alligator Alcatraz to the Speedway Slammer: Noem’s DHS increases ICE detention space
  • NewsMax: DHS’ McLaughlin to Newsmax: ‘Speedway Slammer’ Will Turbocharge ICE Arrests
  • AP: A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana’s iconic racetrack inspires backlash
  • ABC News: IndyCar says it was unaware of DHS’s use of AI-generated image featuring ICE branding
  • FOX News: Trump administration arrests ‘worst of the worst’ criminal illegal immigrants in enforcement sweep
  • ABC News: Judge hears arguments to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ over environmental concerns
  • NBC News: Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ worker describes ‘inhumane’ conditions inside
  • Washington Examiner: Ossoff investigation finds over 500 reports of ‘human rights abuse’ in immigration detention centers
  • Daily Signal: DHS Honors More Than a Dozen Victims of Illegal-Alien Crime
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem rebukes NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over ICE ‘abduction’ claims
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem hits back at Mamdani’s claim ICE is ‘abducting’ immigrants
  • FOX News/NewsMax: Two illegal immigrant suspects indicted on attempted murder charges in CBP officer shooting case in NYC
  • New York Post: Trump’s DOJ targets sanctuary city NYC by going after migrants with federal charges
  • Reuters: Trump administration plans $64 million cut to New York City security funding
  • Reuters: Schumer condemns Trump administration’s $64-million NYC security cut
  • NewsNation/Blaze: DOJ publishes list of ‘sanctuary’ cities and states, threatens lawsuits
  • CNN: White House plans increase in federal law enforcement in DC over crime as Trump threatens to bring in National Guard
  • The Hill: Stanford student newspaper sues Trump administration over writers fearing deportation
  • AP: What to know as Trump’s immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students
  • The Hill: Georgetown researcher targeted for deportation settles with Trump admin
  • NBC 4 Los Angeles: Mean memes: Why federal government’s social media posts are sparking outage
  • The Hill: ‘South Park’ posts X-rated reply to DHS
  • USA Today: Trump confuses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with pro-golfer Cristie Kerr
  • Breitbart: Donald Trump Outlines Economic Alternative to Migration
  • Breitbart: The Trump Effect: Remittances to Mexico Continue Plunging as ICE Raids Soar Across U.S.
  • CNN: DOJ tells judge it will ask Supreme Court to quickly rule on constitutionality of Trump’s birthright citizenship order
  • NewsMax: Advocacy Group Suing Rubio, Noem Over ‘War Against Freedom of Speech’
  • AP: About 300 migrants start walking north in southern Mexico, but goal is not US border
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • USA Today: National Guard to fingerprint, DNA swab immigrant detainees to help ICE
  • Wall Street Journal: Migrants Vanish Into Opaque ICE Detention System
  • DailySignal: ICE Director Puts Blame on ‘Radical Left’ Politicians for 800 Percent Spike in Attacks on ICE
  • CBS News: How sanctuary policies impact ICE arrests
  • Breitbart: Report: ICE Detains Alleged Cuban Regime Torturer Who Entered U.S. via Biden Parole
  • NewsMax: ‘Superman’ Actor Dean Cain Joins ICE
  • New York Times: Set Up Like a Bustling Logistical Hub For Packages, but Instead It’s for People
  • New York Times: The Return of Family Separation
  • NewsMax: ICE Rejects NY Times Report on Deportation Bonuses
  • NBC News: Immigration raid fears trigger Latino student absences, as experts warn of consequences
  • Axios: [MA] Cambridge doubles down on sanctuary city policy
  • New York Post: [NY] US embassy staffer smuggled cocaine into NYC in duty-free goods, including Johnny Walker, Marlboro cigs, Choco-pie snack boxes
  • FOX News: [NY] Democrats attempting to visit Brooklyn ICE facility reportedly ‘trapped’ after being rebuffed by agents
  • Breitbart: [FL] Florida: Illegal Alien Accused of Downloading Files of Child Sexual Abuse, Bestiality
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Latest federal list of ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions includes Chicago, Cook County and Illinois
  • Univision: [TX] What is known about the immigration detention center being built in Texas, which will be the largest in the US?
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] HPD chief calls fear of ICE a ‘false narrative,’ then admits police do contact immigration
  • New York Post: [OK] Sicko arrested for trading child porn with ousted Republican South Carolina Rep. Robert ‘RJ’ May
  • FOX News: [AZ] ICE raid tipoffs from Dem lawmaker could mean charges, says DHS rep: ‘Looks like obstruction’
  • Blaze: [AZ] Democrat state senator remains committed to alerting illegal aliens of ICE raids in her state
  • Breitbart: [WA] DHS: Arsonist Attacked Washington ICE Field Office
  • ABC 7 Los Angeles: [CA] Family files federal court claim, demanding accountability in farm worker’s death after ICE raid
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart: USCIS Director Edlow Hints at Major Overhaul of U.S. Citizenship Test: ‘Part of the Assimilation of this Country’
  • NBC News: Immigrants seeking green cards may be placed in removal proceedings, USCIS says
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump officials are reopening old immigration cases, even for dead people. ‘They don’t do their homework,’ lawyers say
  • CNN: US demands up to $15,000 visa bond for tourists and business travelers from Zambia and Malawi
  • The Hill: Conservative group launching bus tour to build support for noncitizen voting law
• Customs and Border Protection
  • US News & World Report: Gomez on Drone Use: ‘We’re Treating Civilians as … Enemy Combatants’
  • Reuters: Trump’s higher tariff rates hit goods from major US trading partners
  • CBS New York: [NY] 2 men charged in shooting of off-duty CBP agent indicted on nearly a dozen state charges
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Feds Arrest ‘Dangerous Sinaloa Cartel Leader’ At Southern Border
  • FOX News: [CA] 16 in custody after immigration raid at LA Home Depot, DHS says
  • AP: [CA] Federal agents hid in back of rental truck at start of raid outside LA Home Depot
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Did immigration agents violate court order during L.A. Home Depot raid?
  • The Hill: [CA] Los Angeles officials, Penske trucks decry federal agents’ use of vehicle in immigration raid
  • Breitbart: [PR] 3 arrested when agents find boat with $30M of cocaine near Puerto Rico
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: Family-friendly TSA lanes debut at several US airports: How do they work?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: NHC tracking two disturbances as hurricane season ramps up
  • The Hill: Weather Service expected to expand hiring efforts amid vacancies
  • ABC News: [CA] As Eaton blaze burned in January, officials were just as confused as residents by erroneous California wildfire alerts, emails show
  • CBS News: [CA] L.A. fires led to more than 400 additional deaths, study finds
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: [PA] Pennsylvania man charged for allegedly threatening to kill Trump before he took office
  • New York Times: Man Who Vowed on TikTok to Kill Trump Will Plead Guilty, Court Records Show
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats
  • CyberScoop: Nigerian accused of hacking tax preparation businesses extradited to US
  • AP: 1.2 Million Healthcare Devices and Systems Found Exposed Online - Patient Records at Risk of Exposure, Latest Research from Modat
  • The Hill: [IN] Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois forced to evacuate hotel after bomb threat
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News/AP: [GA] Fort Stewart shooting suspect in custody, 5 soldiers wounded, officials say
  • New York Post: [GA] Fort Stewart mass shooting suspect Quornelius Radford was subdued by quick-thinking soldiers who halted attack
  • ABC News: [GA] Active shooter drills at US military bases have become routine
  • NewsNation: [GA] How US military bases prepare for active shooter threats
  • NewsMax: [IL] Chicago Bomb Threat Forces Texas Dems to Evacuate Hotel
  • AP: [MN] Man charged with killing a top Minnesota House Democrat is expected to plead not guilty
  • New York Post: [Mexico] US sanctions ‘narco-rapper’ El Makabelico, who laundered streaming proceeds to bloodthirsty Mexican drug lords
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on computer chips for companies that don’t build in U.S.
  • Washington Post: Nvidia, under pressure from U.S. and China, says its chips have no ‘back doors’
  • Reuters: Apple to pledge $100 billion for US manufacturing, White House official says
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Top federal official gunned down in broad daylight on busy avenue near U.S. border in Mexico
  • The Hill: [Ukraine] Zelensky says Russia seems ‘more inclined toward a ceasefire’
  • Washington Post: [Russia] Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report
  • FOX News: [Russia] NATO member scrambles jets after Russian drone attack near border, as Witkoff meets with Putin
  • CBS News: [TX] U.S. soldier accused of trying to give Russia sensitive Army tank info for citizenship
  • NewsMax: [China] Sen. Cotton Questions Intel CEO’s China Ties

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