• Top News
  • Reuters: Police hold person of interest after Brown University shooting leaves two dead
  • NBC News/CBS News: What we know about the Brown University shooting that killed 2 and injured 9
  • New York Post: Cops rescue petrified Brown students hiding from shooter in university library: video
  • Washington Post: Trump leans into isolation as challenges mount at home
  • Blaze: Trump official pins DC National Guard attack on Biden’s open border crisis
  • FOX News: House Republicans unveil national memorial plan honoring Americans killed by illegal immigrants
  • Washington Examiner: Obama-appointed judge under fire for light sentence and praise of illegal immigrant who raped woman with cerebral palsy
  • AP: Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
  • Breitbart: Newsom’s California Exposed: #1 Hub for Illegal CDL Licensing — Safety Crisis Ignites Federal Fury
  • NPR: What happened when immigration agents showed up at this North Carolina woman’s house
  • The Hill: Louisiana’s GOP leaders at odds over New Orleans immigration raids
  • Houston Chronicle: Port officials say they haven’t been told that the tanker seized off Venezuela is headed to Galveston
  • Breitbart: Oil tanker warrant unsealed; Cuba denounces seizure
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Delia Ramirez Initiates Impeachment Push Against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
  • Washington Post: Congressional probe adds to mounting criticism of D.C. police chief
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Chuck Schumer knows how to fix Somali fraud. He should just ask … Chuck Schumer
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Daily Caller: Less Than One Year Out From Midterms, Some Democrats Embrace ‘Abolish ICE’ Movement
  • Washington Times: [MA] Karoline Leavitt’s relative after detained by ICE: ‘When does it stop?’
  • FOX News: [NC] DHS official says church’s Nativity scene depicts what ‘never happens’ in immigration enforcement
  • Univision: [FL] "Florida is a laboratory of cruelty": immigrants denounce mistreatment and solitary confinement
  • FOX News: [LA] Illegal immigrant bites ICE officer in ‘gross attack’ while resisting arrest: DHS
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Illinois mom covers 250-mile distance to reunite formerly detained immigrants with their Chicago families: ‘They deserve to know somebody cares’
  • Univision Austin: [TX] Hispanic woman reports her husband was arrested by ICE but ended up in a hospital; now she demands to know what happened
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Telemundo20: USCIS announces important change to photos for immigration documents
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego Ukrainian woman detained at green card interview is released but still faces removal
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] He was days from becoming a U.S. citizen. Then came the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
  • Wall Street Journal: [CA] The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Border crossings have slowed to a ‘trickle’ under Trump, union chief says
  • San Diego Union-Tribune: [CA] Border officials tout record security achievements in year-end update
  • ABC 10 San Diego: [CA] Border officials tout record security achievements in year-end update
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: TSA and DHS team up to crackdown on illegal immigration in the air
  • Telemundo: It has been revealed that the Transportation Security Administration shares passenger data with ICE
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: [WA] Arctic air plunges south as residents of the Pacific Northwest remain on guard after severe flooding
  • NPR: [WA] The latest updates on the flooding in Washington state
• Coast Guard
  • Lincoln Chronicle: [OR] Coast Guard leader tells politicians it will keep rescue helicopter in Newport, but lawyer says to prove it in court
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [Syria] US soldiers, civilian interpreter killed in ambush in Syria by apparent ISIS gunman
  • FOX News: [Syria] President Trump: US will retaliate against ISIS
  • FOX News: [Syria] Iowa National Guard soldiers identified as victims in deadly Syria ISIS attack
• National Security News
  • ABC News: [Belarus] Belarus releases 123 prisoners in agreement with US, including Nobel Prize winner and opposition leader

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