• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/FOX News: DHS Seeks to Deputize IRS Officers to Help With Deportation Effort
  • New York Times/USA Today: A Third Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • FOX News: DOGE focuses on millions in migrant hotels billed to US taxpayers as DHS Sec. Noem targets key agency
  • Newsweek: Court Blocks Donald Trump Sending Migrants to Guantanamo Bay
  • Roll Call: Detention center in Cuba sparks concerns about costs, migrant rights
  • Newsweek: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Faces Hurdle: 4M Court Cases and Counting
  • FOX News: House, Senate lawmakers move to slap limits on NGOs aiding illegal immigrants amid Trump funding crackdown
  • FOX News: ‘Designated terrorists’: Extremist groups raked in millions from USAID, multiyear study reveals
  • New York Times: [NY] Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway
  • CBS 7: [FL] DeSantis signs agreement with ICE to have Florida state troopers detain illegal immigrants
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Orland Park resolutions states police will work with ICE on immigration matters, opposes state law on issue
  • Border Report: [TX] Gulf cartel boss’ son-in-law pleads guilty to extortion, money laundering charges
  • Boise State Public Radio: [ID] Idaho House advances immigration enforcement bill
  • Newsweek: [CA] Kristi Noem Accuses FBI of Leaking ICE Raids
  • Newsweek: [Venezuela] Venezuelan Government Planes Enter US Airspace to Pick Up Migrants
  • Reuters: [Colombia] Colombia migrants decry degrading treatment, but American dream remains for some
  • FOX News: [China] China expands influence near wealthy Florida enclave as migrants from communist country flood into US
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: Birthright Citizenship Helps Make America Great
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: An ICE raid gutted a town in Trump’s first term. Now, fear of a repeat.
  • Wall Street Journal: ‘People Are Afraid of Going Out’—Trump Immigration Moves Hurt Small Businesses
  • Newsweek: [MA] Dominican Migrant Charged With Brutal Murder of Beloved Sandwich Shop Owner
  • Politico: [NY] Eric Adams releases updated ICE guidance after backlash
  • FOX News: [NY] Teachers’ union heard coaching migrants evading ICE despite Homan’s warning to Democrat leaders
  • FOX News: [MD] Blue-state lawmakers consider bill to roll back sanctuary policies
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [VA] ICE beats police to arrest suspect in Alexandria church robbery
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] State Democrats push to keep immigration enforcement out of NC schools, churches, construction sites
  • CBS12: [FL] Trapped and terrified: Woman’s desperate 911 call exposes brothel in Lake Worth Beach
  • FOX News: [LA] Suspect in brutal Louisiana hammer attack on college student subject of ICE hold request
  • CBS Austin: [MI] ICE arrests homeless illegal migrant who asked to be taken into custody in Detroit
  • FOX News: [CO] ICE arrests homeless illegal immigrant who asked to be detained or else he would ‘go out and commit crimes’
  • Telemundo: [CO] A migrant claims that his brother was arrested in an ICE raid in Denver despite showing his asylum papers
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Recent arrests of immigrants in metro Phoenix are for illegal presence, not violent crime
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] ICE Plans Major Immigration Operation in L.A. Before March
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ICE shoots down rumors of S.F. raid happening Tuesday
  • AP: [PR] A Dominican man is sentenced to prison after 11 migrants drowned in a smuggling attempt
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times/Reuters/USA Today: Groups Sue Over Trump’s Pause on Refugee Admissions
  • Newsweek: I’m an Immigration Attorney in the U.S.—Fear Is Rising Fast
  • Miami Herald: [WA] U.S. flew 222 political prisoners from Nicaragua to Washington. Now their future is uncertain
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Newsweek: Dozens of Migrants Seen Traveling South as They Give Up US Dream
  • New York Times: [NY] Brooklyn Man Admits to Smuggling Precious Egyptian Relics
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] 8 undocumented immigrants arrested by Roc Border Patrol agents
  • Border Report/Yahoo! News: [TX] CBP officer let drugs, migrants come across border for money, feds say
  • Border Report: [TX] Ex-con allegedly caught with 5,000 bullets headed to Mexican cartel
  • Border Report: [TX] Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops headed to Laredo to help Border Patrol
  • Washington Examiner: [Mexico] Trump’s request for Mexico to enhance border security already paying dividends
  • AP: [Mexico] Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump eliminates legal pathway to US
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Examiner: New documents show TSA screeners illegally unionized, pro-worker group says
  • WSYR-TV: [NY] Loaded gun confiscated at Syracuse airport
  • WDTN: [OH] TSA stops 2 loaded guns from entering planes at Dayton Airport
  • CBS Austin: [TX] American Airlines flight delayed over WiFi hotspot containing the word ‘Bomb’: report
  • Axios: [CO] Colorado at 93% compliance ahead of Real ID deadline
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FOX News: Noem: ‘Get rid of FEMA the way it exists today’
  • Miami Herald: Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t
  • Federal News Network: Senior Republican Senator considers FEMA’s future
  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Cost-Cutters Look to Curb Deloitte, Other FEMA Contracts
  • Newsweek: Winter Storm Warning Issued to 11 States With 8 Inches of Snow Possible
  • AP/CBS Austin: [NY] FEMA says it’s halting payments for migrant housing in New York after Musk blasts money for hotels
  • FOX News: [NC] Secretary Duffy tours Helene damage, says residents feel ‘forgotten’ after historic storm
  • Newsweek: [CA] Southern California Braces For ‘Biggest Storm of the Year’
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] FEMA to begin wildfire debris removal from residential properties
  • AP: [HI] Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed
• Secret Service
  • CBS Austin/NewsNation: Trump wants ‘every bit of information’ from assassination attempt investigations
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Examiner: Trump says he fired advisory boards for military academies
  • Military Times: Coast Guard suspends search for crew member missing in Eastern Pacific
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Coast Guard stops a sailboat carrying over 100 Haitian migrants near the Florida Keys
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Tar balls wash ashore along South Florida beaches, source unknown
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard interdicts suspected smuggling vessel off San Diego coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Wall Street Journal/AP: CISA election, disinformation officials placed on administrative leave, sources say
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Kept in the Dark: Inside a Trio of Los Angeles School Cyberattacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Miami Herald: [CT] Aaron Hernandez’s Brother DJ Sentenced After Threatening Mass Shooting
• National Security News
  • NBC News: Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for top intelligence official, clears key Senate hurdle
  • New York Times: Trump’s New Tariffs Target Foreign Metals
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] New York State Bans DeepSeek From Government Devices
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] Trump doubles down on annexation threat, says Canada would be ‘cherished state’
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] ‘Entirely unjustified’: Trudeau says Canada will respond to Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs if necessary
  • ABC News: [Ukraine] Ukraine, Russia position for peace talks ahead of pivotal White House visits
  • AP: [Ukraine] White House Officials Ready to Meet With Zelenskyy in Munich for Talks on Russia’s War on Ukraine
  • FOX News: [Egypt] Egypt planning ‘emergency’ Arab summit on Palestinian territory as Trump insists US ‘own’ Gaza
  • CNN: [Israel] Trump looks for a deal on his Gaza plan as he meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah
  • CNN: [Israel] Hamas postpones next hostage release, claiming Israel has broken terms of ceasefire deal
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israel’s Security Cabinet to Meet as Pressure on Cease-Fire Rises
  • The Hill: [Israel] Trump warns of ending Israel-Hamas ceasefire if all hostages aren’t returned
  • AP: [Israel] Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’
  • New York Times: [Israel] Trump Calls Gaza a ‘Big Real Estate Site,’ Reiterating Plan for U.S. Takeover
  • Reuters: [India] Modi’s US visit raises industry hopes amid tariff threats
  • Reuters: [China] Trump says he has spoken to China’s Xi since inauguration
  • Yahoo! News: [China] China sends trade mission to Central Asia as it braces for US tariff war
  • CNN: [China] DeepSeek hasn’t just disrupted OpenAI. Chinese tech giants are being upended too

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