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VOA News: Trump administration sends third flight of detainees to Guantanamo
New York Times: A Tent City Is Rising at Guantánamo Bay
Washington Post: Why lawyers worry migrants sent to Gitmo are entering a ‘legal black hole’
FOX News: Migrants turning back due to tighter border security, CBP memo shows
Washington Post: Trump administration cuts teams that fight foreign election interference
FOX News: [VT] Transgender, vegan ‘Zizian’ cult linked to Vermont border agent killing dependent on zapping human emotions
Washington Post: [LA] Ahead of the Super Bowl, New Orleans is partying — but still on edge
Telemundo: [CA] San Francisco leads lawsuit against Trump’s threats to sanctuary cities
Univision: [Mexico] The macabre "extermination camp" in Mexico where dozens of corpses have been unearthed
NBC News: [Guatemala] Guatemalan president says no timeline on receiving third-country nationals deported from U.S.
Opinion – Op-Eds
USA Today: Democrats defying Trump on deportations picked a fight they literally can’t afford | Opinion
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Yahoo! News: FBI investigating South American Theft Groups in the United States
Miami Herald: [GA] Georgia-based Baptist group joins lawsuit to keep ICE out of churches
CBS News: [LA] As ICE ramps up immigration sweeps, New Orleans’ sanctuary city status could be put to the test
FOX News: [IL] Frustrated Chicagoans back ICE deportations, applaud DOJ lawsuit targeting sanctuary policies
Yahoo! News: [CO] Civil rights attorney sounds alarm after video shows ICE agents covering cameras during immigration raids
FOX News: [TX] ICE arrests illegal migrant accused of entering the country 6 times
Yahoo! News: [TX] Protest against ICE deportations held at Texas Capitol Saturday
The Hill: [Cuba] Trump accelerates Guantánamo Bay migrant directive: What to know
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Newsweek: [DC] Lawsuit Challenges Donald Trump’s Passport Policy on Gender Identity Issue
CBS Miami: [South Africa] Trump orders U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of South Africans of European descent
Customs and Border Protection
FOX News: Migrants turning back due to tighter border security, CBP memo shows
CBS News: [TX] Texas and Trump boost cooperation to prevent illegal immigration at the U.S. - Mexico border
Univision: [Mexico] Deaths, minefields and clandestine graves: doubts about the impact of the Mexican military deployment against fentanyl trafficking to the US
Transportation Security Administration
New York Times: Passengers Restrain Man Who Bashed a Window on a Flight
Yahoo! News: [FL] Decrease in firearm discoveries at Florida security checkpoints, according to TSA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
New York Times: Large Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Near Cayman Islands
Secret Service
FOX! News: Trump directs Secret Service to give him ‘every bit of information’ about his attempted assassins: report
Yahoo! News: [WI] Wisconsin man arrested following multi-city police pursuit, weed, gun and counterfeit bills seized
Yahoo! News: [IL] Chicago man printed $92,000 in fake bills, gets 7 years in prison: prosecutors
Coast Guard
Yahoo! News: [FL] South Florida beaches seeing oily tar balls wash ashore; Coast Guard investigating
Houston Chronicle: [TX] Coast Guard seizes 9 sharks, 1,500 pounds of red snapper and detains 11 in illegal lancha operation
Newsweek/The Hill/Reuters: [AK] All Passengers in Missing Alaska Plane Confirmed Dead: Authorities
Yahoo! News: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts boat near Mission Bay
CISA/Cybersecurity
FOX News: Huge healthcare data breach exposes over 1 million Americans’ sensitive information
Terrorism Investigations
Washington Post: [OH] Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazis over hate campaign against Haitians
National Security News
FOX News: Trump removes Antony Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg’s security clearances among others
FOX News: Rubio scores key wins for Trump immigration agenda with blitz through Latin America
Telemundo: [Colombia] Colombia: humanitarian assistance and anti-trafficking plans affected by USAID changes
Reuters: [Russia] Trump says he has spoken to Putin about ending the Ukraine war
Yahoo! News: [Iran] Iranian generals tell Ayatollah: We need nuclear weapons
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