• Top News
  • New York Times/Politico/The Hill: Pentagon to Send 1,500 Additional Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border
  • CBS News: Trump administration weighs sending 10,000 troops to border, using bases to hold migrants
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Gives Gun, Drug Agents Deportation Power
  • CBS News: DHS terminates all its advisory committees, ending its investigation into the Chinese-linked telecom hack
  • Roll Call/AP/New York Times: U.S. House sends migrant detention bill to Donald Trump with bipartisan support
  • NBC News: Trump issues more immigration orders on third day in office, while enforcement details remain unclear
  • Federal News Network: DHS Secretary nominee advances out of committee to Senate floor
  • New York Times/USA Today: Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement
  • New York Times: Border, Asylum, Citizenship: Trump Kicks Off Vast Immigration Changes
  • The Hill/Newsweek: Katie Britt: ICE arrests 300+ migrants day after Donald Trump inauguration
  • FOX News: Border czar Tom Homan sends message to far-left officials pushing back against mass deportations: ‘Game on’
  • Washington Examiner/New York Times: Tom Homan notes ‘significant difference’ at border since Trump’s White House return
  • Federal News Network: Trump’s executive order directs NORTHCOM to ‘seal’ the border
  • Federal News Network: DHS head orders in-person work ‘to the maximum extent’
  • Washington Examiner: Senate Democrats plead with GOP to work together on immigration
  • CBS Austin: DHS revokes Biden-era rules, allows ICE and CBP to arrest in schools and churches
  • FOX News: Prompt removal’: Trump DHS expands expedited deportation powers as operations ramp up
  • The Hill: ACLU sues over Trump’s push to broaden expedited deportations 
  • Reuters: Immigrant group sues to block Trump’s fast-track deportations
  • FOX News/Yahoo! News: Nearly 2 dozen states sue Trump admin over birthright citizenship order: ‘Unprecedented’
  • CBS Austin/Newsweek: Trump facing backlash over order to eliminate birthright citizenship
  • CNN: Trump seeks to reshape US government with sweeping executive actions
  • New York Times: Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues in D.E.I. Crackdown
  • New York Times: Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
  • CBS News: Senate Democrats work to delay speedy confirmation of Trump nominees
  • FOX News: Trump, GOP leaders meet at White House as president plans visit to NC, defends executive orders
  • FOX News: [VT] Vermont Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by German national worked in Pentagon during 9/11: family
  • Los Angeles Times: [NY] Less process than ‘a traffic ticket’: ACLU sues to stop Trump’s fast-track deportation policy
  • Telemundo 51: [FL] Three Cubans charged after dismantling human trafficking network in Coral Gables
  • AP: [TN] Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico has not agreed to accept non-Mexican US asylum seekers, says president
  • AP: [Mexico] Mexican border states prepare migrant shelters as Trump begins deportation campaign
  • Yahoo! News: [Mexico] Mexico erects tent city on US border in preparation for mass deportations
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: As the border wall goes up, the underground threat will grow
  • Newsweek: The Laken Riley Act Represents Basic Common Sense
  • Bloomberg: Birthright Citizenship Stunt Is Classic Trump
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] How Trump Can Counter Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios: Immigration and Customs Enforcement calling immigrants "aliens" again
  • AP: Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Gov. Healey says Mass. "not a sanctuary state", but law prevents police from enforcing ICE detainers
  • FOX News: [NY] Adams says NYC is coordinating with ICE as mass migrant deportations loom
  • CBS New York: [NY] Advocates in NYC preparing migrants for possible ICE operations under immigration crackdown
  • FOX News: [AL] Guatemalan man illegally in US accused of sexually abusing Alabama child shows no remorse: ‘It is what it is’
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Cuban smuggler promised $5K, then caught with over 20 Chinese migrants in Miami: feds
  • Yahoo! News: ACLU of Michigan sues ICE over rule used as ‘impenetrable black box’ for jail records
  • Yahoo! News: [IL] Illinois among states impacted in ICE’s first large-scale arrest operation under Trump administration
  • Nevada Public Radio: [NV] Las Vegas police officers will not enforce immigration violations, they say
  • CBS Austin: [CA] California city declares itself ‘non-sanctuary’ city, vows to cooperate with Trump admin
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times/The Hill: Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel
  • Axios: New GOP Sen. Moreno introduces bill cracking down on asylum
  • Newsweek: Exemption From Trump Refugee Order Sought for 15K Afghans Fleeing Taliban
  • Reuters: Afghan Americans fearful after Trump order halts refugee program
  • AP: Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension
  • VOA News: Trump revokes humanitarian parole for migrants from 4 countries
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: U.S. border agents told to summarily deport migrants without asylum hearings under Trump edict
  • BorderReport: Deportations will not stop illegal crossings, advocate says
  • ABC News: [NY] New York man arrested for injecting fake Botox: Prosecutors
  • CBS Miami: [FL] U.S. ramps up border patrols off Florida amid migration concerns
  • Border Report: [TX] Horizon City man sentenced to federal prison for human smuggling
  • Washington Post: [Canada] At U.S.-Canada border, anxieties on both sides as Trump takes office
  • Washington Post: [Mexico] ‘This was cruel’: Inside a border shelter, migrants await Trump’s next move
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Axios: [VA] Richmond and Virginia set new records for the most guns caught at TSA checkpoints
  • WSB-TV: [GA] Half of Atlanta TSA agents call out, leading to major delays at Hartsfield-Jackson
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New York Times: Former Navy SEAL Said to Be Interim Head of FEMA
  • Newsweek: Trump Questions FEMA, Suggests States ‘Take Care of Their Own Problems’
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] FEMA kicks flood victims out of hotel housing during arctic blast
  • CBS News: [CA] Trump to visit California to survey wildfire damage
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Los Angeles Hughes fire erupts to nearly 10,000 acres
  • NBC News: [CA] Thousands ordered to flee their homes after new blaze ignites in Los Angeles County
  • AP: [CA] Trump says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies
  • Reuters: [CA] Posts misstate FEMA budget capability for California wildfire response
  • Wall Street Journal: [CA] Firefighters Gain Ground on New L.A. Wildfire After Rapid Spread
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Los Angeles begins "extensive" debris removal after deadly wildfires, officials warn about potential dangers with weekend rain
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Judge orders California utility to preserve evidence in Eaton fire as lawsuits pile up
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] The I-5 Freeway reopens in both directions amid Los Angeles-area Hughes Fire
• Secret Service
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Appoints New Head of Secret Service
  • Cannon Falls Beacon: [MN] Card skimmer found at Pine Island Dollar General
  • Channel 8 Eyewitness News: [NE] Two men accused of printing counterfeit money at Lincoln motel
  • 12News.com: [AZ] Records: Man accused of threatening to harm POTUS arrested in Arizona before inauguration
• Coast Guard
  • CBS 7: Coast Guard deploying assets to ‘Gulf of America’ in support of Trump’s executive orders
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Removal of Cyber Safety Review Board members sparks alarm from cyber pros, key lawmaker
  • The Hill: Cyber defense experts share warnings at hearing
  • CyberScoop: ‘Severe’ bug in ChatGPT’s API could be used to DDoS websites
  • Roll Call: [China] CISA funding at center of tough talk on countering China
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Homeland Security Committee says ‘national security blunders’ of past 4 years have emboldened terrorists
  • FOX News: Trump re-designates Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorists: ‘Threatens security of American civilians’
  • VOA News: US lawmakers warn of ‘emboldened’ terror threat
• National Security News
  • Yahoo! News: White House benches career National Security Council who served during Biden administration
  • Washington Examiner: Rubio announces State Department priorities: ‘Does it make America stronger?’
  • FOX News: New Secretary of State Marco Rubio pauses refugee operations, ramps up visa vetting
  • Federal News Network: DoD moves to improve maritime security in contested Southeast Asia
  • BorderReport: [Mexico] 8 dismembered bodies found in clandestine graves
  • FOX News: [Panama] Marco Rubio heading to Panama on first trip as secretary of state: ‘We won’t continue to ignore the region’
  • Washington Post: [Panama] Trump’s Panama Canal ambitions gain traction in GOP-led Senate
  • Bloomberg: [Ukraine] Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Appeals to Trump Over Need for US Troops
  • Wall Street Journal: [Russia] Trump Threatens Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia if Putin Won’t End War in Ukraine
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia Responds to Donald Trump Threat
  • Wall Street Journal: [Yemen] Houthis Release Hijacked Crew and Signal End to Red Sea Attacks
  • Yahoo! News: [Philippines] Rubio affirms ‘ironclad’ US commitment to Philippines

DHS MORNING BRIEFING

DHS MORNING BRIEFING