• Top News
  • Wall Street Journal/New York Times/Washington Post: Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
  • ABC News/CBS New York/USA Today: DHS allows US Marshals, DEA and ATF to carry out immigration enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: Air Force to carry out deportation flights for thousands of migrants
  • NBC News/MeriTalk: Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump’s CIA director
  • New York Times: Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily
  • FOX News: Trump DHS finds ‘mass influx’ of illegal migrants at southern border, requests assistance from all 50 states
  • FOX News: 11 Dem state AGs criticize ‘vague’ threats over prosecution for noncompliance with immigration enforcement
  • FOX News: ‘Restore order’: Bill to limit Biden-era immigration powers gets renewed push under Trump
  • FOX News: GOP senator revives effort to make assaulting police a deportable offense: ‘We must act’
  • ABC News: DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: Hispanic Caucus condemns Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
  • Michigan Public Radio: ACLU sues ICE, Homeland Security over access to immigrant detention records
  • The Hill: Jeffries says attaching debt limit to wildfire aid is ‘nonstarter’
  • Newsweek: Republican Bill Would Take Medicaid From Undocumented Immigrants
  • Yahoo! News: Trump Admin Guts School Safety Committee Created to Combat Mass Shootings
  • New York Times: Trump’s Agriculture Pick Addresses Tariff and Immigration Impact on Farmers
  • Yahoo! News: [VT] Law enforcement escorts Border Agent David Maland body: What to know about the procession
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas Gov. Abbott asks government to reimburse state for $11B spent to secure southern border
  • Border Report: [TX] Spiritual leaders fear ‘potential horror’ of ICE agents raiding churches, schools
  • AP: [SD] Kristi Noem’s immigration rhetoric overlooks stark economic realities in her own state
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader from Tijuana extradited to San Diego
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Mexico scrambles to build tents to handle mass deportations from US
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Shelter space running out as migrants who lost CBP One appointments linger in Tijuana
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Loses on Birthright Citizenship
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS Austin: ICE arrests nearly 500 illegal immigrants in first hours of Trump presidency
  • CBS Austin: Sanctuary cities crackdown leads to migrant arrests, including alleged gang members
  • Washington Post: Schools brace for immigration arrests, try to reassure terrified parents
  • FOX News: Mayors, local officials could face arrest if they don’t comply with Trump’s mass deportations
  • The Hill: Democratic-led states knock ‘vague’ threats to prosecute immigration enforcement noncompliance
  • CBS Austin: Trump DHS will use term ‘alien’ instead of ‘undocumented noncitizen,’ memo says
  • AP: Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist
  • CBS Austin: [MA] Illegal immigrant yells ‘f*** Trump’ and ‘Biden forever’ during ICE arrest
  • Univision: [NY] ICE detains alleged MS-13 gang member and two other undocumented in New York for felony
  • New York Daily News: [NY] NYC education panel pushes back on Trump order to allow ICE in schools with deportations looming
  • Reuters/CBS New York/Yahoo! News/Bloomberg: [NJ] US agents raid New Jersey business, detaining migrants and citizens, mayor says
  • USA Today: [NJ] New Jersey mayor says ICE detained veteran, US citizens in immigration raid
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] 5 arrested after raids at 2 Pittsburgh-area spas
  • Axios: [MN] Twin Cities law enforcement says it will resist Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • Yahoo! News: [SD] Committee of SD lawmakers endorses ban on immigration sanctuaries
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] Wichita man pleads guilty to distributing child pornography
  • Newsweek: [CA] California Braces for Donald Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: Trump birthright citizenship order could leave U.S.-born babies of asylum-seekers ‘stateless,’ attorneys say
  • Bloomberg: Why Trump’s Inner Circle Is So Divided on H-1B Visas
  • Yahoo! News: Ohio AG seeks review of countries with Temporary Protected Status
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Local ceremony welcomes new U.S. citizens to the Miami Valley
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Miami Herald: Trump administration reportedly sent request for 10,000 troops at southern border
  • FOX News: Active-duty troops begin arriving at US-Mexico border in Texas and California to combat migrant crisis
  • Newsweek: Where Active-Duty Troops at US-Mexico Border Will Be Deployed
  • Washington Examiner: 10,000 troops headed to seal the southern border, as Trump shuts down asylum process
  • FOX News: Border encounters drop sharply as Trump launches crackdown on illegal immigration -
  • Newsweek: Trump Inherits Better Southern Border Situation Than He Left Biden
  • Border Report: [TX] Migrant out $10,000 after falling off border wall, getting deported
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas man sentenced after admitting to smuggling more than 2,500 illegal immigrants in six-month span
  • Miami Herald: [CA] 500 Marines and sailors from California’s Camp Pendleton are headed to the southern border
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Hiker injured in shooting near Jacumba involving ‘suspected cartel members’
  • AP: [CA] Relative quiet for Border Patrol agents in San Diego during first week of Trump administration
  • Victorville Daily Press: [CA] Liquid methamphetamine found inside SUV’s fuel tank at Calexico Port of Entry. 2 arrested
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] Pittsburgh International Airport’s new federal security director wants to crack down on guns in carry-ons
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Trump to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California on first trip of second term
  • AP: FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
  • CBS Austin: Trump considers conditions on disaster aid for California and North Carolina
  • Washington Examiner: Trump suggests FEMA gets a renovation and leave disaster response to states
  • The Hill: Trump: ‘Big discussion’ coming on FEMA’s future
  • Newsweek: Residents of These 3 Red States Receive Most FEMA Funds as Trump Mulls Cuts
  • CBS Austin: [NC] Presidential visit ‘very good news’ for western North Carolina, governor says
  • NBC News: [CA] Hughes Fire containment grows after thousands forced to flee
  • New York Times: [CA] It Will Finally Rain in Southern California. Cue the Risk of Mudslides.
  • Miami Herald: [CA] Evacuations lifted after fire sparks near UC San Diego, but Otay Mountain fire growing
  • Wall Street Journal: [CA] Blaze-Stricken Los Angeles Contends With Fresh Fires, Resurgent Winds
  • Newsweek: [CA] Hurricane-force Winds Hit Los Angeles, San Diego Amid California Wildfires
  • New York Times: [CA] Firefighters Battle Growing Blaze Near U.S.-Mexico Border
  • AP: [CA] California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from wildfires
  • CBS News: [CA] Trump threatens to withhold wildfire aid ahead of Los Angeles visit
  • FOX News: [CA] Los Angeles agency reveals estimated economic impact of deadly wildfires as infernos still rage
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign legislation for $2.5 billion toward Los Angeles wildfire relief
• Secret Service
  • NBC News: [DC] U.S. Capitol Police suspend officer who let visitor in with a gun
  • FOX News: [FL] Florida man arrested after allegedly climbing over wall at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] Fake movie money circulating in Wichita
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Miami: Fishermen help Coast Guard crew rescue 4 Americans from life raft in Atlantic Ocean
  • The Hill: US Coast Guard starts using ‘Gulf of America’
  • Yahoo! News: [ME] Boat, possible body of missing Maine fishermen spotted
  • AP: [NY] A Canadian freighter gets trapped in ice on Lake Erie
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Watch fishermen, Coast Guard rescue 4 boaters minutes after their boat sank in the Atlantic
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Ship begins moving after being stuck in ice off Lake Erie shoreline for over 24 hours
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Yahoo! News: Pfluger demands answers on imminent cybersecurity threats facing US
  • NPR: The U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activists
  • USA Today: [NY] PayPal fined by New York for cybersecurity failures - full text
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Bourbon Street terror attack, Trump Tower Cybertruck explosion probe launched by Senate committee
  • AP: [DC] Experts worry that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
  • CBS Austin: [TN] Police review writings tied to Nashville school shooter who killed student and himself
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others, Despite Threats From Iran
  • Washington Post: Trump signs executive order on declassifying files on JFK, RFK and King assassinations
  • ABC News: Rubio to visit Central America on 1st trip as top US diplomat
  • NBC News: A man, a plan, a canal: Rubio’s first trip as secretary of state will take him to Panama
  • Newsweek: [Israel] Israel, US Discuss IDF Lebanon Pullout
  • Washington Examiner: [Israel] Israel seeks delay in withdrawal from southern Lebanon
  • New York Times: [Yemen] Trump Re-Labels Yemen’s Houthi Rebels as Terrorists
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russian Man Jailed for 17 Years for Passing Information to US
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] China Is Helping Supply Chemicals for Iran’s Ballistic-Missile Program
  • Bloomberg: [China] TikTok Weighs Non-Sale Options, ByteDance’s Ford Says

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