• Top News
  • The Hill/AP/FOX News: Senate heads toward confirming Kristi Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary
  • New York Times/FOX News/CBS News/ABC News: Trump DHS makes key move against migrants allowed in via controversial Biden parole programs
  • New York Times: Deportation Fears Spread Among Immigrants With Provisional Legal Status
  • Government Executive: Congress passes migrant detention bill that DHS said it can’t enforce without more resources
  • NBC News: Second DOJ official who investigated Trump reassigned to immigration crackdown
  • Washington Examiner: Congressional proposal would allow litigation against sanctuary cities
  • Washington Examiner: Congressman introduces bill to exclude illegal immigrants from Medicaid
  • Yahoo! News: Trump fires at least 12 internal govt watchdogs: US media
  • CBS Austin: State Department freezes requests for passports with ‘X’ sex identification, report says
  • CBS News: Trump’s executive actions kick off race to courts. It’s just the beginning.
  • MeriTalk: DHS Report: AI Facial Capture, Recognition Performing ‘Extremely Well’
  • New York Times: The Tech Arsenal That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
  • Reuters: US judge pauses SpaceX’s challenge to case over anti-immigrant bias
  • New York Times/AP/CNN: [VT] Arrest Made in Connection With Shooting Death of Border Patrol Agent
  • NBC News: [VT] Suspects in killing of U.S. border patrol agent had an arsenal of weapons
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] North Carolina members of Congress introduce bill allowing ‘sanctuary cities’ to be sued
  • The Hill: [MS] Mississippi bill would pay bounty hunters to catch undocumented immigrants
  • NBC News: [FL] Woman pleads guilty in human smuggling trip in which 16 drowned
  • New York Times: [IL] Reports of Immigration Agents at Chicago School Set Off Fear, but Are Proved False
  • Miami Herald: [MN] Flights canceled for hundreds of Minnesota-bound refugees
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Texas requests $11 billion reimbursement from government for Operation Lone Star
  • Reuters: [IA] US court upholds block on Iowa immigrant arrest law
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Newsom greets Trump in Los Angeles with wildfire aid in limbo
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say
  • Roll Call: [Mexico] Mexico and other countries could hamper Trump border plans
  • Bloomberg: [Mexico] Mexico President Says Trump Labeling Cartels Terrorists Won’t Reduce Crime
  • New York Times/Yahoo! News: [Guatemala] U.S. Military Planes Carrying Migrants Land in Guatemala
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Leaves Pompeo, Hook and Bolton Unprotected
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] Russia Brushes Off Trump’s Threats on Ukraine
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • CBS News: Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military, White House says
  • Washington Examiner: Trump using military cargo planes to fly back illegal immigrants at southern border
  • ABC News: Trump ‘border czar’ tells ABC military planes will deport migrants every day
  • Bloomberg: Trump Administration Seeking More Aircraft for Mass Deportations
  • CBS Austin: Trump utilizes emergency powers on deportations but will need Congress’ help for more
  • Newsweek: Trump Expands Fast-Track Deportation Nationwide
  • ABC News: Nothing is off limits’: Public school communities brace for ICE raids
  • New York Times: Immigration Arrests Prompt Fear that Mass Deportations Loom
  • Newsweek: US Citizens Are Being Told To Carry Birth Certificates Amid ICE Raids
  • NBC News: What a typical ICE deportation looks like
  • Washington Examiner: [MA] Massachusetts governor says she supports ICE arrests of criminals
  • New York Times: [NY] N.Y. Migrants Fear Expulsion After Trump Expands Deportation Targets
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] ICE can’t arrest undocumented immigrants in NY courts without a warrant, officials say
  • NBC News: [NJ] Immigration raid in Newark, New Jersey, spurs anger from local officials
  • CNN/FOX News/CBS New York: [NJ] Newark mayor says ICE agents raided ‘without warrant’, violated constitution
  • Newsweek: [NJ] ICE Detains US Military Veteran Without Warrant
  • Washington Post: [MS] Mississippi state lawmaker wants bounty hunters to find undocumented immigrants
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Merrillville, Gary residents from Mexico sentenced in federal court for illegally entering the country
  • Newsweek: [AZ] Donald Trump Faces Rebellion Over ICE Raids in Arizona
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Trump Officials Pause Programs to Let In Immigrants, Including Ukrainians
  • Telemundo52: The US government will review all cases of humanitarian parole
  • AP: Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
  • New York Times: What Is the H-1B Visa Program and Why Are Trump Backers Feuding Over It?
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Wall Street Journal: Pentagon Prepares to Deploy Thousands of Troops From Combat Units to Southwest Border
  • The Hill: National Guard ordered to support Trump border executive action
  • ABC News: US military’s mission on border moving quickly
  • CBS Austin: Marines helping Border Patrol with ‘mission to secure America,’ White House says
  • Washington Post: Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
  • US News & World Report: What Is the CBP One App, and Why Did Trump Kill It?
  • AP: Trump’s border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Arrested for allegedly smuggling 16 migrants in a cell operating in Texas
  • Miami Herald: [MT] 78-year-old missing for month found dead after his car got stuck, Montana cops say
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Active duty troops arrive at San Diego-area border after Trump order
  • Wall Street Journal: [Canada] Canada Is Becoming a Fentanyl Exporter, and a Target for Trump
  • Bloomberg: [Canada] Canada Eyes New Hub to Handle Possible Refugee Surge From US
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Yahoo! News: [GA] TSA officer arrested for having a gun past security checkpoint at Atlanta airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: Trump mulls scrapping FEMA, pledges disaster help to North Carolina, California
  • NBC News: Trump floats overhauling or eliminating FEMA while touring hurricane damage in N.C.
  • ABC News: Can Trump ‘terminate’ FEMA? Not so fast
  • The Hill: FEMA tensions pose test for Noem
  • Newsweek: Winter Storm Reignites FEMA Hurricane Response Backlash
  • Bloomberg: The agency is currently juggling the response to more than 100 major disasters nationwide.
  • New York Times: [NC] As Trump Visits North Carolina, Battered Communities Hope for More Aid
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ‘We’ll get it permanently fixed’: Trump arrives in L.A. to tour wildfire damage
  • Newsweek: [CA] Donald Trump Gives California Two Ultimatums for Wildfire Aid
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Trump demands California voter ID law for wildfire relief and threatens FEMA upon arrival in North Carolina
  • Bloomberg: [CA] LA Risks Landslides Near Fire Zones With Weekend Rain Forecast
• Secret Service
  • Newsweek: [FL] Florida Man Arrested for Trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Secret Service says their agents, not ICE, visited Chicago elementary school
• Coast Guard
  • WPRI: [RI] 4 rescued from sinking boat after crash near Block Island
  • USA Today/CBS News: [NY] U.S. Coast Guard works to break ice around massive Canadian ship trapped on Lake Erie
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Coast Guard working to free freighter stuck in Lake Erie ice
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Coast Guard to send equipment, personnel to U.S. borders following Trump executive orders
  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser: [HI] Remains found off North Shore identified as missing teen, HPD says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [ID] Bryan Kohberger trial: New revelations in Idaho student murders case as defense grills lead detective in court
  • AZCentral.com: [AZ] 2 Somali citizens in Tucson who conspired to join ISIS sentenced
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Senate Confirms Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary as JD Vance Breaks Tie
  • AP: Trump ends Fauci’s security detail and says he’d feel no responsibility if harm befell him
  • Wall Street Journal: State Department Freezes Most Foreign Aid
  • New York Times: [Honduras] Honduras Says Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Push It Closer to China
  • New York Times: [Russia] Putin Dismisses Trump’s Sanctions Threat While Heaping New Praise on Him
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin says Putin is ready to talk to Trump and is waiting for word from Washington
  • AP: Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers as part of the Gaza ceasefire
  • FOX News: [Israel] Israel tells UN it’s shutting down all UNRWA operations in Jerusalem: ‘acute security risks’
  • Wall Street Journal: [Lebanon] White House Calls for Israel to Stay in Lebanon Past Truce Deadline
  • AP: [Yemen] Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] Beijing Signals Readiness to Talk to Trump’s Team, Even Old Foes

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