• Top News
  • New York Times/Reuters/Politico/NPR: Kristi Noem Is Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
  • NBC News: Trump spends first week building a framework for his mass deportations vow
  • ABC News: Trump ‘border czar’ says he’s ‘realistic,’ mass deportation plan success depends on Congress
  • NPR: Trump’s executive orders on immigration lay the blueprint for the next 4 years
  • Newsweek: Republican Pushes to Protect Migrants as Trump Ramps Up Deportations
  • Washington Post: [VT] Suspects in fatal Border Patrol stop had been under surveillance, authorities say
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Non-citizen in Miami Beach charged with voting 6 times in US elections
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Reported ICE visit to Chicago school was actually Secret Service, officials say
  • SFGate: [CA] Mayor, City Manager Pledge To Oppose Immigration Policy Changes
  • Yahoo! News/Reuters: [Mexico] White House denies reports Mexico is refusing migrant flights
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] Mexico says it will accept returnees after refusing to accept flight with deportees
  • Newsweek: [Mexico] Mexico Braces for Mass Deportations at US Border
  • Washington Post: [Mexico] Migrants stranded by Trump decision face rising hostility in Mexico
  • Yahoo! News: [Mexico] Mexican workers set up tent city to house deportees from US
  • AP: [Haiti] Haitian leader says the Trump administration’s plans will be ‘catastrophic’ for his country
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Trump administration needs more planes to carry out deportations: report
  • New York Times: As Immigration Crackdown Looms, Restaurants Are Racked With Fear
  • FOX News: ICE arrests 3 Tren de Aragua gang members in mass deportation push
  • Washington Examiner: Trump to soon begin deporting ‘thousands’ of migrants per day: House Republican
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago immigrant advocacy groups sue ICE following week of tensions
  • Reuters: [Brazil] Brazil condemns handcuffing of deportees on flight from US
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CBS News: Trump administration suspends some funding for refugee resettlement groups, memo says
  • NBC News: ‘We are all afraid’: Migrants with temporary status live in fear amid Trump’s crackdown
  • FOX News: Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023: preliminary report
  • Colorado Public Radio: Trump’s halting of refugee resettlement means uncertainty, further delays for those fleeing persecution
  • Miami Herald: [WA] 3 pregnant women in Washington state sue Trump for birthright citizenship order
  • Reuters: [Afghanistan] Exclusive: Flights halted for Afghans approved for special US visas, advocate and official say
  • New York Times: [India] India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm
  • New York Times: [Afghanistan] They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: Illegal crossings cut in half since November election, Border Patrol data show
  • Newsweek: Why Donald Trump’s Border Wall Won’t Work
  • Newsweek: Will Donald Trump Finish His Border Wall?
  • CBS Miami: Army tells units to prepare for deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Congressman presses Trump administration on use of Bay Area-based airmen at U.S.-Mexico border
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas-Mexico border already seeing big changes to illegal immigration after Trump’s executive orders
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] 2nd batch of troops arrive at Fort Bliss for ‘border mission’
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] 200 Kansas Army troops sent to U.S.-Mexico border
  • Yahoo! News: [IL] Migrant suspect in fatal Illinois hit-and-run caught 800 miles away, heading to Mexico: officials
  • Los Angeles Times: [Mexico] Stranded in Mexico City, these migrants hoping to reach the United States have no good options
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: [GA] TSA officer reportedly caught with firearm in busy Atlanta airport is arrested
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Trump lambasts FEMA response to LA fires: ‘Incompetently run’
  • AP: [CA] Rain on the way to Southern California will aid firefighters but create a risk of toxic ash runoff
  • Newsweek: [CA] California Faces Flood And Landslide Risk After Wildfire Devastation
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] ‘Don’t count on’ rain, Cal Fire says as fight continues with Otay wilderness fire
  • NPR: [CA] Wildfire evacuees in Altadena make the heartbreaking return home
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] New recovery center to open in Altadena to aid Eaton fire victims
• Federal Protective Service
  • Yahoo! News: [IL] Hundreds rally against Trump administration’s Middle East, immigration policies
  • St. Louis Public Radio: [MO] St. Louis-area advocates protest Trump’s immigrant deportations and policy changes
  • Yahoo! News: [IA] Hundreds gather on Iowa Capitol’s steps for rally in opposition to mass deportations
• Secret Service
  • Yahoo! News: [KY] Hopkinsville man found guilty of drug distribution conspiracy, money laundering
  • FOX News/NBC News/AP: [FL] Florida man arrested for allegedly calling for Trump assassination on Facebook; Secret Service investigating
  • FOX News: [MO] Missouri man sentenced in attempted White House attack with U-Haul truck
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: [NY] After 3 Days Trapped in Lake Erie Ice, a Canadian Ship Is Finally Freed
  • FOX News: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts boat carrying illegal migrants as expulsion flight operations begin
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Sweeping Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms for Israel and Egypt
  • CBS News: [Mexico] At least 56 bodies found in Mexico in unmarked graves near U.S. border, local prosecutors say
  • New York Times: [Israel] Trump Says He Wants Jordan and Egypt to Take in Palestinians From Gaza
  • Washington Examiner: [Israel] Trump floats temporary housing, relocation for Palestinians in Gaza
  • FOX News: [Afghanistan] Rubio demands answers with 2 more Americans reportedly held by Taliban
  • Bloomberg: [North Korea] North Korea Test-Fires Strategic Cruise Missiles, KCNA Says

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