• Top News
  • New York Times/AP/Washington Post: Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs
  • USA Today: As countries push back on deportations, Trump trades words, threats
  • Yahoo! News: Trump Developing Plan to Deport Migrants, Including Venezuelan Gang Members, to El Salvador: Report
  • CNN/FOX News: Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz, nearly 1,000 illegal aliens during sixth day of Trump administration
  • NBC News: Immigration enforcement operations ramp up in cities across the U.S.
  • New York Times: Vance Offers Fierce Endorsement of Trump’s First Week
  • CBS Miami: JD Vance defends Trump on birthright citizenship, says the U.S. should "look out for the interests of our citizens first"
  • Washington Examiner: Appeals court to answer whether noncitizens have Second Amendment rights
  • Yahoo! News: Schumer demands reinstatement of fed school shooting safety board axed by Trump
  • Washington Examiner: Thune assures Senate is ‘ahead of schedule’ in confirming Trump’s Cabinet
  • NPR: [FL] DeSantis faces pushback by fellow Republicans on his call for an immigration session
  • Newsweek: [FL] Florida Noncitizen Voted Illegally Six Times in US Elections
  • New York Times/AP: [IL] Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago
  • Washington Examiner: [IL] Chicago school officials mistake Secret Service for ICE
  • Politico: [IL] Pritzker says he’ll ‘stand in the way’ of deportation efforts that cross the line
  • Miami Herald: [WA] Washington state, Seattle brace for second round of fights over ‘sanctuary’ status
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] DEA Los Angeles participates in "immigration enforcement" operation with other federal agencies
  • The Hill: [Colombia] Rubio orders suspension of visa issuance at the US Embassy Bogota
  • Reuters: [Brazil] Brazil to demand explanations on ‘degrading treatment’ of deportees
  • Yahoo! News: [China] China to Accept Citizens in US Illegally After Trump Threats
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Banning birthright citizenship would hurt legal immigrants like me
  • FOX News: The birthright citizenship clause too many forget, but Trump is right to question
• Top News (Sunday Talk Shows)
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Elissa Slotkin: “It’s More Of A Signal To Try And Keep People From Coming To The Border
  • ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos: Tom Homan: “If You’re In A Country Illegally, You Got A Problem.”
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Vice President JD Vance Thoughts On Pete Hegseth | Part One
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Vice President JD Vance: “ We’re going to protect the American people” | Part Two
  • CBS’ Face The Nation: Vice President JD Vance Reacts To Jan 6 Pardons | Part Three
  • CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper and Dana Bash: [IL] Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker: “They’re Going After People Who Are Law-Abiding”
  • FOX News: [TX] Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo: Thousands deported as Trump declares national emergency over border crisis
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post: Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests
  • ABC News: Trump’s border czar: ‘If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem’
  • Newsweek: Trump Border Czar Admits Not All Undocumented Migrants Will Be Removed
  • Politico: Tom Homan says success of deportations can’t be measured in total numbers
  • The Hill: Homan defends immigration raids into middle, elementary schools
  • FOX News: Trump admin touts purging ‘worst’ illegal immigrant criminals from US streets: ‘Working tirelessly’
  • CBS News: Vance blasts U.S. Catholic bishops condemning ICE entering churches and schools
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Miami man claims wife was detained in one of several Florida ICE raids: "They snatched her"
  • Yahoo! News: [IL] Dr. Phil Says He’s Embedded With ICE For Immigration Operation In Chicago
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] DEA confirms ICE raids in Austin area
  • CBS News: [TX] Dozens arrested in North Texas ICE raids
  • Yahoo! News: [CO] ICE detains nearly 50, including TdA members, in raid of ‘makeshift nightclub’ in Adams County
  • Miami Herald: [CO] Nearly 50 detained during DEA raid of Tren de Aragua party in Adams County, officials say
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NPR: [Afghanistan] Afghans seeking asylum in U.S. left in limbo after Trump suspends refugee program
  • USA Today: Trump revives push to denaturalize US citizens.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS News: [TX] The Texas-Mexico border already seeing big changes to illegal immigration after Trump’s executive orders
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Abbott takes victory lap with ‘sudden and swift’ border security
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism
  • Reuters: Trump establishes council to review federal disaster response agency
  • Washington Examiner: Trump takes aim at FEMA in new executive order
  • Wall Street Journal: [CA] California Emergency Workers Are Battling a New and Potentially Deadly Threat: Mudslides
  • New York Times: [CA] Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
• Secret Service
  • ABC News: [FL] Man arrested for online threats to Trump
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Republican Senators Call on Trump to Rethink Revoked Security Details
  • Washington Examiner: Trump CIA director says agency won’t mix ‘politics with intelligence’
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Aides Want to Hit Mexico, Canada With Tariffs Before Talks
  • AP: [Lebanon] 22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
  • Bloomberg: [United Kingdom] Trump, Starmer Talk Trade on First Call Since Inauguration
  • Reuters: [Sweden] Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage
  • Newsweek: [Sweden] NATO Ally Seizes Ship After Latest Baltic Undersea Cable Sabotage
  • New York Times: [Israel] As Thousands Try to Return Home, Fragile Mideast Cease-Fires Are Tested
  • New York Times: [Israel] Israeli Army Raids Home of Freed Hamas Member Amid Tensions Over Hostage Deal
  • NBC News: [Israel] Trump says he wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza and move Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt
  • New York Times: [China] China’s Large and Mysterious Dam Project Is Alarming Neighbors and Experts
  • Washington Examiner: [China] Cotton pitches tariffs on China to make it pay for ‘unleashing’ COVID-19
  • Yahoo! News: [Taiwan] Taiwan identifies 52 ‘suspicious’ Chinese ships for close monitoring
  • Washington Examiner: [North Korea] North Korea announces test of cruise missile system to bring ‘lasting peace and stability’

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