• Top News
  • AP/FOX News/Los Angeles Times: Trump administration hands over nation’s Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
  • Reuters: Trump effort to build food aid recipient database is unlawful privacy violation, lawmakers say
  • The Hill: Senate Democrat presses Noem on migrant DNA collections
  • FOX News/New York Times: Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Inmates Who Aren’t Citizens
  • CNN: TSA expands security checkpoint lanes for families with children and military members
  • AP: 5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement
  • CNN: ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Fury over deportees sent to African nation
  • FOX News: DHS cancels $18.5 million in Biden-era grants designated to fund LGBTQ and DEI programs
  • New York Times: Immigrants File Lawsuit Over ICE Court Arrests
  • Daily Caller: Liberal Groups Aim To Make Immigration Courts Safe Haven For Illegals
  • Bloomberg: Trump Officials Face Lawsuit Over Immigration Court Arrests
  • AP: Homeland Security Officials Defend Immigration Court Arrests After Being Sued
  • Breitbart: ‘A trap’ – Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
  • NewsMax: FBI Arrests 14th Suspect in Texas ICE Facility Ambush
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration tracks down 7,500 unaccompanied children who crossed border
  • Bloomberg Law: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainees Sue Over Access to Counsel
  • Telemundo51: Lawyer alleges that detainees in Alligator Alcatraz do not have access to immigration lawyers
  • AP: Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • NewsMax: Kristi Noem: More ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Centers Coming Soon
  • NewsNation: Which states could get their own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant camps?
  • Miami Herald: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway
  • FOX News: Trump-signed fentanyl law will end ‘cat and mouse’ with traffickers, state attorneys general say
  • CNN: Anti-Israel speech from lawful non-citizens likely protected by First Amendment, federal judge says
  • Bloomberg: Ex-Columbia Student Wins Ruling Blocking Deportation, for Now
  • NBC News: Abused and abandoned immigrant youth sue Trump administration over deportation fears
  • New York Post: JD Vance eviscerates NYT for article on ‘fixing’ immigration written by Biden official
  • Breitbart: White House Shoots Down Salazar’s Amnesty and Migration Bill
  • Washington Post: Nationwide ‘Good Trouble’ anti-Trump protests pay tribute to John Lewis
  • Breitbart: Sinaloa Cartel Supplied Canadian Mobsters, Indian Gangs with Fentanyl, Meths
  • Los Angeles Times: National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom
  • CBS News: Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump’s plan to reopen former prison
  • New York Times: Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit
  • CBS News: U.S. sanctions 6 leaders and affiliates of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Daily Wire: Republicans Just Launched An Open Revolt Against Trump’s Deportation Operation
  • The Hill: I was once an ICE prosecutor. What I see now in immigration courts is disturbing.
  • Washington Post: What the Texas floods prove about fixing FEMA
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Why Trump’s tough approach to asylum and deportation is necessary
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: ‘Worst of the Worst: ‘ ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Rape, Child Sex Crimes
  • Breitbart: Human Smuggling Illegal Alien Gets 10 Years in Prison for Smuggling Thousands of Migrants into U.S.
  • NewsMax: Report: ICE Arrests of ‘Noncriminals’ Rose in June
  • Daily Signal: Anti-ICE Violence Escalates to Doxing, Threatening Officers at Home
  • FOX News: ICE mask debate heats up as doxxing and agent assaults surge
  • FOX News: Photos show ICE agent’s injury during attempted arrest as assaults soar
  • DailySignal: ‘Detention Facilities Have Highest Standards’: ICE Releases Video Aimed at Rebutting Democrats’ Claims
  • FOX News: ICE agents condemn Democrats’ efforts to expose their identities as calls for violence increase
  • AP: In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: the law-enforcement officer in a mask
  • Federalist: Illegal Aliens Helping Fuel Explosive Growth In Transnational Retail Theft Rings
  • The Hill: Immigration whiplash is hurting American businesses during a labor crisis
  • FOX News: [VA] Twice-deported migrant rapist freed as Dems face heat for sanctuary policies
  • NewsNation: [IN] El Salvador man caught by FBI, ICE one year after allegedly causing deadly crash
  • FOX News: [IL] ICE director blasts Chicago mayor over ‘disgusting’ militarization claims as officers face rising violence
  • NBC News: [IL] Immigrant father in the U.S. for 30 years is challenging warrantless ICE arrests
  • New York Post: [TX] Wild way Texas ICE ambush suspect was able to evade cops for a week before capture revealed in court docs
  • New York Post: [OK] ICE agent dragged a block when illegal migrant speeds away in van in Oklahoma City
  • Axios: [UT] Utah County approves ICE data partnership
  • Blaze: [WA] Biden-appointed judge who defended Guantanamo Bay prisoner forces release of transgender Mexican asylum seeker
  • Washington Examiner: [WA] Police arrest suspect connected to attack on journalist during anti-ICE protests
  • NewsMax: [CA] LA County Transfers First Jail Inmates to ICE Since 2020
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Los Angeles jails start handing over inmates to ICE despite mayor’s concerns
  • Breitbart: [CA] Rapists, Child Molesters, Kidnappers, Child Abusers Arrested in ICE Raid on California Marijuana Farm
  • Breitbart: [CA] President Claudia Sheinbaum May Sue ICE over Mexican Farmworker Who Died During Immigration Raid
  • Daily Caller: [CA] ICE Sets The Record Straight On LA Mayor Karen Bass’ ‘Fearmongering’ About Masked Officers
  • Free Beacon: [CA] Karen Bass Claimed ICE Kidnapped a Los Angeles Mother on Her Way to Work. Prosecutors Say It Was a Hoax.
  • NewsNation: [CA] South Los Angeles mother accused of faking immigration ‘kidnapping’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Feds allege L.A. woman faked immigration ‘kidnapping’ for donations
  • FOX News: [CA] Mexican woman in US illegally charged with faking her own ICE ‘kidnapping’
  • Bloomberg Law: [CA] LA Block on ICE Racial Profiling Remains After Pause Denied
  • New York Times: [CA] Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California
  • FOX News: [CA] Fentanyl-trafficking felon among illegal immigrants detained at California Home Depot
  • NewsNation: [CA] Demonstrators, federal agents seen in violent downtown L.A. clash
  • Newsweek: [CA] US Veteran Says He Was Pepper-Sprayed by Immigration Agents
  • AP: [CA] Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
  • Univision: [CA] No one deserves that treatment: Veteran arrested by ICE in raid of Camarillo denounces abuse
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] ICE says claims its officers target churches and hospitals are ‘false’
  • SFGate: [CA] The Wildfires Took Homes—Now ICE Raids Are Taking the Workers Needed To Rebuild
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Anaheim looks at Disney donated housing funds to boost immigrant aid initiative
  • Breitbart: [Cuba] ICE Deports Cuban Interior Ministry Thug Caught Beating Protesters
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • USA Today: Entry to the US is getting more expensive
  • Reuters: Over 11 million refugees may lose aid access due to cuts, says UN agency
  • Washington Post: Here legally since 1999, thousands of immigrants have 60 days to leave
  • Bloomberg Law: Noem’s ‘Racist’ Words Give 9th Cir. Pause on TPS
  • Axios: Community clinics squeezed by immigration checks
  • FOX News: Hiring illegal immigrants could come with stricter penalties under new GOP proposal
  • AP: [NY] Attorneys Sue to Restore Deportation Protections for Abused and Neglected Migrant Children
  • Washington Post: [LA] Louisiana police chiefs accused of visa fraud over false crime reports
  • DailySignal: [OH] Moreno Has Questions on Ohio’s Ignored Illegal Immigrant Story
  • Univision: [NM] A Democratic senator introduces a bill to prevent DACA data from being used to deport Dreamers.
  • The Hill: [NV] Man says US denied entry visa to get his wife’s body after Nevada crash
  • Federalist: [OR] Auditors Downplay Tens Of Thousands Registered To Vote Without Proof Of Citizenship In Oregon
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Border Patrol raids in Sacramento intended to send message: ‘No such thing as a sanctuary state’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News/San Francisco Chronicle/USA Today: Noem teases ‘next big announcement’ that may change airport security rule
  • CBS News: Changes coming to TSA liquid restrictions?
  • The Hill: What to know about Kristi Noem’s plans to ease TSA rules
  • New York Times: With T.S.A.’s Shoes Rule Gone, Can Liquids Really Be Next?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CBS News: The June heat dome broke records. Lawmakers are now trying to classify extreme heat as a disaster
  • CBS News: [TX] Gov. Greg Abbott requests disaster declaration for Fort Worth apartment fire
  • NPR: [TX] FEMA is active in the Texas flood zone, but private relief groups lead the way
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Increases to 116 death toll after floods in Kerr County
  • The Hill: [TX] Data: Kerr County sent first targeted alert two days after deadly flood
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] FEMA’s quick Texas response was ‘the exception’ as backlog grows under Trump
  • The Hill: [TX] Noem takes heat on Texas amid doubts over FEMA flood response
  • CBS News: [TX] Where is the flood relief money going? Tracking millions of dollars in Central Texas flood aid
  • CNN: [TX] Thick mud and huge piles of debris. Why the painstaking search for the missing in the Texas floods may last for months
  • FOX 10 Phoenix: [AZ] Arizona, other states to sue Trump Administration over termination of FEMA infrastructure program funding
  • HS Today: [OR] FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Highland Fire in Oregon
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Trump’s cuts to Weather Service could have ‘fatal consequences,’ California senators warn
  • AOL: [AK] Powerful 7.3 earthquake rocks Alaska — scientists say more are coming
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: You can come here’: Secret Service officer allegedly compromises White House security, mocks Trump to woo stranger
  • Breitbart: [PA] Sen. Rand Paul: A Cascade of Failures — What Butler Exposed About the Secret Service’s Lack of Accountability
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Court briefs: Gun and fraud sentences, child porn charges
• Coast Guard
  • VOZ: Coast Guard seizes more than 240,000 pounds of cocaine, doubling the amount from 2024
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: United Natural Foods loses up to $400M in sales after cyberattack
  • Reuters: [China] US senator seeks details from Defense Department on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • The Hill: US sanctions 6 top leaders of Venezuela gang Tren de Aragua
  • FOX News: [MD] Feds charge 3 more men in Maryland MS-13 racketeering conspiracy involving murder: ‘Reign of terror’
  • AP: [TX] Appeals court orders release of Uvalde school shooting records
  • Univision: [Mexico] Mexico extradites ‘El Meño’ drug trafficker close to ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and wanted by DC court
  • Univision: [Mexico] The controversy in Mexico over Trump’s statements that cartels "have very strong control" over the country
  • The Hill: [Mexico] Mexican president accuses El Chapo’s American lawyer of defamation on cartels
  • Reuters: [Pakistan] US designates Pakistani group’s offshoot as ‘terrorist’ organization over Kashmir attack
• National Security News
  • Reuters: US court seem poised to lift block on Trump curbing union bargaining for federal workers
  • AP: Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries
  • AP: [DC] White House: Trump does not support a special prosecutor in the Epstein case
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Comer expands Biden autopen investigation with more witness interviews
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] Trump discussing drone ‘mega deal’ with Ukraine — as US tech lags behind adversaries: ‘The people of America need this technology’
  • NPR: [Russia] Congress hopes to raise heat on Russia amid souring relations between Trump and Putin
  • CBS News: [Iran] Iran’s president injured during Israeli strikes, U.S. intelligence sources say
  • Reuters: [Yemen] Russian crew member of ship sunk by Houthi militants undergoing treatment in Yemen
  • Breitbart: [China] China Backs Iran Against U.S. and Israel
  • Reuters: [China] China’s spy agency attacks foreign efforts to ‘steal’ rare earths
  • New York Post: [China] China threatens to squash Panama ports deal unless its shipping giant gets an equal stake: report
  • Reuters: [Philippines] Philippines’ Marcos to discuss trade and security during U.S. visit as tariffs loom

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