• Top News
  • New York Times/CNN: First Deportation Flights Depart From Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • FOX News: Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • Reuters: US rejigs duty status of military personnel assisting in immigration
  • DailySignal/New York Post: 13,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children Located
  • FOX News: ‘Worst of the worst’ snared: ICE nabs illegal immigrants convicted of horrific crimes
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump says he’s deporting the ‘worst of the worst.’ What is really happening?
  • New York Post/NewsNation/Daily Caller: Trump DOJ Unveils Charges For Illegals Accused Of Shooting Border Officer In Moped Ambush
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration Sues New York City Over Sanctuary Policies
  • NewsMax: Mayor Adams: Can’t Roll Back Sanctuary Policies by Decree
  • Breitbart: Adams: Illegal Immigrants Should Get Benefits Because They’re ‘Innocent’
  • Breitbart: Adams: Illegal Immigrants ‘Deserve’ Tax Benefits, They Pay Taxes by Buying Stuff
  • New York Post/AP/Washington Examiner: Trump administration’s lawsuit over Chicago’s sanctuary city policies tossed by federal judge
  • CBS News: Trump "border czar" blasts sanctuary cities as crackdown begins
  • NBC News Daily: Dept. of Homeland Security Listing of Centre County
  • FOX News: New Mexico mayor signs executive order to ‘counteract’ Trump’s immigration enforcement
  • Houston Chronicle: Court cases reopened against mass deportations
  • AP/Reuters: Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision
  • Daily Caller: ‘It’s Important We Send A Message’: Tom Homan Tells Stephen A. Smith Why Trump Admin Can’t Only Deport Criminals
  • Daily Caller: GOP Demands Answers On Migrant Children Rescued At Marijuana Farm
  • New York Times: Bipartisan Pair of House Members to Meet With Sheinbaum in Mexico
  • New York Times: Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador
  • Breitbart: JD Vance: Analysts Were Wrong — Deporting Illegals Has Not Collapsed the American Economy
  • Reuters: US Designates Group Allegedly Tied to Venezuela’s Maduro for Supporting Gangs
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin Returns Education Grants It Accused Of Funding Illegal Immigrants
  • CBS Mornings: Rep. Calvert Introduces the BOWOW Act
  • The Hill: Venezuelan migrant files wrongful detention claim against DHS
  • ABC News: ‘You’re going to see real hell’: Venezuelan men allege physical and psychological abuse at Salvadoran prison
  • ABC News: ‘Am I dreaming?’: Soccer coach who says he was deported over his tattoo celebrates his release from CECOT
  • Reuters: This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything
  • Washington Post: Columbia agreed to a monitor, stoking fears about independence
  • Washington Examiner: Judge who freed Abrego Garcia from jail donated generously to Democrats
  • Washington Post: Fired prosecutor who handled Capitol riot cases sues government
  • DailySignal: The Left’s Selective Morality Leads to Preventable Crime
  • Federalist: The Left Would Rather Embrace Mass Immigration Than Help Struggling Americans
• Opinion – Editorials
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] EPA announcement most promising news yet on local sewage nightmare
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Detroit Free Press: Birthright citizenship, a testament to America’s ideals, cannot be compromised
  • Los Angeles Times: With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE agents capture criminal illegal immigrant accused of stalking government official
  • CNN: Fireworks, flashlights and snipers: Attacks on immigration facilities put law enforcement on edge
  • NPR: Democrats push for immigration enforcement officers to unmask
  • NPR: Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
  • Axios: More immigrants will fight deportations alone as Trump ramps up enforcement
  • Washington Post/Blaze/NBC News: [AL] Children tortured and abused in sex trafficking ring in Alabama, police say
  • Telemundo: [AL] Raid on school construction site leaves 11 undocumented workers detained
  • USA Today: [LA] This rural airport (with a jail on the tarmac) is Trump’s deportation hub
  • Breitbart: [MI] Michigan Law Calls for ICE Officers to Be Jailed for Wearing Masks
  • CNN: [WI] A US war forced her parents to flee. Now, a Wisconsin mother has been deported back to the country she never called home
  • NewsNation: [TX] 5,000-bed migrant detention center planned for Texas’ Fort Bliss
  • NBC 5 Dallas: [TX] Family members claim inhumane conditions inside Dallas ICE field office
  • Univision: [TX] ICE conducts raid to detain construction workers south of San Antonio
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population
  • ABC 15 Phoenix: [AZ] Community, lawmakers question conditions at ICE detention center
  • NewsMax/FOX News: [CA] Medical staff face charges after allegedly interfering with California ICE arrest
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE raid at major pot operation clouds picture for legal cannabis in California
  • Univision: [CA] Ontario police deny involvement in ICE raid; wife of detainee contradicts official account
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Fear of ICE raids is making heat intolerable for Southern California families
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Gloria order seeks to strengthen San Diego’s policies on immigration enforcement
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] This man is a U.S. citizen by birth. Why did ICE mark him for deportation — again?
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Trump Administration Plans Changes to Skilled Worker Visas and Citizenship Tests
  • Breitbart: Older Migrant Criminals, Gang Bangers Gained Legal Status Through Program Meant For Mistreated Youth
  • NewsMax: Trump Admin Tightening Foreign Worker Visa System
  • Blaze.com: Trump administration says Obama’s ‘Dreamers’ have no legal status, can be arrested and deported
  • NewsMax: [CA] DHS: DACA Recipient ‘Self-Deported’ With Wrong Turn
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Seeking the elusive path for immigrants to legally come to U.S.: ‘People are dying in line’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Afghans in California reeling amid Trump administration travel ban, end of deportation protections
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Trump Sets Another Daily Migrant Apprehension Record Low — 88 Arrests on July 20, Down from 112 in June
  • Breitbart: Trump Invites Retired Border Patrol Agent to ‘Answer Call Once More’
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: Rep Riley Moore Proposes Creating Medal For Servicemembers Protecting Border
  • AP: Photos of the US troop deployment at new militarized zones on the border with Mexico
  • NewsNation: CBP expands blimp surveillance to combat drone threat
  • Daily Caller: [NY] ‘Death To America’ Radical Complains She Got Detained By Customs After Iran Trip
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] 5 pounds of cherries infested with fly maggots, pupae intercepted at Detroit Metro Airport
  • AP: [AZ] A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
  • ABC News: [CA] Father of 3 Marines who was forcibly detained by immigration agents at landscaping job speaks out
  • CBS News: [Mexico] U.S., Mexico agree on steps to solve decades-old Tijuana River sewage crisis
  • FOX News: [Mexico] US-Mexico Tijuana River sewage crisis deal is ‘massive’ win for Americans, EPA says
  • Breitbart: [Brazil] U.S. Embassy in Brazil Tells Illegals: ‘Even E.T. Knew When to Go Home’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: [FL] TSA confiscates turtle pair from Florida woman’s bra
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Bloomberg Law: Trump Sued Over FEMA’s Shelter Funds for DHS Released Migrants
  • The Hill: FEMA denying some funding after floods
  • The Hill: Trump targets disaster mitigation funds, raising risks in future crises
  • CNN News Central: FEMA Memos Warn of Risks in $1B Cuts in Disaster, Security Grants
  • ABC News: NISAR satellite could help scientists predict natural disasters before they happen
  • The Hill: [MD] Wes Moore says Trump denied Maryland disaster assistance after floods
  • NewsMax: [MD] Maryland Gov. Moore Alleges Trump Admin. Denied Flood Assistance
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] FEMA under fire for 24-hour delay in sending search and rescue teams to deadly Texas floods
  • HS Today: [TX] FEMA Director Defends Texas Flood Response as ‘Model’ for Disasters
  • Univision: [TX] Man found ten dead bodies on his property after Texas floods
  • HS Today: [WA] FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Burdoin Fire in Washington
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] They are still discovering bodies in Altadena 6 months after fire. Are there other victims?
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post: U.S., Qatar days away from final agreement on Air Force One gift
  • Blaze: [FL] Suspected would-be presidential assassin Ryan Routh will represent himself at federal trial
  • NBC News Daily: [FL] Man Accused of Trying to Assassinate President in Florida Wins Request to Represent Himself in Court
• Coast Guard
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard volunteers rescue 11-year-old boy from capsized boat in San Diego Bay
  • Yahoo! News: [AK] 35-Year-Old Woman Dies After Accident That Left Kayak Overturned and Boat Capsized
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Grieving parents of American terror victim plead with top criminal prosecutor for justice
  • Reuters: [NY] Social media companies not liable for 2022 Buffalo mass shooting, New York court rules
  • Daily Caller: [NM] ‘Suspect At Large’ In Fatal Shooting At University Of New Mexico, 1 Person Dead
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Trump Administration Abruptly Cancels South Korea Trade Talks
  • FedScoop: Starlink outage impacted Starshield, its defense communications service
  • USA Today: After accusing Obama of treason, Trump now says the former president ‘owes me big’
  • Bloomberg: Russian Spy Case Reveals Covert Efforts at NATO’s Border
  • Washington Times: [DC] Security officials aim to thwart drone attacks at U.S. events
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Karen Bass Raked In Cash From Chinese Intel-Tied Bankers Before Hiring Them
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
  • FOX News: [Iran] Europeans meet with Iranian officials face-to-face for first time since Israel, US bombings as sanctions loom
  • Federalist: [China] China Is Increasingly Holding U.S. Citizens Hostage Indefinitely
  • CyberScoop: [North Korea] US offers $15 million reward for info on North Korean nationals involved in global criminal network

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