• Top News
  • AP: US to share biometric data with Chile ‘to track criminals,’ Homeland Security’s Noem says
  • Washington Post/AP/Axios: Democrats sue Trump administration over access to immigration facilities
  • FOX News: Senator says Baltimore ICE facility hides ‘evil persisting in darkness’ after Dems try Newark redux
  • FOX News: DHS mocks Democrats for ‘running to court’ after demanding access to Baltimore ICE facility
  • New York Times: Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities
  • Washington Post: Senate confirms Jan. 6 denier Joseph Kent to head counterterrorism center
  • Axios: Migrant traffic through the Darién Gap falls to near zero
  • ABC News: DHS launches program to counter human trafficking
  • NewsNation: DHS calls attention to trafficking as ‘Blue Campaign’ hits 15 years
  • AP: ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses
  • FOX News: ICE busts several convicted criminals, including child rapist who threatened to kill 11-year-old victim
  • FOX News: Kentucky teen dies protecting mother from illegal immigrant’s violent alleged assault in family apartment
  • NewsNation/Univision: Report: Confirms no hurricane plan for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
  • AP: Judge considers whether ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ challenge was filed in wrong venue
  • NewsMax: Trump DOJ Sets Record 6,200 Prosecutions, 65K Removals
  • Blaze: Trump’s DOJ sets all-time record in prosecutions of illegal aliens — a stunning reversal from Biden’s open-border era
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Trump administration asked San Francisco’s election chief for sensitive voter data
  • FOX News: Trump rips ‘luxury hotels’ for migrants while American citizens are ‘living from hand to mouth’
  • NPR: Christian refugees caught in crosshairs of U.S. immigration policy
  • FOX News: Chilean authorities hand over $125K in watches stolen from Keanu Reeves to the FBI
  • Univision: DHS publishes work by famous painter along with anti-immigrant message, sparking family outrage
  • NewsMax: Family Mulls Legal Action After DHS Uses Kinkade Painting
  • Reuters: Brown University reaches deal to restore federal funding, will pay $50 million
  • Politico: South Sudan took 8 migrants from the US. It wants something in return.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • FOX News: Trump’s border enforcement unleashes new weapon against illegal immigration
  • Houston Chronicle: Why ICE is spying on U.S. citizens’ medical data
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Long before calls to disband ICE, there was a movement to end the INS
  • Chicago Tribune: Deportations a far cry from the ‘worst of the worst’
  • Washington Times: Human trafficking is America’s shame and we must end it
  • FOX News: ‘Never again’ requires vigilance as antisemitism spreads through elite institutions and campuses
  • The Hill: [MA] Harvard’s $500 million surrender to Trump heralds an end to US academic freedoms
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] It’s time to lead with strength and compassion on immigration
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Axios: ICE raids leave abandoned pets and property in their wake
  • FOX News: Migrant sex crime surge in major US city tied to Biden’s open border, Mexico ‘safe haven’: former judge
  • FOX News: Newsom office dismisses crime fears, defends sanctuary policies amid surge in violence: ‘Fake news’
  • Axios: Facing Trump administration scrutiny, Market Basket suspends dozens of workers
  • Univision: [ME] Maine police officer who was detained by ICE despite having authorization to work in the country
  • AP: [ME] Maine police chief says officer arrested by ICE is missed by colleagues and was eligible to work
  • Daily Caller: [MA] Police Arrest Six Women For Burglary. ICE Snatches Three On Bail
  • Axios: [LA] Noncriminal ICE arrests spiked in Louisiana in June
  • AP: [OH] Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by Trump braces to defend them against deportation
  • Newsweek: [OH] ICE Denies Giving Taco Bell Number to Immigration Lawyer
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] A Chicago father becomes the face of a lawsuit against ICE as a judge hears a challenge to warrantless arrests.
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Wife Of Illegal Immigrant In ICE Detention Says His ‘Pride’ Kept Him From Becoming Citizen
  • New York Post: [AZ] Arizona political battle over border rages as local governments choose whether to cooperate with ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] How ICE is using the LAPD to track down immigrants for deportation
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Largest Sanctuary Haven In US Demands ICE Agents Operate Without Masks
  • NewsMax: [CA] Anti-ICE Activists Help Migrant Escape LA Detention Center
  • Univision: [CA] Immigration agents accused of falsifying reports and arresting protesters without evidence in Los Angeles.
  • New York Times: [CA] They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.
  • Telemundo 52: [CA] "Who do I leave my children with?": Husbands of women detained in ICE operation demand their return.
  • Breitbart: [CA] Terrified by Trump raids, LA’s undocument migrants hide at home
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California’s economy is already getting hit by immigration raids
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NewsMax: Tougher Citizenship Test From 1st Trump Admin to Be Restored
  • Daily Caller/NewsMax: Victims Urge Trump Admin To Tackle Migrant Marriage Fraud Once And For All
  • Telemundo: [DC] Trump Administration urges DACA recipients to self-deport
  • New York Times: Trump Donor Pleads Guilty to Bilking People Who Wanted Access and Visas
  • NBC News: Hundreds of meatpacking workers with work permits lose their jobs following Trump immigration crackdown
  • Washington Post: [Argentina] In move to lift Argentina visa restrictions, Trump rewards Milei’s friendship
  • FOX News: [Nigeria] American officials warn Nigerian women against birth tourism: ‘This is not permitted’
  • NewsMax/FOX News: [Ukraine] Trump: Ukrainian Refugees in US Likely Can Stay
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: Trump suspends exemption for low-value imports under $800
  • NewsNation: El Paso Sector Border Patrol migrant encounters high despite US drop
  • Telemundo Amarillo: CBP warns residents to carry their green cards at all times.
  • Breitbart: Border agents continue to confiscate guns being smuggled out of U.S.
  • Daily Caller: [TX] ‘Oh, I’m Very Happy’: Latinos Living Along Southern Border Rave Over Trump’s Crackdown
  • NewsNation: [TX] Fake Lowe’s delivery truck used to smuggle migrants
  • FOX News: [AZ] Border county Republicans say Trump policies improve security while Democrats cite ‘cruelty’
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Bloomberg: Broader Traveler Rights to Skip Face Scans Falter After Pushback
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NBC News: Noem says threat of major tsunami has ‘passed completely’
  • News 4 NY at 4: Pacific Tsunami Warnings Lifted After Russia Earthquake
  • AP: Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake
  • Washington Examiner: What to know about the tsunamis hitting the Pacific region
  • NBC News Daily: Local Officials Express Concern
  • NBC News: Natural disaster victims would get six months of mortgage relief under Senate bill
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Winthrop Harbor rescue-boat plea rejected despite wide support; ‘They will require the resources to do their jobs safely and effectively’
  • AP: [TX] Search for answers after Texas’ deadly floods brings lawmakers to devastated Hill Country
  • CNN: [TX] Local leaders to face Texas lawmakers today as questions linger about deadly July 4 flooding
  • New York Times: [HI] Oprah Opens Maui Road to Help Residents Flee After Tsunami Warning
  • USA Today: [HI] Video shows major gridlock in Hawaii after tsunami warnings: ‘Cars and cars waiting’
• Secret Service
  • FOX News: Agent’s alleged attempt to smuggle wife on Trump’s Scotland trip being probed in latest Secret Service fiasco
  • FOX News: [DC] Trump addresses reports about Secret Service agent who reportedly attempted to smuggle wife aboard cargo plane
• Coast Guard
  • ABC News: How cruise ships have been impacted, re-routed by tsunami warnings
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Captain of tugboat under went alcohol, chemical tests after deadly sailboat crash, Coast Guard says
  • Bloomberg: [LA] Finnish Shipyards Join With Bollinger, Seaspan on US Icebreakers
  • FOX News: [TX] FBI investigates sexual assault allegations on Carnival cruise ship
  • New York Times: [HI] Cruise Ships Sailed to Safety Amid Tsunami Warnings, Leaving Some Passengers Behind
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: Senate committee advances Trump nominee to lead cybersecurity agency that protects election systems
  • Reuters: More than 90 state, local governments targeted using Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, group says
  • The Hill: Top Senate Democrat presses Pentagon over Microsoft use of China-based engineers
  • CyberScoop: CISA is facing a tight CIRCIA deadline. Here’s how Sean Plankey can attempt to meet it
  • CyberScoop: Research shows data breach costs have reached an all-time high
  • Federal News Network: Congress presses DoD to accelerate adoption of phishing-resistant authentication
  • Breitbart: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: We Are ‘Pushing as Hard as We Can on Cybersecurity’
  • Breitbart: Even More Tea Spilled: Women’s Dating Advice App Leaks Private Chats
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: Islamic State and al-Qaida threat is intense in Africa, with growing risks in Syria, UN experts say
  • New York Post: [NY] Epilepsy, depression meds found at home of NYC shooter Shane Tamura: sources
  • New York Post: [NY] Frustrated Midtown execs admit uncertainty of how to keep employees safe after shootings
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: Rand Paul pandemic research bill breezes through Senate homeland security committee
  • Axios: Scoop: U.S. intelligence intervened with DOJ to push HPE-Juniper merger
  • AP: 18 countries apply for EU billions as Europe seeks to provide for its own security without the US
  • FOX News: Patel found thousands of Trump–Russia probe docs inside ‘burn bags’ in secret FBI room
  • CBS News: Senate Democrats seek to force release of Epstein files with rarely used law
  • CNN: Army Secretary withdraws West Point job offer to former Biden official amid pressure from far-right activist
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] Trump bolsters military’s nuclear readiness to deter Russia
  • AP: [Israel] Malta says it will recognize the state of Palestine, joining France and possibly Britain
  • AP: [China] China Promises to Help Companies Slammed by Tariffs, as Talks With the US Left in Limbo
  • AP: [China] Chinese researchers suggest lasers and sabotage to counter Musk’s Starlink satellites

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