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The Washington Post [6/2/2025 1:29 AM, Praveena Somasundaram, Warren P. Strobel, Michelle Boorstein and Niha Masih, 32099K] reports a man threw an incendiary device at an event organized by a Jewish group at a Colorado pedestrian mall to call for the release of hostages in Gaza, authorities said Sunday. At least eight people were hurt before a suspect was arrested in what officials called a targeted attack. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of El Paso County, Colorado, threw molotov cocktails and yelled “Free Palestine” before he was taken into custody, police said, citing witness accounts of the attack. Two victims were airlifted for treatment at a burn unit, officials said. “It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence,” said Mark Michalek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s office in Denver. The attack happened during a peaceful weekly event organized by a Jewish group in downtown Boulder, Michalek said, adding that the FBI was investigating it as an act of terrorism. It took place on the eve of Shavuot, a two-day holiday that celebrates God giving the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. Around 1:30 p.m., Boulder police received phone calls that there was a man near the Pearl Street Mall with a weapon and that “people were being set on fire,” Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearnsaid at a news conference Sunday. Witnesses told authorities that a man had used a makeshift flamethrower and tossed an incendiary device into the crowd, Michalek said. The victims — four men and four women — are 52 to 88 years old. Their conditions and the nature of their injuries were not immediately known. The latest attack happened soon after a young couple working for the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21 by a man who chanted “free, free Palestine” after the shooting. Police arrested 31-year-old Chicago man Elias Rodriguez, charging him with two counts of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials and two firearms counts. CBS News [6/1/2025 6:14 PM, Christa Swanson, Pat Milton and Andrew Haubner, 51860K] that the suspect was identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Michalek said Sunday evening. Soliman was allegedly heard yelling "free Palestine" during the attack, according to Michalek, who said that it was "clear this is a targeted act of violence" and it is being investigated as an act of terrorism. Soliman is an Egyptian national, government officials confirmed to CBS Colorado. He arrived in California in 2022 on a non-immigrant visa, multiple sources told CBS News. That original visa expired in Feb. 2023, the sources said. Soliman had recently been living in Colorado Springs. The FBI said later Sunday night it was "conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity related to the attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder" in El Paso County, Colorado, where Colorado Springs is located. A walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza was taking place in Boulder’s downtown at the time of the attack. Two sources said witnesses told investigators the suspect also allegedly yelled "End Zionist!" during the attack. The victims of the attack included four women and four men ranging in age from 52 to 88, police said. One was seriously injured, with Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn saying it would be "safe to say" that person was in critical condition. Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, the Chabad director at the University of Colorado Boulder, told CBS Colorado the 88-year-old victim is a Holocaust refugee who fled Europe, calling her a "very loving person." Another victim is a professor at CU, Wilhelm said. The people who were injured were outside the historic Boulder County Courthouse at 13th Street and Pearl Street. A burn scar could be seen in the space in front of the building. Witnesses said they saw people writhing on the ground and people running with water to try to help immediately afterward. [Editorial note: consult video at source link] CNN [6/1/2025 8:53 PM, Staff, 875K] Video: HERE reports that the man threw bottles that apparently contained flammable liquid that hit the ground and exploded in flames, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told CNN, noting the exact number of bottles was unclear. At least two individuals have been taken to the hospital, according to those officials. While the suspect has not been identified by police, federal charges are expected in the case, a source familiar with the investigation tells CNN. FBI agents and federal prosectors are currently reviewing the circumstances of the incident to determine whether the individual will be charged with terrorism or under other possible federal criminal statutes, the source said. The source stressed potential mental health concerns have not yet been ruled out, which could factor into any charging decision. FBI leadership was quick to label the incident as terrorism. However, local law enforcement officials said earlier at a news conference that the motive remained under investigation. FBI director Kash Patel said in a social media post that "we are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino added: "We are investigating this incident as an act of terror, and targeted violence.” The reported attack took place at the Boulder Run for Their Lives event, the Anti-Defamation League said on social media. The weekly gathering of Jewish community members is meant to support the hostages taken during the October 7 attacks in Israel in 2023. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is "closely monitoring the situation," he said in a statement Sunday. "Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable. While details emerge, the state works with local and federal law enforcement to support this investigation. More information will be provided as it becomes available," Polis added.

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FOX News [6/2/2025 1:14 AM, Landon Mion, Alexandra Koch, 46878K] reports U.S. lawmakers, Trump administration officials and Jewish groups were among those who condemned the terror attack that left eight people injured in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, calling it a "monstrous attack" and an "act of vile antisemitism.” Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested at the scene, after he allegedly set victims on fire as they peacefully rallied on behalf of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. Soliman was heard yelling "Free Palestine" and other criticisms of Israel during the attack. Soliman, an Egyptian national, entered the U.S. in 2022 with authorization but has since overstayed his visa, according to authorities. Local and federal law enforcement continue to investigate the attack. "My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have been injured by this heinous and targeted act on the Jewish community," Colorado Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, who is Jewish, said in a statement. "Boulder is strong. We have overcome tragedies together and will get through this together as a community.” "As the Jewish community reels from the recent antisemitic murders in Washington, D.C., it is unfathomable that the community is facing another antisemitic attack here in Boulder on the eve of the holiday of Shavuot," he continued. "Several individuals were brutally attacked while peacefully drawing attention to the plight of hostages who have been held by Hamas terrorists for 604 days. Hate is unacceptable in our Colorado for all, and I condemn this act of terror. The suspect should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” The governor said he is working closely with local and federal law enforcement following Sunday’s attack. Colorado Democrat Attorney General Phil Weiser, who is also Jewish, said the attack appears to have been motivated by hate. Colorado’s Democrat Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper both slammed the attack as a display of hate against the Jewish community. "My thoughts are with the victims of the horrifying terror attack that occurred this afternoon in Boulder," Bennet said. "Hate and violence of any kind will not be tolerated in Colorado.” "Hate of any kind has no home in Colorado," Hickenlooper wrote. "We’re monitoring the reports of a horrific terror attack in Boulder this afternoon. Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who is Jewish, described the attack as a "vile, antisemitic act of terror" and stressed that antisemitism "has no place in America.” "We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado," FBI director Kash Patel said. "Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.” "DHS is monitoring the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. "We are working with our interagency partners, including the FBI, and will share more information as soon as it becomes available. We are praying for the victims and their families. This violence must stop." [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [6/1/2025 11:27 PM, Louis Casiano, Bill Melugin, 46878K] reports the suspect accused in a "targeted terror attack" in Boulder, Colorado, where a pro-Israel group was advocating for Hamas to release the Israeli hostages, was in the United States illegally, Fox News has learned. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested and taken to the hospital with minor injuries after his alleged attack on the "Run for Their Lives" group that was gathering on Pearl Street, police said Sunday night. The group is a grassroots organization that facilitates global run and walk events calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. This particular chapter of the group meets on a weekly basis, police said. Soliman is an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa after entering the U.S. during the Biden administration, three Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sources told Fox News. Soliman first arrived in the U.S. after landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2022, with a non-immigrant visa. He was authorized to stay through Feb. 2, 2023, but never left. On Sept. 9, 2022, he filed a claim with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. On March 29, 2023, Soliman was granted work authorization, which was valid through March of this year. "A terror attack was committed in Boulder, Colorado by an illegal alien," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wrote on X. "He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden Administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa. In response, the Biden Administration gave him a work permit. Suicidal migration must be fully reversed.” Soliman was allegedly yelling "Free Palestine" during the attack, which was near the county courthouse on Pearl Street. Police responded to the area after receiving reports of a man with weapon setting people on fire. The FBI said eight people, ages 52 to 88, were injured and taken to the hospital. One of those victims is considered to be in critical condition. FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said the attack is being investigated as an act of "ideologically motivated violence," based on early information, evidence and witness accounts. Soliman was booked into the Boulder County Jail on Sunday evening. The specific charges he is facing were not immediately available. [Editorial note: consult video at source link] Breitbart [6/1/2025 10:48 PM, Elizabeth Weibel, 3077K] reports witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. The suspect was heard to yell, ‘Free Palestine’ during the attack. The subject has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, and he’s 45-years-old.” "As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism," Michalek continued. "Sadly, attacks like this are becoming too common across the country, this is an example of how perpetrators of violence continue to threaten communities across our nation.” The identification of Soliman as the suspect behind the attack in Boulder comes hours after reports came out that multiple people had been injured and burned by an attacker with Molotov cocktails while they were taking part in a pro-Israel walk to support hostages held by Hamas.

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Daily Signal [6/1/2025 7:02 PM, Tyler O’Neil, 558K] reports the FBI is investigating an attack in Boulder, Colorado, Sunday after a suspect reportedly threw at least one incendiary device at a crowd of people who expressed solidarity with the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. An FBI spokesman, speaking at a press conference at 6:40 p.m. Mountain Time, confirmed that six victims, ages 67 to 88, had been transported to local hospitals. The attack took place around 1:26 p.m. Mountain. Police apprehended the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, after the attack. An FBI spokesman confirmed eyewitness reports that Soliman used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an "incendiary device" into a crowd. He also said the suspect yelled, "Free Palestine" during the attack. "We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado," FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X. "Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.” Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn confirmed that an assailant appeared to set people on fire at around 1:26 p.m. mountain time. He declined to identify it as a terror attack, however. "We are not calling it a terror attack at this point, it’s way too early to speculate motive," he told reporters in a news conference. Boulder dispatch received calls to the effect that "there was a man with a weapon and people were being set on fire," the chief said. "There was a group of pro-Israel people that were there in a peaceful demonstration" on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder, he said. "We encountered multiple victims that were injured with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries.” The officers arrested a suspect on scene "without incident," Redfearn added. Eyewitnesses speaking to CBS News described the incendiary device as a "Molotov cocktail," a makeshift bomb. Run For Their Lives, the group that organized the pro-Israel walk, has distinguished the walk from a protest. "This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release," the group said, CBS News reported. The group met at 1 p.m. at Pearl Street and 8th Street to walk the length of the outdoor Pearl Street Mall and back. "I am closely monitoring the situation in Boulder, and my thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror," Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo., posted on X. "Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable.” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that her office is working with the FBI and local law enforcement to investigate that attack. Fox News’ Bill Melugin said three sources at the Department of Homeland Security told him Soliman is an Egyptian national in the U.S. illegally. Soliman arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2022, on a B1/B2 nonimmigrant visa with an authorized stay through Feb. 26, 2023, but he overstayed, Melugin said the sources told him. Also according to Melugin’s sources, the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under President Joe Biden gave Soliman a work authorization that expired on March 28, 2025.

AP [6/2/2025 12:04 AM, Colleen Slevin and Olga R. Rodriguez, 4120K] reports six people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who police say used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into a crowd. The FBI immediately described Sunday’s violence as a “targeted terror attack.” The suspect, identified by the FBI as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack on the group of demonstrators, said Mark Michalek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Denver field office. Soliman was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment, but authorities didn’t elaborate on his injuries. Authorities said the attacker targeted demonstrators with a volunteer group called Run for Their Lives, which organizes run and walk events to call for the immediate release of the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza since they were captured by militants during the incursion into southern Israel that started the Israel-Hamas war in 2023. The group had gathered at the Pearl Street pedestrian mall, a four-block area in downtown Boulder frequented by tourists and students. The Israel-Hamas war has inflamed global tensions and contributed to a spike in antisemitic violence in the United States. A week earlier, two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot to death in Washington by a man who yelled “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza” as he was being led away by police. Police in Boulder evacuated multiple blocks of the pedestrian mall. The scene shortly after the attack was tense, as law enforcement agents with a police dog walked through the streets looking for threats and instructed the public to stay clear. The violence occurred four years after 10 people were killed a shooting rampage at a grocery store in Boulder, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Denver. The gunman was sentenced to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. The people hospitalized for injuries in the Pearl Street attack range in age from 67 to 88. Photos from the scene showed a woman lying on the ground in the fetal position with her hair soaked, and a man helping her and getting water from someone with a water jug. The injuries authorities found were consistent with reports of people being set on fire, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said, adding that injuries ranged from serious to minor. Redfearn told reporters Sunday evening that it was too early to discuss a motive but that witnesses were being interviewed. “It would be irresponsible for me to speculate on motive this early on,” he said.

Breitbart [6/1/2025 8:37 PM, Elizabeth Weibel, 3077K] reports Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon responded to reports of an attack at Park Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, which left several pro-Israel people injured, and he noted that the attack is "terrorism.” "Terrorism against Jews does not stop at the Gaza border — it is already burning the streets of America," Danon said in a post on X. "Today, in Boulder, Colorado, Jewish people marched with a moral and humane demand: to return the hostages. In response, the Jewish protesters were brutally attacked, with an attacker throwing a Molotov cocktails at them.” Danon continued: "Make no mistake — this is not a political protest, this is terrorism. The time for statements is over. It is time for concrete action to be taken against the instigators wherever they may be.” Danon’s post came after several reports that multiple people had been injured and burned after a suspect reportedly used Molotov cocktails to attack people taking part in a pro-Israel walk to support hostages held by Hamas. Witnesses at the scene told CBS Colorado that the suspect attacked people with Molotov cocktails who were participating in a walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. One witness stated that he "saw a fire and then saw a cloud of smoke" and added that there had been a woman "burning on the ground" along with two other people who had been "impacted by burns on their legs," KDVR reported: A man who was on Pearl Street at the time of the attack said he saw a fire and then saw a cloud of smoke. He said that when they got to the scene, there was a woman "burning on the ground" and two other people impacted by burns on their legs. He said the incident occurred during "some kind of religious protest.” FBI Director Kash Patel responded to the news of the attack and stated that the agency is "aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado.” "We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado," Patel wrote in a post on X. "Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) also responded to the news of the attack, stating that he is "monitoring the situation." Polis noted that "hate-filled acts of any kind" are unacceptable. "I am closely monitoring the situation in Boulder, and my thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror," Polis wrote in a post on X. "Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable. While details emerge, the state works with local and federal law enforcement to support this investigation. More information will be provided as it becomes available.” Videos on social media show the alleged suspect shouting "end Zionists" and "Palestine is Free.”

Breitbart [6/2/2025 2:00 AM, Jeff Poor, 3077K] reports that, during this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s "Sunday Morning Futures," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was defiant in response to detractors of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, who claim deportations were hurting the U.S. economy. Noem told host Maria Bartiromo that President Donald Trump’s deportation pledge was part of his 2024 presidential campaign and "what the American people elected him to do.” "Secretary, I want to get your take on how you’re doing and what the priorities are, because you have got globalists out there who are saying, ‘Oh, they’re going to arrest people who have jobs and that’s going to impact the jobs market, and then we’re not going to have the people to do the jobs we need," host Maria Bartiromo said. "What do you want to say to those people who are critical of the president’s agenda when it comes to immigration?". Noem replied, "Yes, the president is doing exactly what he campaigned on and what the American people elected him to do, and that’s enforce the law. And so we are going to do mass deportations. We are focusing on dangerous criminals. We are going out there and ensuring that people that repeatedly break our laws are being held accountable. And I would say and remind everybody that Congress directs what our laws are. They can change our programs. They can raise visa programs and guest-worker programs. They can make it easier for us. We have suggestions. And I am using all the authority that I have to meet our workforce needs.” "But, also, we need to make sure that our communities are safer again," she continued. "And those that think we can ignore these sanctuary cities and ignore laws so that we can keep somebody in a job is absolutely ridiculous. That’s not what America is about. We have a workforce and a generation of people here in the United States that have been cheated out of jobs because of the illegal immigrants that have come into this country and then taken advantage of housing programs and food programs and have had taxpayers pay their expenses. And it’s not right. It’s not fair. And it’s time Americans come first, our citizens come first, and that our economy thrives because we are making sure that opportunities abound for those who live in this country.”

NewsMax [6/1/2025 6:27 PM, Jim Thomas, 4622K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the agency’s use of a controversial list labeling cities as "sanctuary" jurisdictions after pushback from sheriffs led the Department of Homeland Security to remove it from its website, Reuters reported. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken down a list naming states, cities, and counties it alleged were "sanctuary" jurisdictions — areas said to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities — after the National Sheriffs’ Association raised concerns that the list damaged trust with law enforcement. The list, first published Thursday, was created following an executive order from President Donald Trump directing the agency to identify jurisdictions that do not fully comply with federal immigration enforcement. Critics, including top law enforcement officials, said the effort lacked transparency and could harm cooperation with local agencies. "A list of alleged noncompliant sheriffs in a manner that lacks transparency and accountability" was how Sheriff Kieran Donahue, president of the National Sheriffs’ Association, described it. In a Saturday statement, Donahue said DHS did not consult sheriffs before releasing the list and that the effort "violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement.” By Sunday, the DHS webpage featuring the list was no longer accessible. The list’s sudden removal became a point of discussion on Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures," where host Maria Bartiromo pressed Noem on its disappearance. "I saw that there was a list produced," Bartiromo said. "Now, the list I don’t see anymore in the media. Do you have a list of the sanctuary cities that are actually hiding illegals right now?". Noem did not confirm the list had been taken down but maintained that some jurisdictions still met the criteria. "Some of the cities have pushed back," Noem said. "They think because they don’t have one law or another on the books that they don’t qualify, but they do qualify. They are giving sanctuary to criminals.” Officials in several named jurisdictions — including cities in Southern California, Colorado, and Massachusetts — have rejected the label, saying they do not have sanctuary policies and that the DHS list was politically driven. San Diego City Attorney Heather Ferbert said her city, which appeared on the DHS list, had not adopted any sanctuary law. "We suspect this is going to be used as additional threats and fear tactics to threaten federal funding that the city relies on," Ferbert told local media. Despite the pushback, Noem said the department intends to continue using the sanctuary designation. "They are giving sanctuary to criminals," she repeated, aligning with Trump’s firm stance on immigration enforcement.

Reuters [6/1/2025 9:00 PM, Ted Hesson, 51390K] reports the U.S. Department of Homeland Security removed a list of "sanctuary" states, cities and counties from its website following sharp criticism from a sheriffs’ association that said a list of "non-compliant" sheriffs could severely damage the relationship between the Trump administration and law enforcement. DHS on Thursday published a list of what it called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that allegedly limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The list prompted a response from the National Sheriffs’ Association, which represents more than 3,000 elected sheriffs across the U.S. and generally supports federal immigration enforcement. Sheriff Kieran Donahue, president of the association, said in a statement, on Saturday that DHS published "a list of alleged noncompliant sheriffs in a manner that lacks transparency and accountability." Donahue said the list was created without input from sheriffs and "violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement.” President Donald Trump had called for his administration to tally alleged sanctuary jurisdictions in a late April executive order, saying the lack of cooperation amounted to "a lawless insurrection.” The DHS website listing the jurisdictions was offline, on Sunday, an issue that Fox News host Maria Bartiromo raised with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on "Sunday Morning Futures.” "I saw that there was a list produced," Bartiromo said. "Now, the list I don’t see anymore in the media. Do you have a list of the sanctuary cities that are actually hiding illegals right now?". Noem did not acknowledge the list being taken offline but said some localities had bristled. "Some of the cities have pushed back," Noem said. "They think because they don’t have one law or another on the books that they don’t qualify, but they do qualify. They are giving sanctuary to criminals.” Noem, who shares Trump’s hardline immigration views, said the department would continue to use the sanctuary tally. DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Sunday on "Fox & Friends" that the agency hit 1,600 arrests several times last week, the highest levels since Trump took office. "ICE can do more," he said. "We will do more.” The AP [6/1/2025 6:41 PM, Staff, 3987K] reports that the list was part of the Trump administration’s efforts to target communities, states and jurisdictions that it says aren’t doing enough to help its immigration enforcement agenda and the promises the president made to deport more than 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal authorization. The list is being constantly reviewed and can be changed at any time and will be updated regularly, a DHS senior official said. “Designation of a sanctuary jurisdiction is based on the evaluation of numerous factors, including self-identification as a Sanctuary Jurisdiction, noncompliance with Federal law enforcement in enforcing immigration laws, restrictions on information sharing, and legal protections for illegal aliens,” the official said in a statement.

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Washington Examiner [6/1/2025 5:05 PM, Asher Notheis, 1934K] reports Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem argued that the Trump administration’s feud with Harvard University is meant to be a "warning to all universities," specifically over the Ivy League school pushing "Chinese Communist Party priorities." Noem condemned Harvard’s handling of its foreign students, stating that the school has allowed its students to attend "paramilitary activities" and providing information to China. She also noted how Harvard has "taken away opportunities" from students in the United States while allowing "antisemitism" as well as "communist and Marxist ideologies" to take place on campus. "Harvard has talked a game to where now they say they want to comply with the requirements of our foreign student programs, they absolutely have not," Noem stated on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. "They have not followed the rules of the program, the vetting processes of these students, giving us the information on their criminal background checks, what they may have done to break the law in their country or here or promote violence on campus, and they won’t comply. Therefore, they will not get to participate." This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.

Washington Post [6/1/2025 2:38 PM, Cate Cadell and Sammy Westfall, 32099K] reports a State Department pledge to revoke a record number of Chinese student visas has jolted U.S. higher education, reigniting debate over whether the country can remain a top international academic destination as the Trump administration’s hardening national security stance — and “America First” doctrine — grow increasingly at odds with the 277,000 Chinese students on U.S. campuses. Late Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a brief statement saying that the United States will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.” It will also “revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications” for people from China and Hong Kong. The State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to see the action through, Rubio said. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Thursday said the United States “will not tolerate the [Chinese Communist Party’s] exploitation of U.S. universities or theft of U.S. research intellectual property or technologies to grow its military power, conduct intelligence collection or repress voices of opposition.” Asked how exactly the revocations might work in practice, she said, “we don’t give details about what our methods are regarding visas.” The visa policy also comes as the State Department steps up enforcement against protesters on college campuses, with Rubio saying some 300 visas, including some student and visitor visas, have been revoked. The administration has targeted Harvard University in particular, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem on May 22 ordering her department to cut off the university’s ability to admit international students. Noem blamed Harvard for allegedly allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist” foreigners and working with the Chinese Communist Party by hosting and training members of its paramilitary group. Harvard has responded by mounting a legal challenge to the ban on international students, prompting a Massachusetts judge to temporarily block the Trump administration’s move. International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard’s student body — the largest share of whom are Chinese.

NBCNews.com [6/1/2025 8:13 AM, Kimmy Yam, 44540K] reports lawsuits, next-day countersuits, backtracking and mass confusion. International students find themselves at the center of a dizzying legal landscape as the Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration. Just Wednesday, a judge granted Harvard an extension on an injunction that blocked the administration’s attempt last week to stop the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign-born students. An estimated 4,700 or more foreign-born students have been impacted since the Trump administration began revoking visas and terminating legal statuses in March. A few have also been detained in high-profile cases. In just the past two weeks, students across the country were granted a nationwide injunction against the administration. Some scholars have been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well. Meanwhile the State Department announced that it is "aggressively" targeting an additional group of Chinese scholars out of national security concerns. But in spite of its legal losses, the federal government has doubled down on its efforts to target international students. On Tuesday, the Trump administration stopped scheduling new student visa interviews for those looking to study in the U.S., according to an internal cable seen by NBC News. Meanwhile, the State Department is preparing to expand its social media screening of applicants, the cable said. The next day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the government would be looking to revoke the visas of Chinese students "with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.” It’s still unclear what "critical fields" the administration will be looking into and what types of connections to the CCP are under scrutiny. The State Department referred NBC News to comments by spokesperson Tammy Bruce during a news briefing Thursday in which Bruce said the department does not discuss the details of its visa process due to privacy concerns. For months, there was mass confusion among schools and international students about the criteria the government used to abruptly terminate visas and statuses, with little to no notice to students. But in late April, the Department of Homeland Security revealed at a hearing that it used the National Crime Information Center, an FBI-run computerized index that includes criminal history information. Last week, a judge issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from terminating the legal statuses of international students at universities across the U.S. It’s the first to provide relief to students nationwide. Though the recent nationwide injunction provides some relief, students can still be vulnerable to visa revocation. Legal experts say the temporary restraining order blocks the government from arresting or detaining students or terminating their legal statuses. But it’s possible that visas can still be revoked. And many expect the Trump administration to hit back.

New York Times [6/1/2025 8:45 AM, Adam Goldman, 138952K] reports before being confirmed as the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel made clear his intent to remake it in his own image, reflecting a larger desire by the White House to bend the agency to its will. “The F.B.I. has become so thoroughly compromised that it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic measures are taken,” he wrote in his book “Government Gangsters,” asserting that the top ranks of the bureau should be eliminated. Behind the scenes, his vision of an F.B.I. under President Trump is quietly taking shape. Agents have been forced out. Others have been demoted or put on leave with no explanation. And in an effort to hunt down the sources of news leaks, Mr. Patel is forcing employees to take polygraph tests. Taken together, the moves are causing worrisome upheaval at the F.B.I., eliciting fear and uncertainty as Mr. Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, quickly restock senior ranks with agents and turn the agency’s attention to immigration. Their persistent claims that the bureau was politicized under previous directors, in addition to their swift actions against colleagues, have left employees to wonder whether they, too, will be ousted, either because they worked on an investigation vilified by Trump supporters or had ties to the previous administration. The actions have obliterated decades of experience in national security and criminal matters at the F.B.I. and raised questions about whether the agents taking over such critical posts have the institutional knowledge to pursue cornerstones of its work. “The director and I will have most of our incoming reform teams in place by next week,” Mr. Bongino wrote on social media last week. “The hiring process can take a little bit of time, but we are approaching that finish line. This will help us both in doubling down on our reform agenda.” He added that the agency would revisit past investigations, like the 2022 leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion, cocaine found two years ago at the White House and the pipe bombs found near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Two of the cases were not the F.B.I.’s to start — the Secret Service investigated the cocaine and the Supreme Court marshal the leak of the draft opinion.) “The director and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest,” Mr. Bongino said, oddly referring to the pipe bombs as a potential act of public corruption rather than domestic terrorism. In his previous role as a podcast host, he insisted, without offering evidence, that the pipe bombs were “an inside job” and that “the F.B.I. knows who this person is.” The F.B.I. typically does not talk about investigations, and Mr. Bongino’s statement did little to dispel perceptions that he and Mr. Patel are eager to rehash years-old right-wing grievances by revisiting episodes that have angered conservatives aligned with the president. Their actions have fueled the same criticism they leveled at the bureau under the Biden administration: that the F.B.I. is becoming weaponized.

New York Post [6/1/2025 2:36 PM, George Fishman, 49956K] reports that, on Friday, the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to suspend a program that provided "parole" to 500,000 aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Democrats are crying foul, saying Trump isn’t following the law. But it was President Biden who broke the law when he allowed these migrants here in the first place. While the Supreme Court’s reprieve doesn’t assure that the Court will ultimately rule in the administration’s favor, it is good news for now. For these parole programs were some of the most egregious misdeeds of Alejandro Mayorkas, President Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security. This program ushered into the United States on a red carpet over half a million aliens who, under our nation’s immigration laws, were flatly inadmissible. In fact, the House of Representatives impeached Secretary Mayorkas for high crimes and misdemeanors in part because of these very programs: proclaiming that "Mayorkas willfully exceeded his parole authority" by "creat[ing], re-open[ing], or expand[ing] a series of categorical parole programs … which enabled hundreds of thousands of inadmissible aliens to enter the United States in violation of the laws enacted by Congress.” When Congress granted the President the parole power in 1952, it was strictly for, as the House Judiciary Committee made clear, ONLY "emergency cases," such as "an alien who requires immediate medical attention" or an inadmissible alien who needs to be here as "a witness or for purposes of prosecution.” In 1996, Congress reacted to decades of abuses by administrations of both parties by tightening the language of the parole power in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Among other changes, IIRIRA required that parole only be granted "on a case-by-case basis.” The 9th Circuit, yes even the activist West Coast 9th Circuit, concluded that "[i]n enacting IIRIRA," Congress had "expressed concern" that the Executive Branch "had been using parole ‘to circumvent Congressionally-established immigration policy’" and responded "by narrowing the circumstances in which aliens could qualify" for parole. The 5th Circuit concluded that DHS "cannot … parole aliens en masse; that was the whole point of the ‘case-by-case’ requirement that Congress added in IIRIRA.” Here’s the irony. While Biden ignored the "case by case basis" requirement, and provided a mass parole, the lower-court judge who ruled against Trump, said that since parole can only be granted on a case-by-case basis, it likewise can only be terminated on a case-by-case basis."

Washington Post [6/1/2025 8:00 AM, Staff, 32099K] reports America never seems to get Somalia right. For decades, U.S. relations with the impoverished, strategically located country on the Horn of Africa have followed a pattern: cycles of robust intervention followed by neglect. During times of neglect, violence and terrorism take root and threaten the stability of the entire region. And the United States is forced to return. Once again, America is moving toward neglect of Somalia, and it could prove dangerous for both the region and U.S. interests. The Trump administration is in the midst of overhauling U.S. policy in Africa, slashing foreign aid and scaling back military training for the local forces fighting terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. The idea is to shrink the U.S. footprint while supporting African militaries with more intelligence assets and technological capabilities. “We are leaning into empowerment over dependency,” said Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander of Africom, the U.S. Africa Command. Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan for the military budget, money would be shifted to President Donald Trump’s priorities, including operations at the southern U.S. border and nuclear modernization. Africom, which directs several thousand American troops across the continent, is not a significant priority in the plan. To be sure, some realignment on the continent is needed. Withdrawing from Somalia now is dangerous because the al-Shabab militant group is on the offensive.

FOX News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo [6/1/2025 12:13 PM, Staff, 4933K] reports DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s new daily arrest goal for ICE and provide an update on the legal battle over Trump’s ban on foreign students attending Harvard.

FOX News Sunday [6/1/2025 12:13 PM, Staff, 4933K] reports Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., weighs in on the backlash against Harvard, the Trump administration’s moves against the university as well as the U.S. seeking to revoke visas for Chinese students.

FOX News Sunday [6/1/2025 12:13 PM, Staff, 4933K] reports Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the legal uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump’s tariffs as countries continue to negotiate.

FOX News Sunday [6/1/2025 12:13 PM, Staff, 4933K] reports Sen. David McCormick, R-Pa., discusses the Russia-Ukraine war, President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and the Gaza humanitarian crisis on ‘Fox News Sunday.’

ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos [6/1/2025 11:18 AM, Staff] reports President Donald Trump’s top negotiator working on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine predicted Trump would have a "successful" phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying he believed the conversation "will go a long way towards identifying where we are and how we complete this negotiation." "I believe that the president is going to have a successful call with Vladimir Putin," U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday on "This Week." "They know each other. The president is determined to get something done here ... if he can’t do it, then nobody can.

CNN [6/2/2025 5:00 AM, Priscilla Alvarez, 21433K] reports migrants are being detained by immigration agents in courthouse hallways nationwide, sometimes moments after pleading their cases, raising alarm among attorneys and advocates who say the practice is turning immigration courts from places of due process into zones of fear. It’s the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to accelerate the pace of immigration arrests and target migrants, including some who have been in the country for less than two years. The courthouse arrests have stunned immigration attorneys, advocates and lawmakers who argue it punishes people who are following the rules. The Department of Homeland Security recently rescinded long-held guidance that had limited immigration enforcement in or near courthouses. Trump officials have argued the guidance hampered the ability of immigration enforcement officers to apprehend dangerous individuals, deferring to agents’ "common sense" when making arrests near what have been known as "sensitive locations.” "The ability of law enforcement to make arrests of criminal illegal aliens in courthouses is common sense," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a news release. But internal documents obtained by CNN show the enforcement push is much broader, beyond just people deemed dangerous — and focused on migrants who are still in immigration proceedings but not in detention, known as the non-detained docket. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to swiftly apprehend immigrants who have been ordered removed or whose cases have been dismissed, according to the internal documents obtained by CNN. Those who have been in the United States for less than two years should be placed in fast-track deportation proceedings, according to the documents. President Donald Trump expanded the process known as expedited removal earlier this year, applying it to anyone who has resided in the country for less than two years. Under the new procedures, agents can coordinate directly with court staff to identify, locate and detain migrants — often with little warning. "It gets crazy when they [ICE] show up," said one staff member at an immigration court in Hyattsville, Maryland. Asked about the courthouse arrests, a senior DHS spokesperson said, "Secretary [Kristi] Noem is reversing Biden’s catch and release policy that allowed millions of unvetted illegal aliens to be let loose on American streets. This Administration is once again implementing the rule of law.” "ICE is now following the law and placing these illegal aliens in expedited removal, as they always should have been. If they have a valid credible fear claim, they will continue in immigration proceedings, but if no valid claim is found, aliens will be subject to a swift deportation," the spokesperson continued.

Telemundo [6/1/2025 10:46 PM, Alejandro Isturiz, 177K] reports anguish and confusion; that is what those who appear in immigration courts to regularize their status say they feel. They say that the legal permit they received upon entering the country is no longer enough of a guarantee. Immigration controls, which used to be routine, are becoming more risky day by day, and fear paralyzes immigrants who are in the process of regularizing their immigration status. "My client is in limbo because the prosecution has dismissed the previous charges and is going to reopen them again," says Jannette Piñeiro, an immigration attorney. Alberto, of Cuban origin, was stopped at an appointment when he showed up for his checkpoint. According to his attorney, he was the least likely person to be detained. "Number one because he had a pending asylum petition, number two he has a claim from his wife who has been a permanent resident for a year." Those who walk through the door at the immigration court in Miami don’t know what they will find? "No, they don’t know." Several detainees have the approval they received when they entered the country, but now this is no longer a guarantee to regularize their immigration status. It happened to Yanet Correa’s husband who was placed under an expedited deportation order, she told us. President Trump’s immigration policy will have induced a change in the interpretation of the law applied by some immigration courts, believes attorney Pineiro. "We think there are specific instructions with these attorneys who represent the government in certain cases, in most or all of them." Adding to the fear of detention is a sense of confusion. When a person enters the U.S. through the border, the authorities decide under what law to prosecute them, but that can change in court, the lawyer believes. "My client, I went to visit him on Friday night. I felt very bad as a person, not only as a lawyer, he said to me: ‘But what have I done? Explain to me, because I am here. My client has no criminal case, he has his asylum application on time, he has his wife’s claim. What has gone wrong, we don’t know yet." Some immigrants in the regularization process say they have lost confidence, that they want to do things right, but seeing people taken away without further explanation leaves them feeling helpless.

FOX News [6/1/2025 9:47 AM, Amy Nelson, 46878K] reports under the Biden administration, the U.S. unwittingly became a government sponsor of child trafficking, according to Health and Human Services whistleblower, Tara Rodas. She claimed thousands of reports of migrant child human trafficking were left uninvestigated until President Donald Trump returned to the White House. On "Fox & Friends Weekend" Sunday, Rodas thanked host Rachel Campos-Duffy for bringing light to "what we now know was the Biden-Harris administration government-sponsored, taxpayer-funded child trafficking.” Data from the Health and Human Services shows the Biden administration failed to investigate more than 7,000 reports of migrant child human trafficking, bringing the total backlog of reports to more than 65,000. Rodas went on to explain that the prior administration’s push to quickly process migrant children who entered the U.S. led to many being placed with sponsors who were not family and some who were active threats. "The New York Times, if you can imagine, even revealed that, in some zip codes, less than 10% of the kids went to family members. This is unacceptable," she said. "When I raised my hand to help the Biden administration with this crisis, I believed I was going to help place children in loving homes.” "I had no idea that we were sending children to criminals, to traffickers, and to members of transnational criminal organizations. … The Biden-Harris administration turned vulnerable children over to high-level criminal actors.” Rodas attempted to take action on the issue in 2023, warning Congress that the U.S. had become the "middleman" in a transnational human trafficking operation.

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NewsMax [6/1/2025 2:23 PM, Sandy Fitzgerald, 4622K] reports attempts to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside and outside a Manhattan courthouse last week is a criminal matter that goes beyond immigration violations, retired Border Patrol agent John Torres tells Newsmax. "We’re talking about federal law, which supersedes the city laws," Torres said on Newsmax’s "Sunday Report." "When you look at this from a criminal perspective, they’re crossing the border illegally in violation of Title VIII, you know, Section 1325, which is a crime to cross the border without being inspected. And then you take that further, and you have people that are harboring them, shielding them, protecting them from ICE agents who are trying to locate them, in the end, you have a various network of people that are out there trying to protect illegals.” Last Wednesday, ICE officers arrested nearly two dozen protesters, including a minister, who blocked the paths of two vans agents were using to transport immigrants detained at the courthouse. New York Police Department officers helped clear the protesters, drawing criticism from some about the cooperation between the city and ICE. "When you’re looking at priorities, especially those that have criminal histories, that have committed additional crimes in some instances, violent crimes against innocent victims here in the community, that’s really what the major issue is here," said Torres. Meanwhile, ICE agents arrested 40 immigrants in Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and Torres said the Trump administration will need to provide more resources in order to stop such sanctuary locations.

USA Today [6/1/2025 3:40 PM, Lauren Villagran, 75552K] reports chaotic scenes from immigration arrests around the country continued emerging over the weekend as President Donald Trump’s crackdown widened. The arrests claimed immigrant mothers, restaurant workers and wanted criminals. Immigration authorities raided a popular San Diego Italian restaurant before the Friday dinner rush, arresting several kitchen workers, while community members confronted agents, according to video shared by a local CBS station. As heavily armed agents entered the restaurant, local residents screamed at them and filmed the scene. The agents wore tactical gear, including bulletproof vests emblazoned with the Homeland Security Investigations logo. "The agents fired sound grenades, flash-bang grenades, at the crowd," Pedro Rios, director of the Quaker American Friends Service Committee’s U.S.-Mexico Border Program, told CBS. Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told FOX News that agents were doing their law enforcement duty during the raid. "We should be supported, not being called Nazis, not being villainized," he said. Earlier last week, ICE agents were seen arresting immigrants directly after their scheduled immigration hearings at a San Antonio, Texas, courthouse – doubling down on a tactic that has caused an outcry among immigrant advocates. "Families are being targeted at their most vulnerable time – attending their scheduled immigration hearings for what they believe to be progress in their cases," according to a statement by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. The statement links to a video that appears to show ICE agents arresting a mother alongside four children inside the courthouse, including a minor with his hands zip-tied behind his back. Another video outside the same courthouse, undated but posted Friday, May 30, by advocacy group Unidos Podemos, showed the emotional scene of two mothers and a child being loaded by plainclothes agents into the narrow chamber of a vehicle outfitted to carry prisoners. The child stands on the bumper, his arms outstretched. He says in Spanish, "It’s OK, Mom, I’m here. It’s OK.” ICE, which has a significant social media presence, has largely refrained from sharing emotional or chaotic arrest videos and instead posts mugshots of arrested immigrants with serious criminal records. The agency publicized its recent arrests of a Honduran man facing burglary and sexual battery charges, a convicted sex offender from El Salvador and a Venezuelan woman convicted of felonies in California and wanted on other charges in New York.

NewsMax [6/1/2025 11:57AM, Sandy Fitzgerald, 4622K] reports while Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ramped-up enforcement efforts in the nation’s sanctuary cities and states is focusing on criminals, it’s "important to also arrest any illegal alien that they encounter," retired Immigration and Naturalization Service agent Michael Cutler told Newsmax on Sunday. "Anybody who violates the immigration laws should be, in an ideal world, arrested," Cutler told Newsmax’s "Wake Up America Weekend" on Sunday, while responding to border czar Tom Homan’s announcement about the enhanced enforcement efforts. "What they’re doing is focusing on those who pose the biggest threat to society, the criminals, potential terrorists, human traffickers, and so forth," Cutler said. However, "collateral arrests" are necessary "so that anybody who enters the United States illegally or violates their immigration status cannot go to sleep at night, confident that they won’t be arrested tomorrow," he said. The added push, said Cutler, has "nothing to do with race, religion, or ethnicity.” "I recommend that everybody go to Title VIII of the United States Code, Section 1182," he said. "Those are the classes of aliens who are to be kept out of the country. It’s about people who pose a threat to public health, public safety, national security, and the jobs and wages of Americans. Who in their right mind could be opposed to a law that has that as its purpose? President Donald Trump last week announced a registry of nearly 500 sanctuary jurisdictions, and Cutler said that move is "in lockstep" with the recommendations and findings of the 9/11 Commission. "We are in a risky world," he said. "There are many adversarial nations looking to exploit vulnerabilities. And what the Trump administration is doing is protecting America and Americans from an existential threat. That’s exactly what we voted for.”

FOX News [6/2/2025 2:32 AM, Christina Shaw, 46878K] reports Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey took to social media Sunday evening to demand answers after ICE agents arrested a high school student heading to volleyball practice over the weekend. The student, 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes, is a junior at Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts. In her post, Healey says she is "disturbed and outraged" and that she wants answers immediately explaining why the student was taken into immigration enforcement’s custody. "I’m demanding that ICE provide immediate information about why he was arrested, where he is and how his due process is being protected," she s. In the post she blames the Trump admin for what she describes as an attempt to create fear. "The Trump Administration continues to create fear in our communities, and it’s making us all less safe," her post states. In her statement, Healey claims that the student was detained on Saturday without any warning or subsequent explanation provided to state officials. "Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions," she said. The community gathered to protest outside of Milford on Sunday. Hundreds demanded Gomes be set free and that ICE stop harassing members of their community. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat who represents Milford in Congress, attended the protest and made note on X that Gomes was "enrolled in honors classes, a coaching assistant for girls volleyball [and] player for boys volleyball, and a member of the school band.” "This administration has its public safety priorities backwards. It pardons cop-beaters from Jan. 6 but detains high-school volleyball players. It makes gun-purchaser background checks harder while pushing for tax breaks to buy silencers for pistols. This reckless behavior does not make the residents of Milford safer, and I stand with the community in support of law [and] order," he wrote. Milford School District Superintendent Kevin McIntyre says that Gomes’ detention is one of many apprehensions to take place in the southern Massachusetts community. McIntyre says the district cannot take any role in immigration enforcement, but they will "support all of our students and families, including those who are immigrants to the United States.” "They are members of the community, students in our classrooms, athletes that compete representing Milford, musicians, artists, friends, and neighbors. We will do everything in our power to support our students and families during these difficult times," he said in his statement. Sunday morning was Milford High School’s graduation and Healey says a day of celebration has now been tarnished. "My heart goes out to the Milford community on what was supposed to be a celebratory graduation day," she said. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

New York Post [6/1/2025 4:07 PM, Alex Oliveira, 49956K] reports possible Arizona immigration officials posed as city utility workers while attempting to detain an undocumented immigrant at his home, a witness to the altercation claims. Two men dressed as electric company workers turned up in a south Tucson neighborhood Wednesday morning and began asking residents if they knew a Honduran man who lived on the street for over a decade, the Arizona Daily Star reported. The men claimed to be from Tucson Electric Power (TED) and told neighbors they were trying to provide the man with city services he’d asked for, neighbor Christine Cariño told the outlet. "He said, ‘We’re trying to find somebody that wanted a free estimate,’" claimed Cariño, who was watering her plants across the street. But she claimed the men were not wearing proper TED uniforms — one had a reflective work shirt and the other a black t-shirt — and became suspicious that the men weren’t who they said they were as they pressed for information about her neighbor. Then when they turned towards the Honduran man’s home she claimed to see a badge hidden under one of their shirts — and asked if they were from the Department of Homeland Security. "He just smiled. So I took off running," Cariño said. The men had by then been let into the Honduran man’s yard across the street by his stepson, and Cariño started yelling at him not to let them in. "Don’t open the door, they don’t have a warrant!" she was heard yelling in video from the incident, obtained by KGUN 9. "They’re lying, they’re not in a uniform!". Immigration officials aren’t allowed to enter people’s homes without consent from an occupant if they don’t have a warrant — and Cariño claimed the individuals appeared to be faking their identity to trick their way into the man’s home. Speaking through the home’s door, the agents said the Honduran had missed immigration court dates, but he denied that and refused to come out. It remains unclear whether the men Cariño encountered were from ICE, but a spokesperson for the agency told the Arizona Daily Star "It’s an ongoing investigation" while declining to comment on the allegations of impersonation. Such tactics have allegedly been used by immigration officials across the country in the past, according to the outlet, and have previously been called unconstitutional in a 2020 American Civil Liberties Union complaint out of California. That case is still pending. "That should be considered a crime, impersonating a company to try to remove somebody from a home," she told the Arizona Daily Star. "If he had a warrant, the situation would have been different. Do it the right way.” South Tucson’s mayor agrees and characterized Cariño’s reaction as admirable.

FOX News [6/1/2025 12:28 PM, Pilar Arias, 46878K] reports three dozen Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested following a raid on a southern California "underground nightclub.” Video of the arrests by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles early Friday morning was shared by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agencies on X. "Early this morning, HSI Los Angeles w/ @EROLosAngeles & partners from the El Camino Real Financial Crimes Task Force conducted an enforcement operation in an underground nightclub," the post reads. "36 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested for being illegally present in the U.S.” The video shows agents on the scene at night before it cuts to daytime footage of a large group of alleged illegal immigrants sitting on a sidewalk prior to being loaded into white vans. No additional details were given by the ICE agencies, and a request by Fox News Digital was not immediately answered. ICE’s Acting Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Ken Genalo will be retiring after 33 years of service to the agency. "Genalo has served in this acting capacity to help meet the mandate set forth by the American people — his contributions were integral in the successes we’re seeing today," ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement. "He’s now going to serve as a special government employee working with field office directors within ICE. I can’t thank him enough.”

Breitbart.com [6/1/2025 5:56 PM, Lowell Cauffiel, 3077K] reports a San Diego city councilman drew the ire of viewers on social media and condemnation from the White House after posting a photo of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with the word "terrorists" written in red. In doing so, councilman Sean Elo-Rivera upped his attacks on ICE agents from his previous name-calling, which included epithets such as "cowards," "criminals," and "jackbooted thugs," Fox News reported. On Saturday he took to Instagram with the show-and-tell version, claiming ICE is a purveyor of "state sponsored terrorism." The photo was accompanied by the Rage Against the Machine song "Bulls On Parade.” "Look at this photo. This isn’t a war zone — it’s a neighborhood in our city," Elo-Rivera wrote in the post. "In San Diego, they’ve targeted parents dropping off their kids at school, people following the law inside courthouses, and workers just doing their jobs at local restaurants.” Stephen Miller, firebrand White House aide, hit back with a post on X, showing the councilman’s doctored photo and stating the real terrorism was coming from the left wing. The raids are part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on alien criminals who have rap sheets ranging from rape to murder, Homeland Security authorities have said. Elo-Rivera disagreed. "These are federal agents carrying out raids under the false pretense of ‘safety,’" he said. "This isn’t safety. It’s state-sponsored terrorism. And anyone who cares about freedom — and true safety — should be fighting back.” Prior to the post Friday night, Elo-Rivera shared a series of Instagram stories criticizing ICE action in the city. Fox News quoted one of them: They’ve targeted parents outside schools in my district. They’ve targeted people following the law at courthouses. Tonight, they targeted hard working folks in South Park and tomorrow it could be anyone in any neighborhood in San Diego. The only way we put a stop to it is by not looking away and demanding that it end. "A Fox ‘News’ correspondent has called attention to my choice of words," Elo-Rivera wrote. "I said what I meant and meant what I said.” He followed with a screenshot from Cornell Law School’s website that lists the "common elements" of terrorism, before calling dozens of critical Instagram users "fascists.” The posts came not long after Patricia Hyde, the head of ICE Boston, said sanctuary city officials are escalating their activities against immigration enforcement, and an ICE spokesman told Fox News there has been a 413-percent increase in assaults against agents.

NPR [6/2/2025 4:19 AM, Abe Levine, 37958K] reports the Trump Administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for tens of thousands of immigrants. Many who have lived and worked in the U.S. for decades may now have to leave the country unless they find other ways to stay. [Editorial note: consult audio at source link]

Telemundo51 [6/1/2025 6:52 PM, Juan Camilo Holguín, 177K] reports the battle for the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) took a new turn this week. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the Department of Homeland Security overstepped by overturning the work permits of 5,000 Venezuelans who benefited from the program. The decision comes shortly after the Supreme Court allowed the government to end the TPS, although it left open the possibility of challenging the cancellation of documents already issued. The court ruling offers partial hope, but the relief is not widespread. Most Tepsians - as they call themselves those who depend on this migration program - still face an uncertain future. "We know that they are working people, who contribute to this society," explained Felipe Díaz, national coordinator of the TPS Alliance. But the rest, which is the majority, unfortunately it won’t benefit from this decision. With that concern in mind, the organization convened a popular assembly in Miami, held this Sunday, where dozens of people gathered to learn about the legal advances and organize themselves in defense of the TPS. Among those attending was Mateo, a young Venezuelan who arrived in the United States with his mother 12 years ago. His voice, though firm, shows the fear that accompanies him since the cancellation announcements began. "I’m afraid of being deported to Venezuela," he said, looking at his phone, as he does every day, waiting for an update that restores stability to him.

NPR [6/2/2025 5:01 AM, Tovia Smith, 37958K] reports lawyers’ phones are ringing with wealthy foreigners wanting to know more about how to score a "Gold Card" – a glorified green card that would allow them to live and work in the U.S. without going through the usual hassle or red tape. Apparently, the card’s $5 million price tag is not scaring off the jet-setters looking to make the U.S. home. Or at least one of their homes. "$5 million to these people is jet fuel cost. It means nothing to them," says Matthew Kolken, an immigration lawyer from Buffalo, NY, who has Canadian clients asking about the Gold Card. The clients declined to comment, but Kolken says he thinks the Gold Card is underpriced, if anything, considering the time and hassle it would save foreign multi-millionaires. "It allows them to potentially buy their way into the United States," says Kolken. "They would just be able to throw down their Amex Black Card.” And plenty are interested. "I have one from India, one from Pakistan, and two from Egypt. And a colleague who has a few [clients] from Russia," says immigration attorney Mona Shah. Most are drawn to the offer of an express lane to permanent residency, plus more favorable tax implications; foreign nationals living in the U.S. on a Gold Card would only be taxed on their U.S. earnings. Shah says the security — and the status — of being able to flash that "Gold Card" to get waved into the U. S. is also a big draw, as well as what Trump has described as "privileges - plus." The president hasn’t elaborated on what that means, but Shah says clients are imagining VIP perks that range from easy loans to a special fast-track lane through Customs at U.S. airports. "They seem to believe that this is going to be some kind of separating first class from economy class, and that this is some kind of ‘red carpet’ visa and they will be treated like a VIP everywhere," says Shah. But whether any such perks – or obligations – will come with the Gold Card remains far from clear, and the administration is not offering any more details some three months after President Donald Trump first started hyping the idea. "It’s a great thing, the Gold Card. Remember the words ‘the Gold Card!’" he proclaimed to reporters in the Oval Office in February. "Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card. They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people. And we think it’s going to be extremely successful, never been done before anything like this.” Trump added that he’d be happy to call it the "Trump Gold Card." In fact officials say a government website is now using the name TrumpCard.gov, and Trump has since revealed a sample card with a picture of his face on the front.

Breitbart [6/1/2025 2:49 PM, Randy Clark, 3077K] reports United States Attorneys stationed along the U.S./Mexico border charged 1,238 people with immigration-related criminal offenses during the past week. Most of the criminal cases involved illegal aliens charged with unlawful entry, while some cases involved U.S. citizens and legal residents who allegedly engaged in Alien Smuggling. During the week ending May 30, the Department of Justice filed criminal cases in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. The most significant number of cases were filed in the Western District of Texas, where more than 400 were presented before federal judges in the district. Although the federal cases involved immigration related cases, several defendants were found to have committed other serious criminal violations in the past. CBP officers arrested Mexican national Sabino Renteria-Alvarado on May 28 at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry after he attempted to enter through the pedestrian entrance and allegedly presented the Customs and Border Protection officer with a false claim of Legal Permanent Resident status. After further investigation, agents determined Renteria-Alvarado had been previously removed in 2024 through Nogales, Arizona. His criminal record included a 15-year prison sentence for a sexual assault of a minor conviction in 2017. Renteria-Alvarado is currently being charged with illegal re-entry — a felony under U.S. Immigration law. Two United States citizens were arrested and charged in Del Rio, Texas, in separate failed smuggling attempts. Nancy Anna Gwyn, of Houston, is suspected of smuggling three illegal aliens in her vehicle after agents stopped her just outside the city. Anastasia Lee Daneill Godfrey, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was arrested by Border Patrol agents at a permanent highway immigration checkpoint after two illegal aliens were found in the trunk of a sedan Godfrey was driving.

FOX News [6/1/2025 8:00 AM, Cameron Arcand, 46878K] reports as the Department of Government Efficiency enters a new era with the departure of Elon Musk on Friday, it has caused numerous changes in recent months on matters of immigration and border security. "DOGE has helped to transform the Federal government by eliminating waste and bloat that has been ignored for years. DOGE is playing a key role in eliminating millions of taxpayer money being misspent, including contracts for illegal alien facilities that sat empty during the Biden Border invasion and funding for hotel rooms to house illegal gang members. DOGE’s mission to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse continues!" Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital in a statement on Friday. In February, the Department of Homeland Security announced that they had gutted an $83 million contract for "an empty illegal alien facility during an invasion at the southern border" and the $80 million in FEMA funding to provide lodging for illegal immigrants in New York City, like the Roosevelt Hotel. In March, a contract to resume wall construction along seven miles of the border was cleared by DOGE. "Secretary Noem announced that we officially awarded the first [DOGE] approved contract to restart construction on President Trump’s border wall," DHS posted on March 17. DOGE also posted to X in April that it had found that many illegal immigrants who were on the FBI’s terror watchlist and those who have a criminal history were taking out public benefits. Four on the terror watchlist and 901 other "paroled aliens" were "collecting Medicaid," 41 received unemployment benefits, 22 got student loans from the federal government and 409 got a "net" tax refund in 2024, according to the department. The cost of the tax refunds was $751,000, Medicaid cost $276,000, and the student loans totaled out to $280,000, the department said. Outside of immigration and border security, DHS said the Coast Guard is expected to save $32.7 million by scrapping an information technology system that was deemed "ineffective." In a video posted in May about the partnership between DOGE and DHS, it said the funds are going to "frontline operations.” "Another win for government efficiency at DHS!" DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to Fox News Digital in April. "Continuing the crucial work of DOGE, the Coast Guard eliminated an ineffective IT program, saving over $32 million and focusing its resources where they’re most needed to protect the homeland. The USCG continues to deliver on the President’s priorities, maximizing its efficiency while securing our borders and maritime approaches," Noem added.

New York Times [6/1/2025 2:01 PM, Erin McCann, 138952K] reports June 1 is the first day of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, the official start of a six-month period that can bring some of the most destructive and costly natural disasters to American shores. In an average season, there are 14 named storms, including seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. A storm gets a name when its winds reach 39 miles per hour. It becomes a hurricane if it reaches 74 m.p.h., and a major hurricane — Category 3 or above — at 111 m.p.h. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency of the National Weather Service, said that it expected between 13 and 19 named storms in 2025. Six to 10 of them could become hurricanes, and three to five of those could become major hurricanes. NOAA’s forecast was in line with other predictions, like one from Colorado State University in April. NOAA will issue an updated forecast in August, just before the season’s activity typically peaks. A lot of factors go into making a seasonal forecast, and it can be wrong. But as the chart below shows, the predictions have generally grown more accurate over the last 20 years. Is that better or worse than last year? That will depend on how many hurricanes there are, how many hit land and what happens when they do. And there is a consensus among scientists that hurricanes are becoming more powerful because of climate change. The Times reported in May that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had lost about a quarter of its full-time staff, including one-fifth of the coordinating officers who manage responses to large-scale disasters. Despite the cuts, Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, said the agency was prepared to face the season.

FOX News [6/1/2025 4:17 PM, Staff, 46878K] reports Democrats accused President Trump of decimating the Forest Service ahead of wildfire season, but USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is "more effective" than ever.

NPR [6/2/2025 5:00 AM, Greg Allen, 37958K] reports that, before the remnants of Hurricane Helene swamped this town, the Super 8 Motel, wedged between a highway and the Swannanoa River, provided affordable short and long-term housing for dozens of people who couldn’t find affordable housing elsewhere. Now, it’s like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie, frozen in time. A thick layer of mud covers the area. Kim Maisch points to a section of the motel that shifted and landed in the river. "We are actually standing in the middle of where a foundation was for one of the hotel sections," she says. "We are looking at rooms shifted off, cars open, mud, debris everywhere, insulation hanging from the ceilings. Room 222 was my dad’s room.” Last September, when Tropical Storm Helene hit western North Carolina, heavy rains forced rivers and tributaries out of their banks, causing the worst flooding seen in more than two centuries. The Swannanoa River swamped much of the town. Maisch, 36, lives not far from the motel. She was up most of the night, watching the river rise and worrying about her father. "I called him that morning and woke him up and asked him if he was okay," says Maisch. "He didn’t know exactly what was going on. He just knew that they were measuring and keeping an eye on the water. He stood [up] and there was water in his room. His trash can floated right by him, and that’s when he had the National Guard knocking on his door.” Everyone got out of the motel safely. Her father has since found another place to live. But most of the others living there still haven’t. Maisch, who used to clean Airbnb’s before Helene, is now working with Swannanoa Communities Together. Local residents formed the group after the storm to focus on the area’s greatest need — finding an affordable place to live. She’s been helping residents put their lives back together with the help of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and private aid groups. But it’s slow. "I still see heartbreak and I do see a little bit of hope and not the hope that I would have thought during this whole process. It’s still one day at a time, one breath at a time," Maisch says.

The Hill [6/1/2025 10:55 PM, Sarah Fortinsky, 5801K] reports Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) strongly criticized federal officers with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for entering his district office and briefly detaining one of his staffers last week, calling the incident "deeply troubling.” In the Wednesday episode, first reported by Gothamist and captured on video, a DHS officer is seen handcuffing an aide, who is crying. Another DHS officer tries to gain access to part of Nadler’s office, while a second staffer stands in the doorway, briefly blocking the agent from entering. The federal agent tells the second staffer that she is "harboring rioters in the office" and denies her request to see a warrant, saying as he walks by her that he doesn’t need one. Nadler, in a statement, said no arrests were made "and the situation was quickly deescalated," but he added, "I am alarmed by the aggressive and heavy-handed tactics DHS is employing in New York City and across the country.” "President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are sowing chaos in our communities, using intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner. In the most recent and deeply troubling incident, DHS agents forcefully entered my Congressional office and handcuffed a member of my staff," Nadler said in his statement. "The decision to enter a Congressional office and detain a staff member demonstrates a deeply troubling disregard for proper legal boundaries," he added. "If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone-and it is happening.” Nadler called on the Trump administration "to halt the use of these dangerous tactics and to abandon use of the expedited removal process which denies due process to immigrants and citizens alike.” In a statement to The Hill, a senior DHS official said officers with DHS’s Federal Protective Service (FPS) "responded to information that protesters were present" inside Nadler’s Manhattan office and went to the office because they "were concerned about the safety of the federal employees in the office" and wanted "to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those present.” "Upon arrival, officers were granted entry and encountered four individuals. Officers identified themselves and explained their intent to conduct a security check, however, one individual became verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office," the statement continued. "The officers then detained the individual in the hallway for the purpose of completing the security check. All were released without further incident.” The Hill reached out to the White House.

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Breitbart [6/1/2025 11:53 AM, Amy Furr, 3077K] reports federal officials handcuffed an aide of Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) in his Manhattan office on Wednesday, and the incensed congressman is pointing his finger at President Donald Trump. When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers entered the office they handcuffed an aide and accused staffers of "harboring rioters," the Gothamist reported on Friday, noting one staff member asked to see a warrant. In video footage of the incident, one person is heard saying, "No, she did not. That is not what happened," while an officer handcuffs the aide who appears to be crying. "She pushed him back," one of the officers says. The Gothamist article detailed the incident, noting the staff member was not arrested or charged and the case was resolved: DHS later said in a statement that "one individual" — the woman seen being handcuffed — had blocked police from performing a security check they intended to do based on information there were protesters in the lawmaker’s office. Later that day, protesters gathered outside of the federal building, demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Nadler’s office would not comment on what led up to the chaotic incident, but two people who were at the courthouse to monitor ICE activity said the confrontation came after ICE officers threatened to arrest them and other advocates, and a Nadler staffer invited the advocates inside. In comments to the New York Post, DHS said, "Based on earlier incidents in a nearby facility, FPS officers were concerned about the safety of the federal employees in the office and went to the location to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those present.” Officers arrived at the scene and said the woman who was handcuffed was "verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office" once the officers identified themselves and their purpose for being at the site. DHS explained she was detained as they finished their security check of the area. Following the incident, an NYPD spokesperson said law enforcement arrested several demonstrators who allegedly blocked traffic outside the building. In a statement on Saturday, Nadler accused Trump and DHS of "sowing chaos" with "intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner.” "If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone – and it is happening," he wrote, then called on Trump and DHS to "halt the use of these dangerous tactics and to abandon use of the expedited removal process which denies due process to immigrants and citizens alike.” [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

Houston Chronicle [6/1/2025 12:11 PM, Brian Rausch, 1982K] reports DJ Daniel, the Houston boy battling brain cancer whose story went viral last year as a result of a social media video, has more tumors, according to a White House post on Facebook attributing the news to the boy’s father. "We’re lifting up (honorary Secret Service) Agent DJ Daniel in prayer after his dad, Theodis, shared that DJ is now facing three new tumors," the White House said in its Facebook post. "DJ is one of the strongest, bravest young men ... Agent Daniel, you’re a true legend.” In an interview with Fox7 TV in Austin this month, DJ’s father said his son is "winging it day by day.” "He does have three new tumors," Theodis told Fox7 Austin. "It’s rough, there isn’t a class that can teach you how to deal with it. You’re hearing that your child has a nasty disease.” Daniel, 13, was only 6 when he was diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer in 2018. Though he was given just months to live, he’s continued to battle the disease, enduring a dozen surgeries. The boy, who has said he’d like to be a police officer, often wore a small police uniform. He was wearing the uniform in June 2024, when a video captured a group of people at a Houston gas station mocking him for the uniform. The viral video and DJ’s fight against cancer caught the attention of the Trump administration this year. In a speech to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump named Daniel an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service. "Joining us in the gallery tonight is a young man who truly loves our police," Trump said in his speech. "The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six years ago. Since that time DJ and his dad have been on a quest to make his dream come true. He has been sworn in as an honorary officer a number of times. The police departments love him.” In its post Friday, the White House said DJ had been sworn into 1,351 law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

FOX News [6/1/2025 3:49 PM, Alexandra Koch and Sandy Ibrahim, 46878K] reports the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people from the water after a small plane crashed Sunday into an island near Branford, Connecticut. A Piper PA-32 carrying two people crashed into Long Island Sound, south of Tweed New Haven Airport, just before 10:30 a.m., after declaring an emergency while in communication with New York Air Traffic Control, according to statements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and airport officials. The aircraft was traveling from the Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Bridgeport to an unspecified destination, according to officials. It was about eight miles from Tweed New Haven Airport when it was redirected there for an emergency landing. The airport’s control tower and ground personnel "immediately activated" its emergency response protocols and notified relevant authorities, but a short time later the plane was reported down in the water, according to airport officials. The U.S. Coast Guard said its crews rescued the two people on board, who were both in stable condition. They were taken to the Stony Creek Pier for EMS support, and later brought to a local hospital for evaluation of injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the Branford Police Department. The New York Post [6/1/2025 5:08 PM, David Propper, 49956K] reports that the plane went into the water near the town of Branford, and sank, while its occupants suffered minor injuries, including cuts on their hands and face and cold water exposure, the Coast Guard said in an email. The man, 41, and girl, 17, were taken to Stony Creek Pier for treatment by EMS personnel before going to Yale New Haven Hospital, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard took about 15 minutes to reach the crash site and got the two survivors out of the water with the help of a good Samaritan, a Coast Guard spokesman also told NBC Connecticut. The emergency call initially came over as a "boat taking on water" before a dispatcher determined it was a plane sinking, Branford Fire Department Deputy Chief Jason Karpovich told The Post.

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New York Post [6/1/2025 7:58 PM, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, 49956K] reports the US Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot sailboat crammed with 16 illegal Mexican immigrants off the coast of California on Saturday and turned them over to the border patrol, the agency said. The crowded boat was spotted by a Coast Guard Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane about 54 miles off the shore of Point Lima near San Diego, with a cutter then dispatched to intercept the craft, the Coast Guard said in a press release on Sunday. The cutter Petrel then stopped the boat and took the immigrants into custody, the agency said. They said all of the migrants on board claimed they were Mexican nationals. The Coast Guard has stepped up efforts to intercept and transport migrants since President Donald Trump took office this year with a promise to deport illegal immigrants in the US. Earlier this month, another crew stopped a "panga-style" boat loaded with Russian nationals and migrants from the Dominican Republic about 3 miles off the coast of Puerto Rico. In February, a Coast Guard cutter intercepted an "overloaded" 30-foot sailboat packed with 132 Haitian migrants about 50 miles off the Florida coastline including women and children. In one of the largest high-seas intercepts, more than 300 migrants from Haiti were stopped near the Bahamas trying to reach US soil and were returned back home in June of last year.

CBS News [6/1/2025 7:00 PM, Bill Whitaker, 51860K] reports the FBI and private security companies are in constant combat with ransomware gangs: hackers who break into corporate computer networks, encrypt, or lock up critical files and hold them hostage until a ransom is paid. It’s a crime that has been growing more disruptive every year. Victims include companies large and small, cities and municipalities, hospitals, and some of the toughest targets to infiltrate: Las Vegas hotels and casinos. As we first reported in April of last year, the FBI continues monitoring an especially audacious group of young english-speaking hackers from the U.S., U.K., and Canada known as "Scattered Spider," that seemed to have gone quiet after several arrests, but is now evidently back in business. In September 2023, one of the most pernicious ransomware attacks in history was unleashed on MGM Resorts – costing the hotel and casino giant more than $100 million. It disrupted operations at a dozen of the most renowned gaming palaces on the Las Vegas strip: MGM Grand, Aria, Mandalay Bay, New York-New York, the Bellagio. Anthony Curtis is a Las Vegas fixture. He’s so good at counting cards, he’s been banned from card games here. He now publishes the "Las Vegas Advisor," a monthly newsletter on all things Vegas. Anthony Curtis: Incredibly, when it happened, I was in an MGM property, and it happened while we were having dinner and there just began to be a rumbling that something was going on. When I went down into the casino, I could see then that slot machines were sitting dark, people were scrambling around. The shutdown was starting to take effect. Across the Vegas strip… thousands of slot machines suddenly stopped paying out. Anthony Curtis: So all of a sudden now people are goin’, "How do I get my money? What’s wrong?" And the people were sitting there waiting and couldn’t get paid. Bill Whitaker: Were they angry? Anthony Curtis: They were getting angry, yeah. And this was just the tip of the iceberg. Elevators were malfunctioning… parking gates froze… digital door keys wouldn’t work. As computers went down, reservations locked up and lines backed up at the front desks. Anthony Curtis: Anything that required technology was not working. Bill Whitaker: Sounds like chaos. Anthony Curtis: Nobody knew what to do and including the employees. The employees just had to, you know, beg forgiveness and patience. [Editorial note: consult video at source link]

FOX News [6/1/2025 10:00 AM, Kurt Knutsson, 46878K] reports Infostealer malware has been on the rise recently, and that’s evident from the billions of user records leaked online in the past year alone. This type of malware targets everything from your name, phone number and address to financial details and cryptocurrency. Leading the charge is the Lumma infostealer. I have been reporting on this malware since last year, and security researchers have called it one of the most dangerous infostealers, infecting millions. There have been countless incidents of Lumma targeting people’s personal data (more on this later), but the good news is that Microsoft has taken it down. The Redmond-based company announced it has dismantled the Lumma Stealer malware operation with the help of law enforcement agencies around the world. Microsoft confirmed that it has successfully taken down the Lumma Stealer malware network in collaboration with law enforcement agencies around the world. In a blog post, the company revealed that its Digital Crimes Unit had tracked infections on more than 394,000 Windows devices globally between March 16 and May 16. Lumma was a go-to tool for cybercriminals, often used to siphon sensitive information like login credentials, credit card numbers, bank account details and cryptocurrency wallet data. The malware’s reach and impact made it a favored choice among threat actors for financial theft and data breaches. To disrupt the malware’s operation, Microsoft obtained a court order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, which allowed the company to take down key domains that supported Lumma’s infrastructure. This was followed by the U.S. Department of Justice stepping in to seize control of Lumma’s core command system and shut down marketplaces where the malware was being sold. International cooperation played a major role as well. Japan’s cybercrime unit helped dismantle Lumma’s locally hosted infrastructure, while Europol assisted in actions against hundreds of domains used in the operation. In total, over 1,300 domains were seized or redirected to Microsoft-managed sinkholes to prevent further damage. Microsoft says this takedown effort also included support from industry partners such as Cloudflare, Bitsight and Lumen, which helped dismantle the broader ecosystem that enabled Lumma to thrive. Lumma is a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) that has been marketed and sold through underground forums since at least 2022. Over the years, its developers have released multiple versions to continually improve its capabilities. I first reported on Lumma in February 2024, when it was used by hackers to access Google accounts using expired cookies that contained login information.

Washington Post [6/2/2025 4:17 AM, Martin Weil, 32099K] reports Fairfax County police, responding to Sunday’s attack on a Jewish gathering in Boulder, Colorado, said they will increase patrols around synagogues and other places of worship, and D.C. and Montgomery County police said they would continue an already heightened response to a recent act of apparent antisemitic violence in the District. At least eight people were injured in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday when a man threw molotov cocktails into a crowd and yelled “Free Palestine” before he was taken into custody, police said. The attack happened during a peaceful weekly event organized by a Jewish group in downtown Boulder to call for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas, the FBI said. The three Washington-area law enforcement agencies said they were monitoring the events in Colorado but had no evidence of any specific threat here. Nevertheless, they said they were taking protective steps. “The safety of our faith-based institutions” continues “to be paramount,” Fairfax County police said. Citing the “targeted attack” in Boulder, the Fairfax department said it was “enhancing our patrols and visibility around our synagogues and all places of worship.” Montgomery County police joined the other agencies in expressing sadness and extending condolences over the Boulder attack and said that even before Sunday, they had “increased police presence throughout the county.” That was an apparent reference to the announcement of stepped-up patrols after the fatal shooting last month outside the Capital Jewish Museum of a couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy. The gunman chanted “free, free Palestine” after the shooting, according to authorities. After the killings there, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said on May 22 that police had increased visibility and patrols “near faith-based institutions.” In response to the museum shootings, D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said officers would be increasingly present around faith-based institutions, including “places like the D.C. Jewish Community Center.” In their statement Sunday, D.C. police said they have “maintained an increased presence at religious institutions across the city with particular attention to Jewish institutions.” In the wake of the Boulder attack, D.C. police said they were “actively coordinating” with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

ABC News [6/1/2025 5:09 PM, Bill Hutchinson, 31733K] reports one person was killed and at least 11 others injured early Sunday when gunfire broke out during a house party in Catawba County, North Carolina, authorities said. The shooting occurred at around 12:45 a.m. at a residence in Mountain View, about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte, according to a social media statement posted by the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office. "Our investigation indicates more than one shooter was involved in the incident. We are still working to determine when they arrived, how they arrived, what their reasoning was for their presence. Also, their motive," Maj. Aaron Turk of the Catawba County Sheriff’s Department said at a news conference Sunday afternoon. Turk said that the crime scene, which was estimated to be around two acres, was still being processed for evidence by investigators. When asked by a reporter how many shots were fired in the incident, Turk said, "As I stand here, more than 80 shots were fired.” Turk said the shooting erupted at a residence where a party attended by as many as 100 people was in progress. He said the shooting occurred nearly two hours after deputies had gone to the same residence after getting a noise complaint. Turk said those attending the party complied with orders from the deputies to turn down the music. Turk said investigators have uncovered no evidence indicating the shooting was connected to the earlier noise complaint. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office identified the man killed in the shooting as 58-year-old Shawn Patrick Hood of Lenoir, North Carolina. Of the 11 others wounded, one was in critical condition and several remained hospitalized, officials said. No arrests have so far been announced. Investigators from the Hickory Police Department, special agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene of the shooting Sunday afternoon attempting establish a motive for the deadly violence and identify those responsible, Catawba County Sheriff Donald G. Brown II said at Sunday afternoon’s news conference.

NewsMax [6/1/2025 6:48 AM, John Gizzi, 4622K] reports although U.S. presidents have sent subtle and not-so-subtle signals about whom they would like to see elected head of state in major countries, few have ever been as open and aggressive about it as Donald Trump and his administration in the race for president of Poland to be decided this Sunday. In the last few weeks, the president was photographed at the White House shaking hands with Karol Nawrocki, historian and candidate of the nationalist Law and Justice Party. Nawrocki later told reporters Trump said to him: "You will win.” Days ago, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Poland, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem strongly endorsed Nawrocki and said of his opponent, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski: "an absolute train wreck of a leader.” Trzaskowski, candidate of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition and a committed supporter of the European Union (EU) and NATO, and Nawrocki are locked in a razor’s edge contest for the internationally-watched presidential contest for the Polish presidency — which, while less powerful that the office of prime minister, can nonetheless veto any legislation enacted by parliament, appointing judges and ambassadors, and helping craft foreign policy. But the run-off in Poland on Sunday could also have a major impact on both the EU and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. As Veronika Banski, a Polish student at American University, told Newsmax: "A Nowracki win might strain relations between Poland and the EU. Nowracki is showing more interest in strengthening ties between America and Poland, and openly speaking against EU policies, notably immigration.” Banski also pointed out that the nationalist candidate "no longer wants to take in immigrants from Ukraine, even wanting to cut back on the aid they are currently given. In Poland, there has been a rise in anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. Some Poles are frustrated, saying that the Ukrainian immigrants only take handouts and live comfortably without working. Trzaskowski mentioned limiting aid to Ukrainians who work in Poland, but Nowracki, from my understanding, wants to cut aid entirely.” But she also emphasized that "Nowracki is not pro-Russian by any means. In fact, many Poles have a fear of Russia attacking and taking over. Poland has a turbulent history, and for the most part, many Poles feel like they can’t trust anyone to protect them other than themselves.”

AP [6/2/2025 1:01 AM, Christopher Bodeen, 24051K] reports China blasted the U.S. on Monday over moves it alleged harmed Chinese interests, including issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas. "These practices seriously violate the consensus" reached during trade discussions in Geneva last month, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. That referred to a China-U.S. joint statement in which the United States and China agreed to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the world’s two biggest economies. But last month’s de-escalation in President Donald Trump’s trade wars did nothing to resolve underlying differences between Beijing and Washington and Monday’s statement showed how easily such agreements can lead to further turbulence. The deal lasts 90 days, creating time for U.S. and Chinese negotiators to reach a more substantive agreement. But the pause also leaves tariffs higher than before Trump started ramping them up last month. And businesses and investors must contend with uncertainty about whether the truce will last. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop the 145% tax Trump imposed last month to 30%. China agreed to lower its tariff rate on U.S. goods to 10% from 125%. The Commerce Ministry said China held up its end of the deal, canceling or suspending tariffs and non-tariff measures taken against the U.S. "reciprocal tariffs" following the agreement. "The United States has unilaterally provoked new economic and trade frictions, exacerbating the uncertainty and instability of bilateral economic and trade relations," while China has stood by its commitments, the statement said. It also threatened unspecified retaliation, saying China will "continue to take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.” And in response to recent comments by Trump, it said of the U.S.: "Instead of reflecting on itself, it has turned the tables and unreasonably accused China of violating the consensus, which is seriously contrary to the facts.”

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