• Top News
  • AP/Washington Examiner: US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum-seekers, Noem says
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: Noem uncovers and kills multimillion-dollar, Biden-era DEI, LGBTQ program
  • FOX News: Supreme Court sides against migrant in deportation case
  • ABC News: Trump administration eliminating warning period for fining those in the US illegally: Exclusive
  • New York Times: Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations
  • New York Times/Reuters/CBS Miami/Daily Wire: Justice Department Says the Trump Administration Plans to Re-Deport Abrego Garcia
  • AP: Justice Department says it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on smuggling charges
  • Axios: White House: Report Abrego Garcia will be deported again "fake news"
  • Washington Examiner: Kilmar Abrego Garcia seeks to bar ICE deportation and return to Maryland
  • AP/Los Angeles Times: Family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids
  • Reuters: US Supreme Court to issue term’s final rulings on Friday
  • Breitbart: Homan Speaks About Necessity for Border Security Provisions in Big Beautiful Bill
  • FOX News: 37 House Dems vote with GOP to deport illegal immigrant drunk drivers
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ sues Maryland federal court over order slowing deportations
  • Washington Examiner: Judge proceeds to consider new pause on Trump National Guard use despite appeals court ruling
  • Breitbart: DHS Displays ‘Worst of the Worst’ Migrants Arrested in L.A. Democrats’ Sanctuary City
  • FOX News/Daily Signal: White House demands apology from Miami Herald for ‘false reporting’ on migrant children deportations
  • NBC News/Washington Examiner: Court orders Costa Rican government to release Asian migrants deported by Trump
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Blaze: Street riots can’t set US immigration policy
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] It’s high time to end unfettered ICE and border patrol abuses
  • The Hill: The tax code has a hidden bias against hiring US citizens
  • The Hill: Trump is cutting holes in America’s natural disaster safety net
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE arrests 100+ Iranian nationals across US amid sleeper cell concerns
  • News Nation: Iranian nationals part of larger ICE enforcement focus: Lyons
  • Blaze: Iranian terror suspects snuck in while ‘Biden was asleep at the switch’
  • NewsNation: ICE director says Americans should feel safe July 4
  • Bloomberg: ICE Speeds Up Fines for Civil Immigration Violations
  • Blaze: Radical Democrat lets truth slip about abortion in effort to protect illegal alien accused of homicide
  • FOX News: Congressman calls on Noem, Dr. Oz with plan to ‘swiftly remove’ 1.4 million illegal migrants on Medicaid
  • Newsweek: Green Card Holder Detained by ICE for Over 4 Months After Making Wrong Turn
  • Los Angeles Times: Asian American leaders urge their communities to stand by Latinos, denounce ICE raids
  • Washington Post: [NY] Long Island police sued after partnering with ICE to enforce immigration
  • Washington Post: New York City shutters migrant hotel known as ‘Little Ellis Island’
  • New York Post: [NY] Migrants detained by ICE held in same jail housing Diddy and Luigi Mangione
  • New York Post: [NY] Nassau County brushes off NYCLU lawsuit, vows to move forward with plan to deputize local cops to ‘partner’ with ICE
  • The Hill: [NY] Trump border czar hits Mamdani: ‘New York’s in trouble’
  • The Hill: [NJ] McIver: Assault accusation ‘a scary situation’
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [VA] Salvadoran man held by ICE for nearly two months in Alexandria released
  • Axios: [VA] ICE ramps up immigrant arrests in Virginia courthouses
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [MD] A Honduran man from Maryland fears deportation to a third country after a Supreme Court ruling.
  • The Hill: [NC] ICE raid at Kings Mountain factory stemmed from identity theft investigation; workers taken into custody
  • Telemundo: [GA] Charges dropped against reporter Mario Guevara, known for documenting ICE raids.
  • Breitbart: [NC] FEDS: Migrant Identity Theft Investigation Leads to ICE Workplace Raid in North Carolina
  • AP: [FL] Canadian man held by immigration officials dies in South Florida federal facility, officials say
  • CNN: [FL] Canadian officials press US government for details on Canadian citizen who died in ICE custody at a Florida detention center
  • CBS Miami: [FL] "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in Everglades nears completion amid backlash
  • Breitbart: [FL] Florida AG: Alligator Alcatraz ‘Perfect Location’ for Detaining Illegal Immigrants
  • Univision: [FL] Chaos at the Miami-Dade Commission amid discussion about agreements with ICE
  • FOX News: [OH] Illegal immigrant who enrolled in Ohio high school claiming to be a teenager hit with federal gun charges
  • FOX News: [OH] Illegal immigrant accused of peeping on girl as 4 other criminal immigrants caught living with suspect
  • NBC News: [TX] Attorneys challenge immigration arrest, detention of child treated for cancer
  • FOX News: [TX] Previously self-deported Iranian illegal immigrant picked up after refusing ICE arrest in Texas
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston man pretended to be ICE agent to rob driver, charging docs allege
  • Washington Examiner: [CO] Activist group helps convicted child rapist evade ICE agents
  • Axios: [CO] Polis weighs next move after ICE subpoena setback
  • USA Today: [AZ] Judge allows ICE to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike
  • FOX News: [OR] Multiple arrests after violent mob attacks Portland ICE facility with fireworks and knives
  • New York Post: [CA] Career criminal who hurled Molotov cocktail at LA hotel where 27 DHS agents were staying during anti-ICE riots arrested: ‘Coward’
  • Univision: [CA] Andrea Vélez was arrested for assaulting an ICE agent, according to DHS; her family remains unaware of her whereabouts.
  • Reuters: [CA] Immigration officers arrest Iranian asylum-seekers in Los Angeles
  • Today: [CA] Southern California Immigration Detention Statistics
  • Breitbart: [CA] LAPD Forced to Deny It Helped ICE Agents as Angry Mob Charged
  • Federalist: [CA] Leftist L.A.-Area Vice Mayor Allegedly Calls On Gangs To Fight ICE
  • CBS News: [CA] Cal Poly Pomona graduate released after immigration arrest in downtown L.A.
  • CBS News: [CA] L.A. woman charged with assaulting a federal agent during immigration operation in downtown
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • FOX News: Rubio announces new visa restrictions on families of fentanyl traffickers
  • Reuters: Harvard and University of Toronto make contingency plan for international students
  • Telemundo: Cancelled visas and cancelled concerts: it’s "like a punch" to the Mexican regional
  • The Hill: [NY] Tennessee Republican calls for Mamdani to be denaturalized, deported
  • FOX News: [PA] Immigration officer charged with taking bribes to help immigrants obtain legal status
  • Daily Signal: [TX] ‘Used and Abused for Decades’: Texas Lawmaker Seeks Overhaul of Temporary Protected Status
  • CBS News: [ID] Lawsuit challenges new Idaho law that restricts benefits for undocumented immigrants
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: House passes bill to require DHS to publicly disclose ‘special interest’ migrant border encounters
  • Washington Examiner/NewsMax: Pentagon to establish two military zones along southern border
  • FOX News/AP: Pentagon sets up new 250 mile military buffer zone at border with crossings at record lows
  • Washington Times: After Trump reclassifies cartels, terrorist watchlist encounters soar at southern border
  • AP: Smugglers to be sentenced in 53 migrant deaths from 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas
  • FOX Business: Federal judge rejects Trump admin’s move to monitor border financial transactions
  • Washington Post/FOX News: [MA] Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos faces new charges
  • UPI: [PA] Border Patrol seizes fake Rolex watches and sunglasses in Pittsburgh
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Egyptian man pleads guilty to kicking CBP dog at DC airport
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Jobbie Nooner 2025: Boaters warned to report entry from Canada, watch for storms
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Two Guatemalans escape after being held against their will in a Texas stash house.
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] American fugitive from justice arrested for migrant smuggling
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: Traveling for July Fourth? When to expect the worst traffic, busiest airports
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: The Trump administration says it wants to eliminate FEMA. Here’s what we know
  • New York Times: As FEMA Shrinks, a Grassroots Disaster Response Is Taking Shape
  • New York Times: [WV] 3 More Victims Identified in West Virginia Flooding, Bringing Death Toll to 9
  • Axios: [NC] North Carolina lawmakers send $1.4 billion Helene recovery package to governor’s desk
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] California’s National Guard fire crews are operating at 40% capacity due to Trump’s deployment
  • HSToday: [AK] FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Himalaya Road Fire in Alaska
• Coast Guard
  • DefenseScoop: Cyber Command creates task force with Coast Guard for port defense exercise
  • New York Times: 75 Years After a Deadly Plane Crash, the Search for Its Wreckage Ends
  • DefenseScoop: Cyber Command creates task force with Coast Guard for port defense exercise
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Reuters: Hawaiian Airlines hit by cyber attack
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Politico: DHS returns anti-terrorism funds held back from big cities
  • NBC News: [CO] Suspect in Colorado attack on Israeli hostage advocates is hit with federal hate crime charges
  • CBS News: [FL] Ex-Venezuela spy chief "El Pollo" pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges including narco-terrorism
  • Los Angeles Times/NBC News: [CA] Accused Palm Springs bomb accomplice jumped to his death from prison balcony, sources say
  • FOX News: [China] Chinese ‘agroterrorism’ could threaten US ‘survival as a nation,’ expert warns
• National Security News
  • Bloomberg: DOJ Counterintelligence Chief Leaves as Iran Threat Increases
  • Bloomberg: Trump’s Threat of More Tariffs Makes US Trade Partners Wary of Signing Deals
  • Blaze: Oversight Project refers former FBI Director Wray to DOJ for criminal charges
  • Los Angeles Times: [Mexico] Mexico disputes U.S. money-laundering charges against banks allegedly linked to fentanyl trafficking
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexican Regulator Takes Over Running of Banks Hit by US Fentanyl Sanctions
  • AP: [Mexico] Mexican police unveil armed drones to combat cartels
  • Reuters: [Russia] Lavrov says NATO spending increase won’t significantly affect Russia’s security
  • New York Times: [Iran] Intelligence Agencies Race to Evaluate Iran’s Nuclear Program
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Pentagon details Iran bombing amid questions about scope of damage
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Iran’s Uranium Remains Intact: Report
  • NPR: [Iran] Pentagon chief: Iran strike was a ‘historically successful attack’
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Hegseth: Establishment Media Rooting Against Effectiveness of Strikes Because They Don’t Want Trump to Succeed
  • ABC News: [Iran] Trump admin launches full-court press defending Iran strikes as questions remain
  • FOX News: [Iran] Iran intensifies internal security crackdown after US, Israel strikes

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