• Top News
  • Washington Post/The Hill/AP/Newsweek/Washington Examiner: U.S. revamps immigration app to add ‘self-deportation’ function
  • FOX News/Washington Examiner: Sean Curran, agent who protected Trump at Butler rally, sworn in as new US Secret Service director
  • CBS Austin: Noem: Nearly 2 dozen suspected terrorists, hundreds of gang members deported
  • CBS Austin: Homeland Security gives polygraph tests for leaks on immigration raids, CBS News reports
  • AP: DHS expedites process to award two Republican-linked firms part of its $200 million ad campaign
  • VOA News/FOX News: Trump vows crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters
  • Politico/NBC News: Trump’s arrest of Columbia student marks new turn in immigration crackdown debate
  • Yahoo! News: Marco Rubio threatens to deport green card holders over pro-Palestine protests
  • Washington Examiner: Education Department warns 60 colleges and universities to ‘do better’ to stop antisemitism on campus
  • NBC News: Trump deported fewer people last month than Biden a year ago, but border crossings have plummeted
  • CBS Austin: Trump administration faces challenges in mass deportation efforts
  • Washington Examiner: Illegal migrant population surged 28% under Biden to new record
  • Washington Examiner: FBI hands over subpoenaed documents that Republicans say Christopher Wray withheld
  • Axios: [MA] Trump admin. owes Mass. refugee resettlement groups millions
  • NBC News: [NY] Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can’t be deported from U.S. as protesters call for his release
  • Reuters: [NY] Arrested Palestinian Columbia student moved to Louisiana jail as lawyers fight detention
  • ABC News: [NY] Lawyer for Columbia student detained by ICE for pro-Palestine protests speaks out
  • New York Times: [NY] The U.S. Is Trying to Deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Legal Resident. Here’s What to Know.
  • Washington Post: [NY] Lawyers petition court to release pro-Palestine activist arrested at Columbia
  • CBS New York: [NY] Protests grow in NYC over Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist’s arrest as judge says he can’t be deported yet
  • New York Times: [NY] Columbia Activist in Detention Was Public Face of Protest Against Israel
  • Newsweek: [NY] Mahmoud Khalil’s Wife Speaks Out on ICE Detention: ‘Need Your Help’
  • Newsweek: [FL] NORAD Intercepts Two Planes Above Mar-a-Lago in Just Over 24 Hours
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Cuba concludes release of 553 prisoners following Vatican-brokered deal
  • FOX News/CBS Austin: [Dominican Republic] American student seen walking on the beach before vanishing
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: Why Immigrants Fear Trump Even if They Voted for Him
  • The Hill: Trump wants to go after criminal networks. A new approach to sanctions is needed.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Hill: Noem announces new ICE acting chief after predecessor reassigned
  • Public Radio East: [NC] Mexican national with long criminal history arrested in ENC, held for ICE
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] North Carolina Senate passes bill requiring state agencies cooperate with ICE: What’s next
  • Newsweek: [MI] Son Calls Out Donald Trump After Father’s ICE Arrest Outside School
  • FOX News: [TX] Massive ICE operation nabs nearly 650 illegal aliens in Texas, over 80% with criminal charges or convictions
  • Border Report: [TX] 4 migrants charged with assaulting ICE contract detention officers
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Andrews man arrested on child porn charges now facing sexual assault charges
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Cuban couple indicted on child sexual assault charges in Ector County
  • CBS 7: [TX] Odessa couple remains on ICE hold after videoing sexual assault of baby
  • Yahoo! News: [WA] Here’s what we know about the British tourist allegedly detained by ICE
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek: [NY] Can Trump Revoke Green Cards? Mahmoud Khalil Faces Legal Uncertainty
  • The Hill: [NY] Border czar on Columbia arrest: ‘Absolutely we can’ deport a legal immigrant
  • CBS News: [South Africa] What’s behind Trump offering White South African farmers U.S. citizenship?
  • Newsweek: [Ukraine] Ukrainian Refugee Asks Donald Trump for Green Card
• Customs and Border Protection
  • MeriTalk: AI, Cloud, Biometrics on CBP’s Modernization Agenda
  • Yahoo! News: Trump’s new travel ban could prohibit entry to the US from this ‘red list’ of countries
  • FOX News: Rashida Tlaib becomes lone House lawmaker opposing cracking down on Mexican cartels’ border tunnel system
  • USA Today: [NY] Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to telling women to show their breasts to enter US
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Ontario natives arrested at Massena border for drug charges
  • Yahoo! News: [OH] Honduras man arrested after evading Wiscasset police for 8 hours
  • Border Report: [TX] Flag-lowering ceremony closes CBP tent processing site on South Texas border
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] DEA finds $5 million of meth hidden in cases of blueberries near Texas border
  • Yahoo! News: [PR] U.S. seizes counterfeit jewelry worth $3.5 million between China, Puerto Rico
  • Border Report: [Mexico] Mexico expels alleged US child kidnapper
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Yahoo! News: REAL ID being required to fly is actually coming this spring
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas man accused of violent assault on American Airlines flight from Wichita to D.C. referenced Trump to FBI
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FOX News: Trump’s FEMA faces reckoning as more staff fired in ‘political bias’ scandal: GOP lawmaker
  • NBC News: How FEMA cuts are spreading far beyond Washington
  • NBC News: Laid-off FEMA employees speak out about DOGE cuts
  • Reuters: Trump to sign executive order on disaster relief on Monday
  • Yahoo! News: Senator Rand Paul, others, work to simplify FEMA application process
  • Yahoo! News: [NH] Salem lawmaker resigns to take FEMA job with Trump administration
  • USA Today: [NY] NY authorities investigate Long Island blazes as fire threatens central US
  • New York Times: [NY] Attempt to Make S’Mores Started Long Island Wildfires, Police Say
  • Miami Herald: [MD] FEMA cancels National Fire Academy classes, leaving some Maryland firefighters without training
  • Yahoo! News: [WV] Two additional Disaster Recovery Centers to be opened by FEMA in southern West Virginia
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] As 1,200 left FEMA Helene hotels in North Carolina, homelessness and housing come to the fore
  • Washington Examiner: [SC] Women charged in connection with 2,000-acre South Carolina fire
  • Yahoo! News: [MS] Mississippi River mayors lobby for more government funding for flooding, mitigation
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Home destroyed, hundreds without power after EF-2 tornado rips through Central Florida
  • Daytona Beach News-Journal: [FL] Flooding mitigation has become high priority for Volusia County government leaders
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] FEMA extends deadline for Los Angeles wildfire victims to apply for aid
• Secret Service
  • AP: FLEOA Supports Honorary Secret Service Member, DJ Daniels
  • Washington Post: [DC] Man shot outside White House had BB gun and ‘cell phone handgun,’ police say
• Coast Guard
  • WROC: [NY] 5 rescued after falling through ice at Braddock Bay
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections
  • FedScoop: CISA completed its election security review but won’t make the results public; Secretary Hegseth issues a new directive on DOD software acquisition
  • FedScoop: OPM inspector general will examine DOGE access to IT systems
  • CNN: Elon Musk’s X hit by waves of outages in what he claims is ‘a massive cyberattack’
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NBC News: [FL] Police arrest teen and seize guns after online threats to ‘shoot up school’
  • FOX News: [TX] Former Iraqi refugee living in Texas pleads guilty to conspiring to support ISIS
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Gabbard Begins Trip to Visit Japan, Thailand and India
  • New York Times: [Ukraine] Rubio Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine After Reaching His Own With Musk
  • Yahoo! News: [Russia] Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow, media reports
  • CNN: [Russia] Russia says it was hit by ‘massive’ drone attack ahead of crucial talks between US and Ukraine
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia Showcasing ‘Axis of Evil’ Ties Despite Thaw in US Relations
  • Newsweek: [Russia] AI Chatbots ‘Infected’ with Russian Propaganda: Report
  • Reuters: [Saudi Arabia] US and Ukraine to Meet in Saudi Arabia After Disastrous White House Talks
  • Wall Street Journal: [Saudi Arabia] Marco Rubio Says Talks in Saudi Arabia Key to Resuming Military Support for Ukraine
  • Newsweek: [Iran] Video Shows Russian and Chinese Warships Arriving in Iranian Waters
  • Newsweek: [Pakistan] Pakistan Travel Advisory Issued For Americans
  • New York Times: [China] China’s Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect
  • AP: [China] China strikes back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies targeting US farmers
  • Newsweek: [Taiwan] Photos Show New Supersonic Missile Threatening China’s Navy
  • Miami Herald: [Philippines] Video Shows US Ally Challenging Chinese Presence Near Coast

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