• Top News
  • AP/Federal News Network: Cybersecurity executive tapped to lead agency that protects voting systems
  • CNN/NPR: White House says DHS is using intelligence to identify student protesters following Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
  • Miami Herald: Trump administration weighs barring Cubans, Haitians from U.S. as part of new travel ban
  • Politico: New version of CBP app enables migrants to ‘self-deport’
  • Bloomberg: US Targets Tiny Border Transfers in Trump’s War on Mexico Gangs
  • Newsweek/USA Today: Court Upholds Block on Donald Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
  • FOX News: House panel holds hearing on ‘failures’ of Biden DHS
  • Federal News Network: DHS brings back one of its federal advisory committees
  • Washington Examiner: Judge finds DOGE works in ‘unusual secrecy’ and must comply with records requests
  • ABC News: Texas man arrested after assaulting 2 people on American Airlines flight, says he wanted to ‘speak to Trump’: FBI
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] NY elected officials sending DHS Secretary Kristi Noem letter demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s release
  • CNN: [NY] A prominent Palestinian activist’s case heads to court days after he was arrested and his green card revoked
  • New York Times: [NY] New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Columbia Activist
  • VOA News: White House defends Trump’s push to deport pro-Palestinian activist
  • NBC News: [NY] White House says pro-Hamas propaganda handed out at rallies organized by detained Palestinian activist
  • FOX News: [NY] White House: Rubio reserves the right to revoke green card or visa of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil
  • AP: [NY] What to know about Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia protester arrested by ICE and facing deportation
  • ABC News: [NY] Activist Mahmoud Khalil asked Columbia University for legal support day before ICE arrest, his wife says
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] Wife Of Columbia Graduate In ICE Detention Makes Dire Plea For His Release
  • Border Report: [TX] Former Progreso mayor sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for smuggling drugs
  • Boise State Public Radio: [ID] Idaho Senate moves ahead with criminalizing illegal immigration
  • Yahoo! News: [AZ] Feds send warning to ASU, 59 other universities about antisemitism on campus
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Orange County supervisors pass resolution to keep immigrant families together amid deportation fears
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] County ‘super sanctuary’ policy will remain in place after repeal proposal fails
  • Telemundo: [CA] Trump sends warning letter to UC San Diego over anti-Semitism allegations
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] UCLA rolls out antisemitism campaign as Trump pressures schools to protect Jewish students
  • CBS Austin: [Dominican Republic] Va. student’s disappearance in the Dominican Republic is being investigated as an accident
  • USA Today: [Dominican Republic] Details emerge in disappearance of US student in Dominican Republic
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Editorial: US green-card holders should not be made to live in fear
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Politico: How hard will Trump’s immigration raids hit red states?
  • New York Times: Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] Raleigh man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit car airbags
  • WSOC: [NC] 5 arrested in Charlotte during operation to enhance rail safety
  • Yahoo! News: [SC] Charleston County Sheriff’s Office rejoins ICE agreement 287(g)
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Hialeah, a city of immigrants, is set to have its cops take on immigration enforcement
  • Yahoo! News: [MO] 2 Kansas City residents arrested in Eagle County after 40 pounds of PCP found by K-9
  • Border Report: [TX] ICE: 600 arrested during weeklong operation in Houston area
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] ICE Dallas arrests Mexican national who killed Dallas man and set him on fire
  • Yahoo! News: [SD] Beresford man sentenced to 33 years for child porn
  • KXRM: [CO] ICE: Suspected Tren de Aragua gang member arrested in Colorado Springs
  • Miami Herald: [CO] Denver’s ICE field office seeks to expand detention space by nearly 1,000 more beds
  • Yahoo! News: [NM] U.S. deports three Venezuelans held at Otero County Processing Center
  • Miami Herald: [WA] British tourist in custody at Tacoma ICE detention center for weeks
  • NBC News: [WA] Washington state sues rural county for helping ICE round up undocumented immigrants
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [HI] Officer takes undocumented child from school as part of immigration operation
  • Yahoo! News: [HI] Hialeah, city of immigrants, unanimously approves agreement to enforce immigration laws
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Post: Trump administration says it could take months to resume refugee admissions
  • NPR: Green card holders’ rights in spotlight after arrest of pro-Palestinian activist
  • Washington Examiner: Ted Cruz argues VISA students are not protected under First Amendment
  • New York Times: [Canada] U.S. Said to Tell Canada That It Will Enforce a Visitor Registration Law
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Border Report: CBP shutting down migrant processing tent facilities in Texas, Arizona
  • NBC News: [NY] U.S. border patrol agent demanded women expose breasts to gain entry to country
  • FOX News: [TX] Admitted Hezbollah terrorist to be deported after entering US illegally under Biden’s watch
  • Border Report: [TX] Border Patrol: Undocumented migrant arrested with ‘extensive’ criminal past
  • Border Report: [TX] Mexico preparing to seal portion of illegal border tunnel near Rio Grande
  • Border Report: [TX] Migrant in Border Patrol custody dies at hospital
  • CBS 7: [TX] Agents seize massive amount of liquid meth at US-Mexico border
  • Yahoo! News: [WA] British tourist detained for 10 days in US after entry to Canada refused
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: [NJ] Man found with live turtle hidden in his pants at a New Jersey airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • New Hampshire Bulletin: Trump picks NH lawmaker to lead FEMA in New England
  • WJZY: [NC] FEMA extends application deadline for Public Assistance Program
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] National Weather Service confirms EF2 tornado hit Florida subdivision, TV station. See photos
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] FEMA funds on hold affect Michigan disaster relief programs, state official says
  • CBS Sacramento: [CA] FEMA’s emergency food and shelter program paused, impacting Northern California organizations
  • Telemundo52: [CA] Evacuation orders and warnings issued for fire-affected areas in Los Angeles
• Secret Service
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas law enforcement arrest 2 Romanian citizens in connection to credit card skimming operation
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: Coast Guard Academy removes references to ‘climate change’ from its curriculum
  • USA Today: [MA] Woman’s body found by fishermen off Massachusetts likely a burial at sea: Investigators
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Coast Guard seizes $141 million in illicit drugs in Caribbean Sea
  • Yahoo! News: [OR] Coast Guard saves older man from water beneath Astoria bridge
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts boat with nine migrants off coast of Point Loma
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.
  • Newsweek: New FBI Warning: Delete These Smishing Texts on iPhone and Android Now
  • CyberScoop: Apple discloses zero-day vulnerability, releases emergency patches
  • CyberScoop: Microsoft patches 57 vulnerabilities, including 6 zero-days
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: Man Who Shot at Pipeline and Power Station Gets 25 Years in Prison
  • Bloomberg: Trump Says That Attacks on Tesla Stores Are Domestic Terrorism
  • Houston Chronicle: [VA] Iraqi refugee living in Richmond pleads guilty to aiding ISIS hacking group
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Threats of mass violence landing more Houston-area juveniles in custody, figures show
• National Security News
  • VOA News: [Canada] US enacts tariffs on all steel, aluminum imports
  • Wall Street Journal: [Ukraine] U.S. to Restore Military Support to Ukraine After It Agrees to Cease-Fire
  • ABC News: [Ukraine] Ceasefire ‘in Russia’s hands,’ Ukraine says after US meeting in Saudi Arabia
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Ukrainian Foreign Minister Informs European Partners About ‘Milestone’ Talks With US
  • New York Times: [Syria] Hundreds of Civilians Take Shelter at Russian Air Base in Syria
  • VOA News: [China] VOA Mandarin: US House passes bill to restrict use of Chinese-made batteries

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