• Top News
  • Washington Post/New York Times/ABC News: Trump administration flies all remaining Guantánamo migrants back to U.S.
  • AP: FEMA launches review of migrant shelter aid, suggesting smuggling laws were violated
  • NBC News: Trump admin aims to get undocumented immigrants to self-deport with new messaging campaign
  • Roll Call: Trump’s $5 million ‘gold card’ visa plan likely needs Congress
  • New York Times: Inside Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent: Obscure Laws, ICE Agents and Fear
  • NPR/New York Times: [NY] Columbia Activist’s Case Goes to Court
  • Reuters: [NY] Judge extends ban on Columbia student’s deportation from US
  • New York Times: [NY] Columbia Activist Has Not Been Allowed to Speak Privately With Lawyers
  • NBC News: [NY] Trump administration says it intends to deport Mahmoud Khalil, alleging ‘serious’ foreign policy consequences
  • Bloomberg/The Hill: [NY] Trump Uses Rare Provision in Bid to Deport Student Activist
  • The Hill: [NY] Mahmoud Khalil case ‘not about free speech’: Rubio
  • Washington Post: [NY] Effort to deport Columbia student rests solely on Rubio decision
  • CBS Philadelphia: [NY] Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil to remain detained in Louisiana for now
  • The Hill: [NY] Progressives sound alarm over detention of Palestinian activist
  • New York Times: [NY] At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump
  • FOX News: [NY] Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation
  • Reuters: [NY] Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest
  • CBS New York: [NY] "Border czar" Tom Homan calls for New York to end sanctuary city laws during Albany visit
  • Reuters/New York Times: [NY] US Justice Department investigating New York migrant hotels, reports say
  • New York Times: [NY] Trump Administration Cuts Ties With Migrant Shelter Provider After Dropping Child Abuse Lawsuit
  • Bloomberg: [NY] New York Population Rebound Faces Test Under Trump Migrant Plans
  • CBS Austin: [FL] Florida taxpayers cover $660M in hospital costs for undocumented immigrants: report
  • FOX News/UPI: [MI] CBP director faces charges for allegedly defrauding FEMA and lying to feds
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Immigrants drove population growth in the Chicago area and Cook County last year, latest census figures show
  • Texas Tribune: [TX] Texas Senate majority unveils bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship
  • Miami Herald: [Canada] New rule says undocumented migrants, many Canadians in U.S. will be required to register
  • FOX News: [Canada] US to require Canadians visiting for over 30 days to have fingerprints taken, register with authorities
  • Newsweek: [Canada] New Immigration ‘Fingerprint’ Rule Causes More Confusion for Canadians
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Amid Trump crackdown, surge in migrants in Mexico seeking help to return home
  • Bloomberg: [Mexico] Mexico Holds Off Tariff Retaliation as Sheinbaum Bets on US Deal
  • NPR: [Dominican Republic] What we know about the search for a U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic
  • USA Today: [Dominican Republic] Person of interest identified in disappearance of US student in the Dominican Republic
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Trump administration yet to talk to Cuba over migration, foreign vice minister says
  • CNN: [Cuba] Venezuelan deported from US and held in Guantanamo for 15 days says it was ‘hell’
  • AP: [Panama] They Crossed the World to Reach the US. Now Deported Under Trump, They’re Stuck in Panama
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] Mahmoud Khalil and His Green Card
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Newsweek: [El Salvador] Banishing U.S. Citizens to El Salvador Puts American Values Last | Opinion
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • ABC News/Newsweek: ICE arrests over 32,000 migrants in US illegally in 1st 50 days
  • Reuters: U.S. immigration detention maxed out at 47,600 detainees, ICE official says
  • Newsweek: ICE Seeks More Bed Space as Detainee Numbers Hit Maximum Capacity
  • CBS Miami: Hialeah will partner with ICE on immigration enforcement
  • NBC News: Immigrant detention centers are at capacity, Trump admin officials say
  • FOX News: ‘Get geared up’ because ‘ICE is coming,’ says leading House GOP member
  • AP: [TX] Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
  • Univision: ICE has detained more than 32,000 immigrants during the Trump administration, DHS says
  • Border Report: ICE head accuses Biden administration of ‘cooking the books’ on arrests
  • NBC News: U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
  • Yahoo! News: [MA] Brazilian man, held by immigration authorities, arraigned on Falmouth rape charges
  • Lebanon Daily News: [PA] Lebanon DA, Homeland Security officials detain two for deportation after Bitcoin scam
  • Yahoo! News: [SC] Operation ICE Storm: 25 arrested, drugs and fake goods seized in S.C.
  • Miami Herald: [FL] Hungarian who overstayed visa, charged with Miami, Miami Beach murders, pleads not guilty
  • Telemundo: [FL] FBI and ICE arrest in South Florida an alleged former Cuban intelligence member
  • Yahoo! News: [FL] Several roofing workers arrested on new state immigration charge after false burglary call
  • Yahoo! News: [LA] ICE detain alleged illegal immigrants in N. Louisiana
  • Miami Herald: [OH] ICE officer coerced migrant woman into sex acts, then deleted evidence in Ohio, feds say
  • Yahoo! News: [MI] Humanitarian chef José Andrés asks Trump to free Michigan immigrant arrested by ICE
  • FOX News: [IL] Migrant gang member suspected of murder, sexually assaulting girlfriend is arrested
  • Yahoo! News: [MN] Lewiston man sentenced for defrauding pandemic business loan program
  • CBS News: [TX] ICE Dallas arrests Mexican national, citing brutal and fiery 2022 killing
  • The Texas Tribune: [TX] How state lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigration
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [NM] ICE arrests 48 people in one week in New Mexico
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] First of its kind lawsuit alleges human trafficking by San Diego’s Bumble Bee Seafoods
  • Univision: [CA] Hispanic man in residency process was detained and deported in Otay Mesa despite having legal permits
  • Univision: [CA] The controversial Dublin prison: from sex scandal to potential reopen as ICE detention centre
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News/Newsweek: Immigration accounted for all U.S. population growth in 2022-23, first time since 1850
  • Border Report: [TX] Charges stand against migrants accused of assaulting detention officers
  • Miami Herald: [Cuba] Feds arrest ex-member of Cuban intelligence accused of falsely obtaining U.S. green card
  • CBS News/PBS: [Afghanistan] Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military blocked from reaching American soil
  • FOX News: [China] Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Miami Herald: Apprehension of migrants at border reach all-time low of 300 per day in February
  • Border Report: HHS: Southwest Key shelters no longer getting migrant children after sex abuse allegations
  • Los Angeles Times: Venezuelan couple are arrested and charged with illegal entry — two years after crossing into the U.S.
  • KIRO 7: [WA] 18 pounds of meth seized at SeaTac
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Amid Trump crackdown, surge in migrants in Mexico seeking help to return home
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [Mexico] Drilling completed in tunnel found on the border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: [NJ] Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport
  • Yahoo! News: [PA] Man stopped by TSA with a gun at Harrisburg Airport identified
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21
  • Yahoo! News: [NC] FEMA approves Gov. Josh Stein’s request to extend assistance grant deadline
  • KXAN: [TX] 2 Romanian citizens arrested in Texas credit card skimming operation
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Federal officials in Southern California charge 3 people for allegedly committing fraud for wildfire relief benefits
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Their homes burned in wildfires. Fraudsters took their disaster relief funds, feds say
  • CNN: [CA] Powerful storm slams West Coast, prompting evacuations in parts of Los Angeles scarred by wildfires
• Secret Service
  • Miami Herald: [CA] Trump supporter accused of plotting to assassinate Trump at CA rally. He sues sheriff
• Coast Guard
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard rescues migrants from drifting vessel 60 miles off San Diego coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Washington Examiner: Trump nominates new cybersecurity head as agency reviews election work
• Terrorism Investigations
  • The Hill: Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles
  • Yahoo! News: [TX] Heavy police response at McCallum High after reported threat to campus
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Europe, Canada Hit Back at U.S. Steel Tariffs
  • AP: [United Kingdom] The arrested captain of a cargo vessel involved in North Sea collision is Russian, ship’s owner says
  • Miami Herald: [Sweden] U.S. sanctions Swedish gang for attempting to attack Israel’s Stockholm Embassy for Iran
  • Washington Examiner: [Ukraine] Zelensky expresses gratitude to Trump for ceasefire proposal: ‘America understands our arguments’
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Russia Responds To Ukraine-US Ceasefire Agreement
  • New York Times: [Russia] Putin, Dressed in Fatigues, Visits Kursk to Cheer Ouster of Ukraine’s Troops
  • Washington Examiner: [Russia] Russia rules out NATO peacekeepers in ceasefire negotiations
  • Newsweek: [Russia] US Is Not Providing Armaments to Russia’: Rubio
  • FOX News: [Russia] Lindsey Graham to push ‘bone-breaking sanctions and tariffs’ to pressure Russia into peace with Ukraine
  • Bloomberg: [China] China Says US Owes ‘Big Thank You’ on Fentanyl, Urges Talks

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