• Top News
  • New York Times/Roll Call: Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court
  • Hawaii Public Radio: Trump plans to visit the Justice Department Friday, a rare move for a president
  • New York Times/Federal News Network/The Hill: Federal Workers Union Sues Trump Administration to Preserve T.S.A. Contract
  • VOA News: Homeland Security, rights group to meet in court over migrants at Guantanamo Bay
  • AP: US transfers immigrants out of Guantanamo Bay to Louisiana as court weighs legality
  • Washington Post: Trump wants Guantánamo to hold 30,000 migrants. So far it has held about 300.
  • Wall Street Journal: The Unraveling of Trump’s Plan to Detain Thousands of Migrants at Guantanamo
  • CBS News: Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo
  • FOX News: Trump admin task force moves rapidly to punish colleges for inaction over antisemitism
  • USA Today: Trump to use ‘Alien Enemies Act’ to supercharge deportations, target gang
  • NPR: DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
  • NPR: Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer talks about govt. efforts to deport her client
  • New York Times: A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants
  • FOX News: Deadline looms for federal agencies to submit mass layoff plans as Trump admin guts ‘bloated’ workforce
  • FOX News: [NY] DHS agents search two students’ rooms at Columbia University, leaving interim president ‘heartbroken’
  • Washington Post: [NY] Trump Tower protest against Mahmoud Khalil’s detention ends in 98 arrests
  • Newsweek/Reuters: [NY] Columbia University Revokes Degrees of Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters
  • The New York Times/The Hill: [NY] Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia, House Education Committee over student records
  • Washington Post: [NY] Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest violates First Amendment protections, lawyers say
  • AP: [NY] Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil felt he was being kidnapped as detention unfolded, lawyers say
  • CBS New York: [NY] Targeting of 3 NYC migrant shelters by the Department of Justice creates some confusion
  • Newsweek: [FL] Florida Spent $660M on Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
  • Newsweek: [LA] Inside the Louisiana Detention Center Where Mahmoud Khalil Is Being Held
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas AG announces probe into Dallas over its sanctuary polices: ‘The law is not optional’
  • Reuters: [TX] US drops lawsuit against shelter provider alleging sexual abuse of migrant kids
  • CBS News: [TX] Nationwide protests erupt as North Texas students demand release of pro-Palestinian activist
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Cost of undocumented healthcare in California is billions over estimates, pressuring Democrats to consider cuts
  • FOX News: [CA] ‘Needs to resign’: Blue state blasted for asking for loan amid skyrocketing immigrant healthcare costs
  • Newsweek: [Cuba] ICE Wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay Operation as All Migrants Returned to US
  • Yahoo! News: [Cuba] U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar visits immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  • USA Today: [Dominican Republic] Search for Sudiksha Konanki intensifies one week after her disappearance
  • FOX News: [Dominican Republic] American student’s disappearance might not be ‘accidental,’ prosecutors say
  • AP: [Guatemala] Guatemala steps up patrols along border as US extends border security goals south
  • Reuters: [Panama] Pentagon asked for military options to access Panama Canal, officials say
  • Bloomberg: [Venezuela] Venezuela Deportation Flights to Restart on Friday, US Says
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: After I Self-Deported, My Life Improved
  • The Hill: America is breaking its own maritime law — and China knows it
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: Trump Wants to Speed Up Deportations With Alien Enemies Act: What to Know
  • CNN: Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days
  • The Hill: Trump administration resumes immigrant family detentions
  • FOX News: Vice President Vance vows Trump admin will ‘use everything’ it can to increase number of criminal deportations
  • PBS: How the Trump administration’s deportation policies have affected migrants and citizens
  • NBC News: Trump announced mass expulsions, but the pace of deportation flights has been slower than Biden’s
  • Axios: ICE already short $2 billion as Trump’s immigration crackdown ramps up
  • Yahoo! News: DHS officials desperately search for more beds to house people awaiting deportation after filling the nation’s facilities
  • Yahoo! News: Tom Homan warns major sanctuary state will ‘get exactly what they don’t want’
  • Univision: [NY] ICE and FBI arrest three alleged gang members; they face deportation.
  • NBC News: [NY] Wife of Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist facing deportation, says she was ‘naive’ not to expect his arrest
  • Yahoo! News: [NY] New York man accused of gold bar fraud in Cumberland
  • FOX News: [NY] Family of NYC subway burning victim says Democrats need to answer for how migrant suspect allowed back into US
  • FOX News: [FL] Laken Riley Act unleashes feds to hunt Venezuelan gang members in Florida: lawmaker
  • FOX News: [MN] Proposed bill would require law enforcement in blue state to cooperate with ICE: ‘A line of communication’
  • NBC News: [TX] Undocumented mom of U.S. citizen girl with brain cancer who was removed to Mexico pleads for family’s return
  • Yahoo! News: [NV] ICE can’t say how many undocumented immigrants it’s arrested in southern Nevada
  • Spokane Public Radio: [WA] “This has been the new ‘normal”: Video shows ICE smashing windows to detain alleged gang members
  • Bloomberg: [CA] ICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space Constraints
  • Univision: [CA] The mother of a young woman with cancer who had been arrested by ICE in California released on bail
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek: DACA Applications Could Begin Again After Court Ruling: What to Know
  • FOX News: Trump continues to push alternative to controversial visa amid concerns about Chinese influence
  • AP: The Trump Administration Pushes Again to Restrict Birthright Citizenship. What Does That Mean?
  • FOX News: US’ foreign-born, immigrant populations reach record highs: report
  • Washington Examiner: Nearly two-thirds of migrants entered illegally under Biden
  • FOX News: JD Vance reveals whether more deportations of green card holders are coming
  • Newsweek: [China] Chinese Nationals May Be Barred From Student Visas Under New Proposal
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News/Border Report: Nationwide Border Patrol gotaways plummet to 21-day daily average of just 77: ‘Trump Effect’
  • The Hill: Immigration largely driving growth in metro areas: Census
  • Reuters: Number of migrants stopped entering US from Canada drops to multi-year low
  • Telemundo47/Newsweek: Border Processing Facilities to Close Due to Lack of Migrant Crossings
  • AZCentral: Trump wanted fast deportations for those in US illegally. Some migrants are already coming back
  • New York Times: German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.
  • WTNH: ICE looks for more space
  • Border Report: [TX] US Border Patrol welcomes baby horse
  • Yahoo! News: [KS] Wildfire disaster emergency issued for Kansas due to ‘catastrophic threat’
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Arizona border agent to be sentenced for kidnapping and sexual assault of teen girl
  • AZCentral: [AZ] Rep. Eli Crane’s bill on underground border crossings clears the US House
  • FOX News: [CA] Border area bustling under Biden now quiet under Trump, says veterans group: ‘Amazing difference’
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] ACLU seeks injunction against Customs and Border Protection
  • Reuters: [Canada] Number of migrants stopped entering US from Canada drops to multi-year low
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico cooperating with U.S. but more work needed on drugs, says Rubio
• Transportation Security Administration
  • MeriTalk: House Panel Urges TSA to Develop ‘Adaptive’ Cyber Strategy
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: FEMA sued over hold on funds for upgrading nation’s emergency alert system
  • The Hill: Customs employee accused of scheme to defraud FEMA
  • USA Today: NOAA fires, then rehires crew members who flew planes into hurricanes
  • Yahoo! News: Americans rely on NOAA weather data more than they know. But cuts may limit services
  • Yahoo! News: ‘High risk’ severe weather, tornado outbreak targets 30 states through Sunday
  • The Texas Tribune: [TX] FEMA wants the names and addresses of migrants helped by Texas nonprofits and local governments that got federal grant money
  • NBC News: [CA] L.A. faces flooding and power outages from heavy rain as burn scar areas told to evacuate
  • New York Times: [CA] Tornado Reported in Los Angeles as Storm Batters California
• Secret Service
  • Marshfield News-Herald: [WI] 3 charged with stealing $114,550 in ATM ‘jackpotting’ theft from Marshfield credit union
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo! News: 7 more sexual assault complaints filed against U.S. Coast Guard
  • Delaware News Journal: [DE] Devastated family asks boaters for help in recovering son’s body from Delaware River
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Bloomberg: DHS Workers Tasked With Curbing Hacks Ousted in DOGE Squeeze
  • Reuters: White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Yahoo! News: [SC] Man accused in I-85 bomb threat reappears in bond court
• National Security News
  • New York Times: Musk Met This Week With General Who Leads N.S.A. and Cyber Command, an N.S.A. Spokesman Says
  • CBS Austin: Private Biden email address received Obama briefings, sensitive security info: report
  • FOX News: [MA] Convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, calls himself ‘proud patriot’
  • New York Times: [NY] How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn
  • AP: [Canada] Rubio and other G7 diplomats meet in Canada as Trump threatens more tariffs on allies
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] US long-range bombs headed to Ukraine as ATACMS supply dwindles
  • CNN: [Russia] Putin lays out sweeping questions and tough demands about 30-day ceasefire proposal
  • The Hill: [Russia] Putin says he’s open to ceasefire, but wants to eliminate ‘causes of this crisis’
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russia seeks to exclude key Trump envoy from Ukraine talks, sources say
  • Newsweek: [Russia] Putin Aide Rejects Trump’s Temporary Ukraine Ceasefire Offer
  • Miami Herald: [Russia] Trump threatens Russia with ‘devastating’ economic pain if it doesn’t sign cease-fire
  • Washington Post: [Russia] Putin still intends Ukraine domination, U.S. intelligence reports say
  • FOX News: [Iran] Trump admin cracks down on groups tied to Iran targeting US citizens, sanctions Iranian-linked Swedish gang
  • AP: [China] China is taking issue with Trump’s move to link tariffs to fentanyl
  • VOA News: [China] Exclusive: Second Iranian ship suspected of carrying missile ingredient leaves China
  • Reuters: [Australia] Australia moves to arm troops with anti-ship missiles as China threat looms

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