• Top News
  • AP/The Hill/Reuters/FOX News: Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border
  • The Hill/Daily Wire: Trump slams judges after ruling bars admin from using Alien Enemies Act to deport gangs
  • Breitbart: DHS Secretary: ICE Arrests Two Ukrainian Nationals for Alleged Illegal Voting in 2024 Election
  • Breitbart: Noem Says Media, Democrats ‘Wrapping Their Arms Around’ Human Smuggler, Wife Beater, Violent Criminal
  • FOX News: Noem rips Democrats over support for deported migrant
  • Breitbart.com: Noem Says Media, Democrats ‘Wrapping Their Arms Around’ Human Smuggler, Wife Beater, Violent Criminal
  • SFGate: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy
  • USA Today: Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia? The answer is found on the streets where he lived and worked
  • Just the News: Noem touts Trump budget proposal for ending funding for NGOs that ‘facilitated’ illegal immigration
  • CNN: What happens with US citizen children caught up in Trump’s deportation push
  • FOX News: AOC taunts Tom Homan after border czar threatened to refer her Justice Department
  • CNN: [MA] Harvard is taking the Trump administration to court. The judge overseeing the case is no stranger to either side
  • FOX News: [NY] DHS slams NYT for story about suspect who raped corpse: ‘Refused to mention’ he’s an ‘ILLEGAL alien’
  • AP: [DC] US reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought over Ashli Babbitt’s shooting during Capitol riot
  • ABC News: [VA] 3 corrections officers stabbed by MS-13 gang members in prison: Officials
  • New York Post: [FL] MS-13 gangbanger nicknamed ‘Chuky’ sentenced to 17 years for prison fentanyl drug ring
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas Democrats across the state host May Day protests against President Trump as Republicans celebrate his 100 days in office
  • New York Times: [CO] Trump Administration Sues Colorado and Denver Over Immigration Policies
  • Axios: [CO] Exclusive: Denver mayor calls DOJ immigration suit legally baseless
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] Mexican mayor arrested in probe of alleged drug cartel ranch: govt source
  • Washington Post: [El Salvador] Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison
  • New York Times: [El Salvador] The World Is Finally Seeing How Dangerous Bukele Really Is
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Politico: Visa Applicants Don’t Have First Amendment Rights
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart.com: DHS Secretary: ICE Arrests Two Ukrainian Nationals for Alleged Illegal Voting in 2024 Election
  • The Hill: Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi calls release ‘a victory for democracy’
  • Univision: A judge has the power to block ICE access to certain immigrants with the help of the IRS.
  • FOX News: [NY] Illegal immigrants accused of pocketing thousands by smuggling hundreds of aliens each week from Canada to US
  • CBS Austin: [FL] Man previously deported from U.S. arrested for child porn in Florida
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Detroit criminal deportation cases skyrocket in Trump’s first 100 days
  • Tampa Free Press: [MI] ICE Nabs Rapists, Child Predators, Gang Members In Deportation Blitz
  • CBS News: [MN] Judge rules University of Minnesota student detained by ICE cannot be deported
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal immigrants charged in brutal murder during California home invasion, robbery
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: Visa crackdown leads international students in the US to reconsider summer travel
  • USA Today: How many international students had their legal status changed? Maps show Trump’s impact.
  • Politico: [Romania] Romania taken off US visa-free travel list
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CNN: [AZ] A pregnant woman wandered the desert for days before Border Patrol detained her. Now with a newborn, she faces deportation
  • Reuters: [AZ] Guatemalan migrant who gave birth in US avoids rapid deportation
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Cross Border Xpress pledges $100 million for expansion plan to include new hotel in Otay Mesa
  • NBC News: [China] Temu halts shipping direct from China as de minimis tariff loophole is cut off
• Transportation Security Administration
  • ABC News: May 7th ‘Real ID’ deadline approaching
  • AP: Don’t have a REAL ID yet? That could cause you travel headaches after May 7
  • FOX News: Travelers scramble to comply with new REAL ID requirement
  • FOX News: Hidden REAL ID hassles facing airline travelers and states to avoid
  • Axios: Real ID deadline is Wednesday, what to know before flying
  • CBS Austin: [NH] TSA system struggles to verify New Hampshire’s new Real ID design, causing travel delays
  • Good Morning America: [NH] NH DMV Working with TSA to Resolve Reported Issues Involving New License Design
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • ABC News: Over 25 million Americans on alert for severe weather across East Coast
  • CBS New York: [NJ] Hackettstown, N.J. wildfire 100% contained, officials say
  • CBS News: [NM] 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattles rural southeastern New Mexico, West Texas
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risks
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] When FEMA failed to test soil for toxic substances after the L.A. fires, The Times had it done. The results were alarming
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: [ME] Unhinged Maine high school teacher says Trump ‘needs to die, calls for Secret Service should take him and followers out in wild rant
• Coast Guard
  • Yahoo News: [NC] U.S. Coast Guard asking for help finding person making hoax calls in NC
  • FOX 7 Miami: [FL] ‘Completely vertical’: 32 rescued after 63-foot yacht takes on water off Monument Island
  • Hoodline: [FL] US Coast Guard Seizes $14.1 Million Worth of Cocaine and Marijuana Near Miami Beach
  • CBS Saturday Morning: [LA] Ruptured Oil Well Off Gulf Coast
  • Yahoo News: [WA] Coast Guard airlifts man off cruise ship after medical emergency
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: 5.5 million patients’ information exposed by major healthcare data breach
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] New York leads US with greatest number of antisemitic incidents
• National Security News
  • Daily Wire: Top Trump White House Aide In Running To Take Post Vacated By Mike Waltz
  • Washington Examiner: Senate GOP saddled with Signalgate as Waltz plucked to fill last Cabinet post
  • FOX Business: [NY] Chinese community leader-businessman in New York convicted as illegal agent of the CCP in ‘Fox Hunt’ scheme
  • Wall Street Journal: [NY] How a Pillar of New York’s Chinese Community Did Beijing’s Dirty Work
  • Axios: [Israel] Scoop: Hegseth plans Israel visit ahead of Trump’s Middle East trip
  • Washington Post: [Israel] Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza with U.S. contractors
  • Washington Post: [Yemen] Dozens killed in U.S. strike on purported detention center in Yemen, visuals show
  • Washington Post: [China] Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] America’s New Pacific Army Commander Lays Out His China Strategy
  • AP: [Japan] Japan and China trade accusations of airspace violation near disputed islands

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