• Top News
  • Reuters/CBS News/Blaze/NewsMax/Breitbart: FBI says it has made multiple arrests, disrupted attack plot in Michigan
  • FOX News: Truckers warn of ‘foreign invasion’ as DHS cracks down on illegal immigrant drivers
  • Daily Wire: ICE Warns Of Potential Terrorist Attack After Catching Dozens Of Illegal Immigrant Trucker Drivers
  • FOX News: ICE director vows to ‘stop at nothing’ in DHS highway crackdown
  • FOX Business: US Border Patrol chief says it is ‘like a goose chase’ trying to find these people
  • Washington Examiner: Noem refuses Pritzker enforcement pause request, IL passes sanctuary enhancement
  • FOX News: Noem slams Pritzker after request to stop ICE operations on Halloween
  • New York Times: Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
  • NBC News/SFGate: ‘Happy Halloween!’: DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.
  • New York Times: Mexico Winds Down Search for Survivor of U.S. Boat Strike
  • AP: UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are ‘unacceptable’
  • Roll Call: SASC leaders press DOD for legal justification of boat strikes
  • NewsMax.: War Dept. Press Secretary to Newsmax: US Will Hunt, Kill Narco-Terrorists
  • New York Times/FOX News: Top Senators Say Pentagon Has Not Shared Legal Justification for Boat Strikes
  • Reuters: Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?
  • The Hill: Military strikes on Venezuela appear increasingly likely
  • New York Post: US prepared to strike Venezuelan military bases as Trump ramps up pressure on dictator Maduro
  • FOX News: White House responds to reports of Trump preparing to hit military targets inside Venezuela
  • Reuters: Venezuela opposition split over possible U.S. action
  • Washington Post: As U.S. ramps up the pressure, Venezuela pleads with Moscow, Beijing for help
  • Washington Post: Maduro braces for a U.S. attack; Venezuelans worry more about dinner
  • Reuters: US senators want answers on ‘anti-drug’ strategy as Venezuela tensions rise
  • Washington Post: U.S. boat strikes spread fear across the Caribbean
  • AP: Ecuador’s president seeks agreements with the US and Brazil to install military bases
  • FOX News: Illinois lawmakers pass bill banning ICE immigration arrests near courthouses
  • CBS Chicago: Appeals court rules Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino doesn’t have to report daily to federal judge
  • Chicago Tribune: On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
  • Washington Post: ICE and Border Patrol’s use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law
  • Chicago Tribune: Lakeview resident calls on CPD to arrest federal agents for immigration raid on his property
  • Washington Post: U.S. Park Police seeks hundreds more officers amid Trump’s crime crackdown
  • Washington Post: D.C. police chief says cover-up accusations are false
  • Washington Examiner: Why ICE and Border Patrol are fighting over which should arrest illegal immigrants
  • CNN: A federal judge is poised to rule on the fate of the National Guard in Portland. Here’s what the trial revealed
  • Chicago Tribune: National Guard in each state is ordered to create ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in civil unrest
  • Bloomberg: An Eyewitness Account of How ICE Raids Are Chilling the Economy
  • Politico: More than 100 judges have ruled against the Trump admin’s mandatory detention policy
  • NewsMax: Courts Keep Rejecting Trump Immigration Detention Rule
  • Federal News Network: DoD to send more military lawyers to Justice Department as some begin serving as temporary immigration judges
  • US News & World Report: Federal agents detained immigrants and held them on California’s Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
  • Politico: What I Saw at the Epicenter of Trump’s War on ‘Illegals’
  • NewsMax: Judge Approves Abrego Garcia Transfer for Tennessee Hearing
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicagoland’s kids deserve a normal Halloween night. Let’s give them one.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Daily Wire: Leftist Terrorists Have Gotten Away With Their Crimes For Too Long, But Not Anymore
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP: Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers
  • CBS News: Ossoff investigation details alleged medical neglect, poor conditions at ICE detention centers
  • FOX News: CNN host compares ICE crackdown to horror movie, suggests parents will be ‘abducted’ while trick-or-treating
  • Federalist: The Feds Are Rescuing Trafficked Children From L.A. While Useless Democrats Grumble
  • FOX News: Blue state ICE agents dodge bullets, speeding cars as left ramps up tracking campaigns
  • Blaze: [NJ] Immigration raid at New Jersey warehouse busts illegal aliens, arresting 22% of workforce
  • NewsMax: [FL] Florida Man Arrested for Death Threats to ICE Officers
  • Wall Street Journal/AP: [IL] Advocates Sue Feds Over ‘Dire’ Conditions at Chicago-Area Immigration Facility
  • Chicago Sun-Times: Broadview ICE facility a ‘black box’ where immigrants denied access to lawyers, medicine, lawsuit claims
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] State police arrest sparks ICE rumors after staging at East Chicago Police Department
  • Breitbart: [IL] ICE Detains Criminal Migrants Who Hid in a Chicago Area K-12 School
  • NewsMax: [IL] Angel Dad Backs DHS Crackdown Honoring Daughter Killed by Illegal Migrant
  • Breitbart: [IL] Parents of Daughter Killed by Illegal Alien Divided on ICE’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] "He can’t read or write": Hispanic father detained by federal agents and his family knows nothing about him
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Witnesses say masked agents blocked off half of Calumet Ave. in Hammond immigration arrest
  • CNN: [NE] An undocumented mother says ICE raids and ‘Cornhusker Clink’ are the end of the Nebraska she’s called home for decades
  • Univision: [NM] Children detained by ICE who don’t sleep, don’t eat, and don’t drink water: Trump reopened centers for families, and they feel like they’re in "a prison."
  • FOX News: [AZ] ICE officer shoots illegal immigrant during Phoenix traffic stop gone wrong, both hospitalized
  • Univision: [CA] “Thank God I’m out now”: Young man with disabilities is released after three months detained in an ICE detention center
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Feds say TikToker who was shot previously escaped. A video casts doubt
  • NewsNation: [CA] California man accused of raping woman who was seeking immigration help
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Officials react to allegations of civilians impersonating ICE
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP/New York Post: Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
  • Bloomberg Law: US Plan Requires Biometrics From All Immigration Benefit Seekers
  • New York Times: Under Trump, Becoming a U.S. Citizen Gets Harder
  • AP: [WI] Wisconsin judge puts on hold ruling that required citizenship check of voters
  • AP: [South Africa] South African government criticizes Trump’s refugee policy prioritizing white Afrikaner minority
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Univision: Trump administration imposes $5,000 fine on unaccompanied minors for illegal entry, says lawyer
  • Blaze: [IL] Bodycam footage shows intense moment Border Patrol is surrounded by anti-DHS agitators
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Border Patrol agents use taser and arrest man following crash in O’Hare parking lot
  • Univision: [IL] Six broken ribs and internal bleeding: this is how the Border Patrol left a 67-year-old man after a violent arrest in Chicago, according to a complaint.
  • FOX News: [TX] Meth Busters’: CBP officers in Eagle Pass halt massive drug shipment bound for United States
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Ysidro port adding new SENTRI access to ease traffic in Tijuana
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark
  • Reuters: FAA delaying flights as government shutdown enters Day 31
  • Washington Post: Flight delays, airport disruption fears grow as government shutdown drags on
  • CBS News: Delta Air Lines calls on Congress to end government shutdown, pay air traffic controllers and TSA agents
  • Daily Caller: [NY] Hakeem Jeffries Refuses To Take Responsibility And Blames Trump As New York’s Busiest Airport Faces Ground Stop
  • Washington Post: [SC] Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says
• Secret Service
  • NewsMax: [TX] Secret Service Busts 17 Skimmers in $17.7M EBT Fraud
• Coast Guard
  • NewsNation: [CA] Coast Guard stops panga with 11 Mexican migrants near San Diego
  • AP: [CA] Federal agents detained immigrants and held them on California’s Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Federal News Network: Trump admin begins developing new cybersecurity strategy
  • CyberScoop: [TN] Ukrainian allegedly involved in Conti ransomware attacks faces up to 25 years in jail
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] UCSD Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity fights attacks on multiple fronts
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax: Rep. Gill to Newsmax: ‘Suicidal Immigration Policy’ Fueled Islamic Terror Threats
  • The Hill: DOJ brings first terrorism charge against member of 764 online predator network
  • Bloomberg: ISIS Propaganda Translator’s Terrorism Support Conviction Upheld
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: UN rejects ‘disastrous’ nuclear testing after Trump floats restarting exercises
  • USA Today: Military will be paid on Oct. 31 after officials pull $5.3B from 3 accounts
  • Reuters: [Niger] US issues travel advisory to Niger after kidnapping
  • The Hill: [China] Hegseth tells China’s defense chief US will ‘stoutly defend its interests’

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