• Top News
  • AP/Axios/USA Today: Arrests Now Top 250 in Immigration Crackdown Across North Carolina
  • NewsNation: Border Patrol meets protester pushback in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Axios/Breitbart: Border Patrol tactics in Charlotte prompt concerns over intimidation
  • NewsMax: DHS: ‘Civil Emergency’ Order Issued After Anti-ICE Riots, Bomb and Death Threats
  • Washington Examiner: Senior Border Patrol official accuses NC Gov. Josh Stein of ‘causing’ violence against ICE
  • FOX News: ICE threats and harassment could bring prison time under new GOP Halo Act
  • FOX News: Chief Border Patrol Agent Greg Bovino says ‘there’s no stopping’ ICE operations amid Charlotte protests
  • Univision: Thousands miss school in North Carolina due to raids: what the state law says about absences
  • FOX News: North Carolina school district releases memo on ‘supporting student absences’ due to ICE raids
  • CBS News: What we know about immigration operations in Charlotte and plans for New Orleans
  • New York Times: As Border Patrol Floods North Carolina, Charlotte Asks, ‘Why Us?’’
  • Daily Wire: ‘Sanctuary Politician’ Roy Cooper Gets DHS Smackdown Over Operation Charlotte’s Web
  • CNN: Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How Charlotte residents are mobilizing during the immigration crackdown
  • AP: Protesters in Charlotte urge Home Depot to keep immigration officers off its property
  • NewsNation: ‘Everybody’s closed’: Border Patrol operations spark fear and business closures across Charlotte
  • FOX News: 250 border agents to deploy to Louisiana for ‘Swamp Sweep,’ report says
  • FOX Business: Police chief calls DHS’s Operation ‘Swamp Sweep’ a ‘godsend’ for Louisiana
  • AP: Multicultural New Orleans awaits arrival of ‘Swamp Sweep’ immigration crackdown
  • Daily Caller: Congress Cracks Down On Narcotrafficking By Infamous Venezuelan Cartel
  • Washington Post: Judge restarts contempt probe over deportation flights to El Salvador
  • Daily Wire: Collision Involving Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver Leads To Death Of National Guardsman
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant caught driving commercial truck with valid New York CDL at California checkpoint
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Man charged with hitting federal officer with sedan during immigration arrest in National City
  • Federalist: Someone Needs To Explain How An Illegal Alien Wanted For Terrorism Got A CDL License
  • WSOC-TV 9: DHS says vehicle attacks against agents are up 58%, several arrested in Charlotte
  • FOX News: Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers: GOP lawmaker
  • NewsMax: La. Gov. Landry to Newsmax: All In on Illegals Crackdown
  • Reuters: Appeals Court Blocks Limits on Federal Agents’ Use of Force in Chicago Area
  • Washington Examiner: DHS blames ‘sanctuary politicians’ for having to declare civil emergency order after anti-ICE attacks
  • Washington Examiner: Judge orders DHS to release 400 immigrants detained in Chicago
  • AP: These are the sights and sounds of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago
  • NPR: Grassroots resistance swells in the wake of the immigration crackdown in Chicago
  • NPR: How Chicago’s ICE resistance was born
  • CBS Chicago: Wife hopes to have husband home for Thanksgiving as hundreds of detained immigrants await potential release
  • Roll Call: House Democrats spotlight Trump immigration enforcement harms
  • DailySignal: Republicans Fire Back at Democrats Who Tell Military Members to ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’
  • New York Times: How Noncitizens, Anxious Under Trump, Are Altering Their Lives
  • New York Times: How Americans Feel About Immigrants and Immigration
  • New York Times: Most Immigrants Support Border Enforcement, but Not Mass Deportations, Poll Finds
  • New York Times: How Are Immigrants Feeling?
  • NewsMax: Rep. Tony Gonzales to Newsmax: Trump’s Saudi Partnership Boosting US Economy
• Opinion – Editorials
  • National Review: Trump Was Right the First Time on H-1B
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: The White House Gold Rush Is On
  • Los Angeles Times: ICE is grabbing U.S. citizens, defying its own rules and the Constitution
  • Bloomberg: Why Isn’t Anyone Stopping ICE?
  • New York Times: To Understand America’s Border Surge, You Have to Look Elsewhere; David Wallace-Wells
  • USA Today: US ‘drug boat’ strikes don’t just cross a line, they’re legally indefensible
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] New ICE leadership brings more violence and zero oversight
  • New York Post: [Israel] Trump’s Gaza peace plan is doomed — unless he shuts down terror-boosting UNRWA
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: Acting ICE director warns dangerous rhetoric is putting agents and the public at risk
  • AP: Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
  • CBS News: Woman who became U.S. citizen says "we’re never going to feel safe" amid immigration raids
  • Los Angeles Times: ICE raids may stunt economies of states with large Latino populations
  • Federalist: We Need To Deport 1 Million Illegal Immigrants A Month
  • NewsMax: Ron Vitiello to Newsmax: Biden’s Policies Drive Needed ICE Operations
  • Univision: [NY] White House promises to intensify immigration raids in New York after operation in Manhattan
  • The Hill: [NY] Border czar: ICE operations planned for New York City
  • NewsMax: [NY] Mamdani Says His New York Won’t Help ICE
  • USA Today: [NY] Michigan couple made $74M using undocumented immigrant workers, feds say
  • Univision: [NY] Ecuadorian student released after being detained by ICE during immigration appointment in Manhattan
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Advocacy groups warn of deportation of Maryland seafarers
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Maryland mother deported to Vietnam after being detained and released by ICE
  • Blaze: [NC] Charlotte ice cream shop shuts down over threat from ICE to Latino workers and customers, owner says
  • FOX News: [NC] Charlotte-based NASCAR powerhouse bolsters ICE operations with dozens of vehicles
  • NewsNation: [NC] Man tries ceiling escape during Charlotte immigration operation: DHS
  • Telemundo: [FL] Cuban migrant detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” was unable to be present for the birth of his son
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] ICE activity prompts shelter-in-place order for Clarkston schools
  • New York Times: [IL] Catholic Group Sues Trump Administration for Access to Immigration Facility
  • Bloomberg: [IL] US Judges in Chicago Handling ICE Suits Threatened, Durbin Says
  • Univision: [IL] Silverio Villegas’ autopsy reveals his death was a homicide while in ICE custody
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Broadview expanding designated protest zone outside ICE facility
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Evanston pastors arrested, charged with misdemeanors at Broadview ICE protest
  • NBC News: [MN] Homeland Security employee accused of soliciting sex from a minor in Minnesota
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Leaked Houston city council proposal would undo HPD’s ongoing cooperation with ICE
  • Breitbart: [TX] Biden-Released Illegal Alien Charged in Brutal Hammer Attack on Texas Woman in Park
  • Breitbart/Univision: [TX] ICE arrests immigrant accused of kidnapping, assaulting, and raping a 22-year-old woman in Houston
  • NewsMax: [OR] Oregon City Declares State of Emergency Over ICE
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] ICE chased down Oakland parent at school drop-off in attempted arrest, city council member says
  • SFGate: [CA] Oakland: Federal Immigration Activity In West Oakland Prompts Elementary School Lockdown
  • NewsMax: [CA] No Kings Act’ Aims to Open Federal Agents to Lawsuits
  • Bloomberg: [Mexicp] Trump Migrant Crackdown Spurs New Wrongful Deportation Claims
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • DailySignal: Trump Administration Divided Over How to Best Constrain H-1B Program
  • Breitbart: Trump Narrows His Support for H-1B White-Collar Outsourcing
  • Politico: ‘My poll numbers just went down’: Trump defends skilled immigration, breaking with MAGA base
  • ABC 7 New York: [NY] Scheduled citizenship oaths abruptly canceled for hundreds of New Yorkers
  • Telemundo: [FL] Venezuelan woman loses her US citizenship after multimillion-dollar Medicare scam
  • Reuters: [Syria] US judge blocks termination of temporary legal status for Syrians
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Takeaways from AP report on how Border Patrol monitors US drivers for ‘suspicious’ travel
  • FOX News: Border agents face growing threats as DHS expands raids
  • CBS News: [NY] Georgia man accused of laundering nearly $1M through cryptocurrency scheme arrested in New York
  • NBC News: [NC] Charlotte residents learn how to spot Border Patrol
  • CBS News: [GA] Former "Real Housewives of Potomac" star Mia Thornton arrested at Atlanta airport
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Macomb County man sentenced to probation in counterfeit auto parts case
  • NewsNation: [IL] Man who allegedly put hit on Border Patrol chief appears in court
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Person rescued from border wall wire
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] New SENTRI access in Tijuana debuts with short wait times to cross border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Bloomberg: Biometrics Could Allow Access to Airports Under TSA Proposal
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Philadelphia International Airport reopening security checkpoints closed during government shutdown
  • USA Today: [OR] TSA investigating after passenger brings meat cleaver on Delta flight
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say
  • New York Times: Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.
  • Washington Post: Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA
  • AP: Thousands of US hazardous sites are at risk of flooding because of sea level rise, study finds
  • New York Times/AP/The Hill: [FL] Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say
  • SFGate: [CA] Record-breaking storm brings flooding, road closures to Death Valley National Park
• Secret Service
  • New York Post: [PA] FBI never shared newly unearthed Thomas Crooks posts, ‘stonewalled’ investigation, furious reps say
• Coast Guard
  • Good Day Seattle at 10AM: Coast Guard Seizes 60,000 lbs of Cocaine
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] Coast Guard offloads record amount of narcotics seized in eastern Pacific
  • CBS News: [FL] Coast Guard admiral, DEA administrator defend strikes on alleged drug boats: "We’re going to apply every single tool"
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Amazon warns of global rise in specialized cyber-enabled kinetic targeting
  • HS Today: CISA Releases New Guides to Safeguard Critical Infrastructure From Unmanned Aircraft Systems Threats
  • CyberScoop: Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers
  • FOX News: Popular TP-Link routers could be banned after risks exposed
  • Federal News Network: [DC] When a cyberattack hits, breakdowns inside the organization may be as dangerous as the hackers themselves
  • Reuters: [Russia] US, UK and Australia sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: House unanimously passes bill to crack down on terrorists using AI
  • USA Today: [NY] Neo-Nazi leader pleads guilty to plot to poison Jewish children
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Coast Guard announces largest cocaine seizure in history, valued at over $360 million
  • AP/NBC News/Chicago Tribune: [IL] Federal terrorism charge filed against a man who allegedly set a woman on fire on Chicago train
  • AP: [TX] 5 accused of supporting antifa plead guilty to terrorism-related offense after Texas shooting
  • AP: [CO] Over 1,000 pounds of meth seized and 15 people charged in Colorado drug investigation
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Former neighbor sentenced for threatening mass shooting at Carmel Mountain Ranch school
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Marco Rubio Roasts ‘Clown’ Cuban Diplomat Defending Venezuelan Drug Trafficking
  • Federal News Network: [DC] DoD failing to address growing security threats posed by publicly available data
  • Daily Caller: [DC] Karoline Leavitt Says Reporters Caught Spying On White House Staff
  • FOX News: [Venezuela] Trump signs off on possible CIA operations in Venezuela: report
  • New York Times: [Venezuela] Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
  • Federalist: [Venezuela] Why The Trump Administration Doesn’t Need To Bring Regime Change To Venezuela To Protect Americans
  • Washington Post: [Poland] NATO on alert as Poland accuses Russia of ‘state terrorism’ in rail blast
  • Washington Post: [Ukraine] U.S. pushes new Ukraine peace plan as Trump’s Army secretary visits Kyiv
  • New York Post: [Ukraine] US, Russia drafting Gaza-inspired peace plan for Ukraine
  • Reuters: [Russia] Russia’s Putin calls for national AI task force

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