• Top News
  • New York Times/FOX News: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over $1.8 Million in Immigration Fines
  • New York Times/Politico/CNN: Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees
  • New York Times: Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
  • Chicago Tribune: Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
  • AP: Chicago’s immigration crackdown is being documented, one jarring phone video at a time
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Says Border Patrol Operation in Charlotte Is Not Over
  • Reuters: Status of immigration crackdown operation in Charlotte in doubt
  • The Hill: Immigration arrests across North Carolina top 250
  • Axios: Parents navigate how to discuss immigration crackdown with kids
  • Wall Street Journal: Judge Rules National Guard Deployment in Washington, D.C., Was Unlawful
  • Breitbart: Biden-Era Illegal Uzbek Truck Driver Busted in Arizona with Five Fraudulent Licenses
  • AP/FOX News: Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers
  • Washington Times: Five antifa members plead guilty to terrorism charges in ICE facility attack
  • Federalist: It’s Past Time Red States Challenge SCOTUS Decision That Opened America’s Schools To Illegal Aliens
  • Breitbart: China Defends Venezuela, Demanding U.S. Replace Anti-Drug Efforts with ‘Normal’ Policing
  • NBC News: Drug boats from Venezuela are mainly moving cocaine to Europe — not fentanyl to the U.S., experts say
  • Washington Examiner: Schumer demands Rubio give Senate briefing on US military buildup around Venezuela
  • Reuters: US military has new options to pursue group tied to Venezuela’s Maduro, Pentagon says
  • The Hill: Hegseth says terror designation provides Pentagon with ‘new options’ to go after Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles
  • Telemundo52: Trump is considering taking “additional measures” against drug cartels in Mexico
  • Washington Examiner: Why isn’t Trump taking on Mexico’s CJNG cartel?
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
  • ABC News: Some South Korean workers return to Georgia battery plant after ICE raid
  • AP: Judge to rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody
  • Washington Times: ICE official says Costa Rica ‘not an option’ for Abrego Garcia deportation
  • ABC News: ICE official struggles to answer questions about Abrego Garcia’s possible deportation
  • Univision: Federal agents storm a Queens apartment at gunpoint in front of several children
  • Axios: The health impact of Trump’s new "public charge" rule
  • Breitbart: Sen. Bernie Moreno: Illegal Aliens Must Leave U.S. Because ‘Moral Clarity Matters’
  • Federalist: Homeland Security’s Bloated ‘Intelligence’ Office Is Costing Taxpayers $348 Million Every Year
  • AP: Woman who worked for congressman accused of faking politically motivated attack
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them?
  • Washington Times: Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs are a national security imperative
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Hate big government? Then you should oppose ICE raids.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: ICE deports MS-13 gang leader who tried to ‘game our immigration system’ under Biden administration, DHS says
  • Federal Newswire: ICE announces arrests of individuals convicted of serious crimes across multiple states
  • Bloomberg: The Rise of America’s ICE Towns
  • New York Post: [NY] Long Island postal worker helps ICE detainee escape, then berates agents in bilingual rant: feds
  • FOX News: [NY] Mamdani vows NYPD will ‘never’ go back to Adams-era cooperation with ICE enforcement
  • CBS New York: [NY] DHS confirms 13 migrants arrested at Newark seafood market
  • CBS News: [MD] Maryland mother deported to Vietnam months after being detained by ICE
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Deported Maryland mother says immigrants treated "less than animals," husband vows to bring her back
  • New York Post: [GA] Rep. Buddy Carter calls for ICE surge to Atlanta to halt migrant crimes
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] One in a Hundred: Father of three reportedly among those released after arrest in “Operation Midway Blitz”
  • NewsMax: [TX] DHS Raid of Texas Illegals Gang Nets 150 Arrests
  • Blaze: [TX] Texas and Trump team take down over 30 illegal alien truck drivers in 1 day — California licenses BUSTED
  • Axios: [TX] Stat du jour: More than 3,500 arrested by ICE Houston amid government shutdown
  • AP: [ID] Federal judge orders release of 16 migrants detained in Idaho raid, citing due process violations
  • SFGate: [CA] ICE agents chase parent after drop-off at Bay Area school
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Alameda police: Person driving stolen van may have been impersonating a federal Homeland Security agent
  • SFGate: [CA] Oakland: Car Chase Involving Ice Agents Led To West Oakland School Lockdown, Car Crash Wednesday
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: EB-5 Visa Processing Time: Concurrent Application Rules Expedite Immigrants to Get US Citizenship
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: The government wants to tighten the residency and visa application process
  • Telemundo: USCIS announces it will raise the cost of some immigration procedures due to inflation
  • Univision: 7 key points of the policy with which the Trump administration seeks to penalize immigrants for receiving public benefits
  • Houston Chronicle: League of Women Voters sues Trump administration over voter registration ban
  • The Hill: [NY] Trump admin cancels multiple citizenship ceremonies in New York, claiming unmet legal requirements
  • ABC 7 New York: [NY] USCIS reverses recent cancellation of naturalization ceremonies across New York State
  • CBS New York: [NY] Naturalization ceremonies will soon resume in NYC’s northern suburbs
  • CNN: [NC] ‘Workers not coming: ‘ Charlotte businesses on edge over immigration crackdown
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Chip Roy Unveils Plan To Fix America’s Legal Immigration Revolving Door
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Asylum approvals plummet at S.F. immigration court during Trump’s second term
  • Telemundo: [CA] Lawyer reports alleged detentions at USCIS offices in San Diego
  • Breitbart: [Syria] Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Ending ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for Syrian Nationals
  • New York Times: [China] Researcher’s Smuggling Arrest Casts Light on Dispute Over Chinese Students
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Los Angeles Times: Border Patrol is monitoring U.S. drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns
  • Telemundo51: They will take fingerprints and photos of immigrants upon entry and exit from the United States
  • Univision: Border Patrol may be monitoring drivers on highways with cameras and algorithms
  • AP: A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
  • NewsNation: [NC] Protesters gather at North Carolina hotels housing Border Patrol
  • Breitbart: [LA] Border Patrol ramps up immigration action in New Orleans
  • Axios: [LA] How activists are preparing for Border Patrol in New Orleans
  • NBC News: [LA] Border Patrol planning to mobilize in New Orleans
  • CNN: [IL] Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Charges dropped against Marimar Martinez, shot by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park
  • Reuters: [CA] As US migration rates drop, life on the San Diego border has changed
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Tijuana’s shelters thin out after Trump asylum crackdown
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: TSA may start charging a fee for passengers without a Real ID
  • FOX News: Trump admin gives $10k bonuses to air traffic controllers with perfect attendance during government shutdown
  • DailySignal: Trump Awards Massive Checks to Air Traffic Controllers Who Worked in Shutdown
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] TSA checkpoints closed during government shutdown reopen at Philadelphia International Airport
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Pluckers offers free meals to TSA agents, air traffic controllers after government shutdown
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston airport officials say they’re ready for 2.1M Thanksgiving travelers. Here’s what to know.
  • The Hill: [OR] TSA conducting review after passenger gets meat cleaver through security
  • SFGate: [CA] SFO becomes first California airport to launch new expedited security tech
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • ABC News: Thousands of toxic sites in US at risk of flooding in coming decades due to sea level rise: Study
  • CBS News: Hurricane Melissa winds hit record-breaking 252 mph, data confirms
  • Daily Wire: [FL] Florida Democrat Indicted For Turning FEMA Funds Into Campaign Cash
  • Politico: [FL] Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position
  • FOX News: [FL] Steube speaks about his push to expel Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick over alleged FEMA fraud
  • Washington Examiner: [FL] House members react to indictment of Florida Democrat: ‘Most egregious abuses of public trust’
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Post/NewsMax/AP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
  • Washington Post/Time: In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
  • CBS News: DEA administrator says it’s an "all hands approach" amid huge Coast Guard cocaine seizure
  • NewsMax: DEA, Coast Guard Back Military Boat Strikes as Cocaine Seizures Rise
  • Telemundo: [CA] The Coast Guard rescues four shipwrecked people in California
  • FOX News: [Mexico] False alarm triggers brief rescue operation aboard Carnival Radiance off Mexico coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization
  • Cyberscoop: Hundreds of Salesforce customers hit by yet another third-party vendor breach
  • Axios: FCC rescinds telecom cyber rules imposed after China hacked U.S. networks
  • CyberScoop: Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon
  • DailySignal: [China] China Just Escalated Its AI War Against America
  • CNN: [North Korea] North Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Daily Caller: [ME] Blue State Somalis Allegedly Sent Welfare Money To Al-Qaeda Ally Planning Another 9/11
  • Free Beacon: [NY] Columbia Student Groups Promoted Protest That Saw Anti-Semitic Mob Throw Bottles at Holocaust Survivors Outside Synagogue
  • Axios: [NY] 9/11 families’ lawsuit links Saudi officials to plot — despite prince’s denial
  • Breitbart: [MN] Report: MN Somali Medicaid Fraud Investigation Reveals Terrorist Link — ‘Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota Taxpayer’
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Mayor Brandon Johnson calls Blue Line fire attack ‘isolated incident’
  • FOX News: [TX] Muslim civil rights group CAIR sues Texas over Abbott’s ‘terrorist’ designation
  • New York Times: [Cuba] Qaeda Convict Returns to Guantánamo Court 17 Years After Trial
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Trump: Democrats ‘traitors’ for telling military not to follow unlawful orders
  • AP: Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
  • NBC News: Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death,’ for urging military to ignore illegal orders
  • The Hill: Dem leaders bash Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers: ‘Disgusting and dangerous’
  • NPR: White House condemns Democratic lawmakers’ video but backs off Trump’s posts
  • Daily Caller: DOJ Charges Three Chinese Nationals With Shipping Chips To China
  • Breitbart: GAO: ‘Digital footprints’ endanger the nation, military and personnel
  • Breitbart: [Ukraine] Ukraine’s Zelensky agrees to discuss new peace plan with Trump
  • Axios: [Ukraine] Trump peace plan for Ukraine includes NATO-style security guarantee
  • Breitbart: [Sudan] Trump Says U.S. Working on Sudan Peace Deal at the Urging of Saudi Crown Prince
  • Washington Times: [China] Congress warned that China’s crackdown on religious freedom is a national security threat to U.S.

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