• Top News
  • ABC News/CNN/CBS News: Kristi Noem directed Venezuelans to be sent to El Salvador after federal judge ordered deportation planes turned around: DOJ
  • CBS Colorado/Washington Times: Federal judge in Colorado declares ICE policy of warrantless arrests illegal
  • Blaze: Trump administration finds Biden policies let in terrorists, including ISIS plotters
  • Breitbart: Report: Biden Admin Made Airports Less Safe Using Them to House Migrants
  • Washington Post: Noem purse snatcher pleads guilty in D.C., faces deportation
  • NBC News/CNN: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s relative detained by ICE
  • FOX News: Trump DHS official slams Democrats’ move to monitor ICE operations
  • FOX News: DHS torches ‘bamboozled’ Dems for calling ICE crackdown ‘vicious lies’
  • FOX News: DHS says four House Democrats ‘chose to stand with criminal illegal aliens’ after visiting ICE detainee
  • FOX News: Tom Homan: Dems are ‘complicit’ in the largest national security failure in our nation’s history
  • New York Times: Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
  • Free Beacon: Bondi: Memphis Murder Rate Cut Nearly in Half Since Launch of Federal Task Force
  • New York Times: Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
  • AP: Milwaukee judge accused of helping immigrant evade agents set to appear at last pre-trial hearing
  • Univision: Texas orders return of 200 Illinois National Guard agents before Thanksgiving
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms
  • ABC News: Thousands of immigrants could be eligible for bond hearings, striking down DHS policy: Judge
  • AP: Federal judge says immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest those at risk of fleeing
  • Washington Examiner: HUD launches hotline to report illegal immigrants living in public housing
  • Bloomberg Law News: DOJ Demands Data Troves From US Attorneys on Trump Mandates
  • New York Times: Justice Dept. Whistleblower Joins Legal Group Battling the Trump Administration
  • FOX News: NY Times story on illegal immigrant stealing Minnesota man’s identity sparks debate, gets blasted by JD Vance
  • Federalist: An Illegal Alien Stole An American’s Identity For 15 Years. NYT Says He’s A Victim Too
  • Blaze: New York Times is getting absolutely hammered online for sympathetic article about criminal illegal alien
  • Washington Examiner: Refusal of Trump administration to release holistic deportation data fuels ‘distrust,’ Heritage says
  • Washington Post: These countries are taking millions from Trump to accept U.S. deportees
  • Daily Caller: Trump Says He Saved Turkeys From Being Deported To Notorious Foreign Prison In Hilarious Moment
  • Breitbart: FBI: Arrests for Assaults on Federal Officers Surge Threefold in Trump’s First Year Back in White House
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Struggles to Sell MAGA on H-1Bs
  • Bloomberg: DHS Has Better Ways to Spend $200 Million Than This
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: War on badges: House GOP targets anti-police rhetoric amid ICE attacks
  • Federal Newswire: ICE reports arrests targeting individuals convicted of serious crimes across multiple states
  • The National News Desk: Record levels of migrants in ICE custody as deportations and arrests ramp up
  • Free Beacon: [NY] Mamdani ‘Community Safety’ Adviser Called To Abolish Police, Prisons, ICE, the DEA, the FBI, and Borders
  • Breitbart: [NY] Biden-Released Turkish Criminal Alien Arrested in Buffalo, Attacked ICE Officers While Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’
  • New York Times: [NY] She Tried to Leave America. She Entered an Immigration Hall of Mirrors.
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] New Jersey Democrats float ICE mask ban after California passed similar law
  • FOX News: [FL] ICE seeking to deport ‘criminal’ illegal immigrant who allegedly threw coffee on baby, mother and dog
  • Daily Caller: [MI] Illegal Migrant Sex Criminal Worked As College Professor Before ICE Arrest
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] 2 Detroit students from Western International High detained by ICE
  • Michigan Now: [MI] 51 confirmed Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in North Side raid, report says
  • FOX News: [IL] Migrant teenagers charged in fatal stabbing of homeless man in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] As ICE detains longtime Chicago street vendors with no criminal history, neighbors rally with emergency funds
  • NewsMax: [TX] FBI: 143 Tren de Aragua Terrorists Arrested in South Texas
  • New York Times: [OK] Iranian Professor in Oklahoma Released 3 Days After His Detention by ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Man shot in back by ICE pleads not guilty to assault charges
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] California union leader pleads not guilty to charges after LA ICE protest arrest
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted
  • Fox 5 San Diego: [CA] Lawsuit alleges ICE of detaining immigrants without due process in San Diego County
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: Trump administration targets some DACA recipients
  • FOX News/Breitbart: Trump admin ends Temporary Protected Status for Burmese migrants
  • AP: Rights groups slam Trump administration for ending Myanmar deportation protection as civil war rages
  • CBS News: Trump administration orders review of refugees who entered under Biden, pauses their green card cases, memo shows
  • Blaze: Trump DHS makes ‘temporary’ finally mean temporary again, revoking Biden’s free pass for 4,000 foreign nationals
  • Politico: Inside lobbying efforts to make the Mar-a-Lago foreign worker visa a staple of MAGA
  • Breitbart: White House Rejects Media Claim Trump Backs H-1B Outsourcing Visas
  • CNN: James Fishback defends plan to end H1-B visas, says American dream is "for Americans"‘
  • Washington Examiner: Labor Department unveils ‘Project Firewall’ to reprimand employers who ‘abuse’ H-1B visas
  • Daily Caller: Heritage Foundation Offers Drastic Reforms To H1-B Visas As Trump Defends Program
  • NewsMax: Feds Expand Project Firewall to Target H-1B Hiring Discrimination
  • Washington Times: Trump’s comments on H-1B visa program drops hard truth about American education
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [AL] Mother of two children detained by ICE for failing to appear for a traffic ticket citation
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas quietly tightens ID rules for car registrations after backlash over unauthorized immigrants
  • AP: [PR] US sanctions high-ranking Haitian official and accuses him of supporting gangs
• Customs and Border Protection
  • CBS New York: [NY] A trove of counterfeit goods recovered at JFK Airport, Customs and Border Patrol officials say
  • Washington Examiner: [LA] New Orleans next stop for Border Patrol, reports say
  • Chicago Tribune/CBS Chicago: [IL] Transcripts reveal Bovino’s heated deposition on Border Patrol agents’ use of force
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] A criminal probe tied to Chicago woman’s shooting by border agent continues, feds say
  • FOX News: [TX] CBP finds enormous meth haul stashed in Mexican lettuce in truck at Texas crossing
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Blaze: DOT Secretary Duffy explains how he’s making flying great again in time for Thanksgiving
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick posts bond in $5 million FEMA fraud case
  • Washington Post: [IL] FEMA workers pulled from Chicago storm damage surveys because of ICE
  • USA Today: [TX] Tornado rips through Houston area, damaging dozens of homes
• Secret Service
  • Axios: U.S. House dramatically ramps up security for its lawmakers as fears of violence rise
• Coast Guard
  • Axios: Trump admin to ramp up icebreaker fleet as race for Arctic minerals heats up
  • NBC News: [FL] Coast Guard rescues family stranded at sea
  • ABC News: [China] Unprecedented’ number of Chinese ships in the Arctic: DHS
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • AP: [Russia] Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for Ukrainian sister city
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Trump moves against Muslim Brotherhood as Islamist group spreads in West
  • Breitbart: Hamas attack victims’ families accuse Binance of terrorism support
  • FOX News: [MI] FBI, Dan Bongino defend ISIS Halloween bust: ‘People would have died’
  • Blaze: [IL] ‘Burn alive, b***h’: Offender with 72 prior arrests set free by DEI-obsessed judge — then allegedly sets woman on fire
  • Daily Wire: [IL] Family Shares Update On Woman Set Of Fire By Career Criminal In Chicago
  • Washington Examiner: [IL] Trump, Duffy slam Pritzker’s ‘soft-on-crime policies’ after Chicago woman set on fire on train
  • FOX News: [FL] FBI nabs Florida man with alleged plan to livestream neo-Nazi terror attack; graphic Signal messages recovered
  • NPR: [TX] Texas governor declares U.S. Muslim civil rights group a foreign terrorist organization
  • FOX News: [TX] Muslim groups, other leaders demand Abbott rescind CAIR’s ‘terrorist’ designation: ‘Defamatory’
  • AP: [CO] Man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting dies in federal custody
  • Breitbart: [Venezuela] Israeli Foreign Minister Warns: Venezuela Is the Main Hub of Hezbollah and Hamas in South America
  • USA Today: [Venezuela] What the US labeling Venezuelan ‘Cartel de los Soles’ terrorists means
• National Security News
  • Reuters: Pentagon advances Golden Dome missile defense with new Space Force contracts
  • Wall Street Journal: Democratic Lawmakers Say FBI Is Targeting Them Over Calls to Disobey Unlawful Orders
  • Breitbart: FBI to interview Democratic lawmakers over military-orders video
  • CNN: Hegseth focuses on potential punishments for Sen. Kelly in confrontation over ‘illegal orders’ video
  • Breitbart: [Dominican Republic] Pentagon boss to visit Dominican Republic amid US-Venezuela row
  • Daily Wire: [Venezuela] Trump Plans To Speak Directly With Venezuelan Dictator As Drug Boat Strikes Continue
  • Univision: [Venezuela] Maduro gives ultimatum to international airlines that suspended flights to Venezuela
  • CNN: [Venezuela] CNN exclusive: Colombian president says oil is ‘at the heart of’ US pressure campaign on Venezuela
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to advance peace plan, will discuss disputed points with Trump
  • USA Today: [Ukraine] Trump orders up talks with Russia, Ukraine on updated peace plan
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Trump Says No Firm Deadline for Ukraine, Russia to Reach Peace Deal
  • Reuters: [Russia] Kremlin says Witkoff to come to Moscow for talks on Ukraine peace next week
  • AP: [Russia] US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan
  • Breitbart: [China] Trump Says He Will Visit China After ‘Very Good Telephone Call’ with Xi Jinping
  • New York Times: [South Korea] U.S. Air Force Searches for Fallen Reaper Drone in Yellow Sea

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