• Top News
  • New York Times/CBS News: Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
  • Breitbart: DHS Warns Portland Anti-ICE Protesters: Mask Ban Is In Effect Around Federal Facilities
  • FOX News: Noem touts 200,000 ICE agent applications as agency ramps up deportation of illegal migrants
  • Yahoo News: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem hosts fireside chat with Citadel cadets
  • FOX Business: US Border Patrol chief decries ‘pure, unadulterated violence’ against ICE agents
  • Breitbart: DHS Fires Back After Democrats Accuse ICE of Lying in Viral Arrest Video: ‘Smears Fuel Violence Against Agents’
  • Wall Street Journal: Infighting at DHS Is Complicating Trump’s Deportation Push
  • Washington Post: Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign
  • ABC News: Border Patrol commander admitted he lied about tear gas incident, judge says, as she restricts use of force by immigration agents in Chicago
  • Breitbart: Judge limits federal agents’ use of force in Chicago immigration crackdown
  • Chicago Tribune: Waukegan alderman says federal agents pulled guns on him: ‘There were four barrels pointed at me’
  • New York Times: Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
  • Breitbart: Ex-DOJ Employee Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Border Patrol Officer with Sandwich
  • ABC News/Washington Times/CBS News: US conducts 17th lethal strike against alleged drug boat
  • Washington Examiner: Drug boat strikes are tied to Venezuela. That’s not where the fentanyl comes from
  • New York Times: ‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
  • FOX News: House GOP civil war ignites over ‘ludicrous’ bill to defund NYC while Mamdani is mayor
  • FOX News: New York governor aims to prevent, push back against possible Trump crackdown: reports
  • New York Times: New York Prepares for a Potential Trump Immigration Crackdown
  • NewsMax/CNN: ICE Courts NYPD Officers With Promise of ‘Respect’
  • AP: Investigators look into ‘repeating bell’ heard during takeoff of UPS cargo plane that crashed
  • New York Times: UPS and FedEx Ground MD-11 Cargo Planes After Louisville Crash
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: The illusion of the vetted immigrant
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Blaze: ICE rounds up pedophiles, rapist, other illegal offenders — ‘some of the worst crimes imaginable’
  • NPR: Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
  • NPR: Some sanctuary states discover feds mining local license plate data
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
  • CBS News: New data reveals how many people are in ICE custody under Trump administration
  • CBS News: Trump administration has 66,000 people in ICE custody
  • NBC News: Mega detention centers’: ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
  • USA Today: Legal workers got caught up in ICE’s biggest raid. Korean Americans haven’t forgotten
  • Washington Times: [MA] Investigation clears Massachusetts judge of intentionally thwarting ICE arrest of illegal immigrant
  • FOX News: [MA] ICE arrests illegal immigrant in Massachusetts accused of stabbing coworker with scissors, trash bin attack
  • Daily Caller: [MA] DHS Says Man In Viral Video Faked Seizure To Delay Deportation Of Wife Who Stabbed Coworkers
  • Daily Caller: [MA] Investigation Finds Judge Was Aloof About Plan Allowing Illegal To Escape ICE Arrest
  • New York Times: [NY] Sister of Blind Man Targeted for Deportation Asks U.S. to Free Him
  • AP: [TN] ICE to open national call center to find unaccompanied migrant children
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ICE detainees named as plaintiffs in lawsuit ordered released by judge
  • AP: [IL] Judge optimistic about improvements at Chicago-area ICE facility with alleged ‘inhumane’ conditions
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Nicaraguan man attends asylum appointment in Chicago and ends up signing his deportation order
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] ‘How can we help?’ Lincoln Square school rallies around family after ICE takes parent of special needs child
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] She ‘belongs at home,’ says attorney for North Center day care worker arrested by ICE
  • Reuters: [IL] Mothers detained protesting ICE arrest at Chicago daycare
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] 14 women arrested outside ICE processing center in Broadview amid protest featuring dinosaur and drums
  • Reuters: [IL] Suburban Chicago Moms Arrested in Protest Outside Immigration Detention Facility
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ICE makes 1,500 arrests across 10 days in Houston, offering few details. Here’s what we know.
  • FOX News: [TX] Twice-deported illegal immigrant pedophile severely injures ICE officer during Houston arrest
  • Univision: [TX] ICE accuses FIEL Houston of spreading false information about its immigration operations
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] A man in Colorado who tried to self deport still being held at an immigration detention facility, months later
  • Bloomberg: [WA] GEO Group Sees Ankle Monitor Growth in Trump Immigration Push
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Anti-ICE banner to fly over Levi’s Stadium ahead of 49ers game this weekend
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NewsMax: Visa Rule Targets Immigrants Needing Expensive Medical Support
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump adds new reasons to deny visas to immigrants: obesity and other health issues
  • FOX News: Trump admin reveals over 100 investigations into H-1B abuses as it pledges ‘every resource’ to protect US jobs
  • Mercury News: H-1B visa: Spouses on H-4 visa face new threat
  • Telemundo: TPS cancellation leaves thousands of Venezuelans in limbo and at risk of deportation
  • Telemundo: [Venezuela] Venezuelans prefer "clandestine" life in the U.S. to returning to Venezuela after losing TPS
  • Washington Post: [Venezuela] Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
  • Univision: [Venezuela] “This is over”: anguish among Venezuelan migrants after the end of TPS
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Breitbart: Border Patrol Open to Hiring Personnel Who Left Under Biden to Sustain Trump’s Success
  • Washington Examiner: DHS boasts of ‘lowest border crossings in October history’
  • AP: [GA] South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
  • Breitbart/FOX News: [MI] DOJ Charges Three Chinese Nationals with Smuggling Biological Materials for University Research
  • USA Today: [IL] Border Patrol agent appears to brag about shooting woman in Chicago: Text messages
  • NewsNation: [TX] National Guard finds ‘suspicious’ underground structure near Rio Grande
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego CBP officer sentenced to 15 years for allowing drugs through inspection lanes
  • AP: [Canada] CBSA in British Columbia opens multiple immigration investigations and removes three individuals
  • Telemundo: [Mexico] New Sentri lane will benefit economy on both sides of the border: SD Regional Chamber
• Transportation Security Administration
  • NewsMax: Flight Cuts Soar Past 1,000 as Shutdown Strains US Air System
  • New York Times: Limited Disruptions as Flight Cuts Begin at Major Airports
  • Reuters: US delays flights at 8 airports due to short staffing of air traffic controllers
  • New York Times: Travelers, Confused and Concerned, Are Reconsidering Flying
  • NewsMax: White House: Dems to Blame for Airport Chaos
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Breitbart: [NC] Homeland Security OKs additional $155M for Helene recovery in N.C.
  • HS Today: [AK] Secretary Noem Approves $1M Expedited Funding for Alaska to Assist with October Storm Recovery
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: [DC] Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say
  • Free Beacon: [VA] Woman Who Harassed Stephen Miller’s Family at Their Home Is Harmless Academic ‘In the Field of Peace Studies,’ Her Lawyer Argues
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [NC] US Coast Guard rescues 5 from sinking boat off popular North Carolina vacation spot
  • FOX News: [NC] Coast Guard swoops in to save stranded sailors from sinking boat hundreds of miles off coast
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • FOX News: Congressional Budget Office hit by cyberattack, raising concerns over US government network security
  • CyberScoop: The quiet revolution: How regulation is forcing cybersecurity accountability
  • FOX News: [Russia] Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA tests to spread new malware families across multiple targets
  • CyberScoop: [Russia] Russian national pleads guilty to breaking into networks for Yanluowang ransomware attacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NewsMax/FOX News: [DC] Suspicious Package Sickens Several at Joint Base Andrews
  • New York Post: [MI] Michigan terror suspects got advice from ISIS-supporting preacher’s dad on when to stage attack, feds say
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] MS-13 gangsters used mountains around L.A. as killing grounds, prosecutors say
  • Blaze: [Nigeria] Mass slaughter’: Trump moves to help Nigerian Christians under attack
• National Security News
  • Wall Street Journal: Hegseth Vows to Put U.S. Weapons Production on Wartime Footing
  • Breitbart: [DC] Former jihadist Syrian leader makes unprecedented White House visit
  • The Hill: [DC] US lifts terrorist label on Syria’s leader ahead of Trump visit
  • New York Times: [DC] Trump Approves Pardon for Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
  • Washington Post: [South Africa] Trump says U.S. officials will not attend G-20 summit in South Africa
  • UPI: [Russia] Orbán seeks to revive Trump-Putin summit in White House visit
  • AP: [Israel] Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians after militants return remains of an Israeli hostage

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