• Top News
  • AP/Reuters/Washington Post/The Hill: Trump says US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean
  • CNN: Venezuela says it detected 5 US ‘combat planes’ flying 75km from its coast, calls it a ‘provocation’
  • CBS News: DHS and FBI warn about attacks on ICE facilities by "domestic violent extremists"
  • New York Times/NBC News: Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
  • Chicago Tribune: State, local officials establish ‘unified command’ to address safety concerns outside Broadview ICE building
  • Washington Examiner: ‘Illegal aliens’ weaponize cars in attempt to injure ICE officers in Illinois
  • AP: Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges
  • Wall Street Journal: Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Drug Boat Strikes
  • CBS News: 40% of arrests in D.C. federal crackdown have been immigration-related, data shows
  • Univision: From Black Hawk helicopters to violent searches: ICE’s bizarre immigration operations in Chicago
  • NewsMax: ICE Moves Final 18 Migrants, Empties Guantanamo Site
  • AP: Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktail at deputies during LA immigration protest
  • New York Times: I.C.E. Transfers 18 Migrants From Guantánamo, Emptying Detention Site
  • New York Times: Des Moines Schools Superintendent Arrested by ICE Faces New Gun Charge
  • AP/USA Today: Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego’s bid for asylum, but he has 30 days to appeal
  • Washington Post: U.S. used a transnational crime unit to secretly target campus protesters
  • Axios: A Boston judge issues a blistering warning over free speech under Trump
  • Univision: Government shutdown affects immigration courts and could cause delays in thousands of cases.
  • NBC News: Battered by mass firings and DOGE drama, federal workers now brace for weeks without pay
  • The Hill: Theo Von says government offered him security after harassment from DHS deportation video
  • NewsMax: Speaker Johnson: Dems Want Health Benefits for Illegal Migrants
  • FOX News: Unearthed debate clip goes viral against Dems as illegal immigrant health coverage becomes top issue
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] State and local officials must do more to safeguard Broadview protesters
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Farms are closing without workers. US border policy threatens to empty shelves.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: ICE Agents Continue Arresting Convicted Killers, Child Rapists in Spite of Government Shutdown
  • Chicago Tribune/Daily Caller: ‘We Will Find You’: Trump Official Hints At Deploying ICE To Super Bowl
  • CBS News: Detained journalist Mario Guevara’s attempt to block deportation order denied by Court of Appeals
  • CNN: ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term
  • Wall Street Journal: [GA] Georgia-Based Immigration Reporter to Be Deported to El Salvador
  • ABC News: [AL] Lawyer for US-born citizen detained by ICE disputes that he was interfering with agents
  • AP: [MI] ACLU seeks release of Michigan immigrant held in custody despite life-threatening leukemia
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Chicago attorney recalls being held 8 hours by ICE after being detained at protest in Broadview
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Veterans, who saw one of their own arrested by ICE and charged, say feds are undermining democracy
  • NBC News Daily: [IL] Advocacy Groups Tracking ICE Operation Statistics
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Lake County school officials helping parents with ICE fears: ‘We have seen… uncertainty, urgency and confusion’
  • Axios: [IL] Chicago’s archbishop says Catholics must welcome immigrants
  • FOX News: [TX] ICE arrests illegal immigrant armed with knife, crack pipe in Houston parking lot
  • Telemundo: [TX] He leaves the Venezuelan hospital after shooting at ICE office in Dallas; his family speaks
  • Telemundo: [TX] ICE and other federal agents reported to have raided several used clothing stores in McAllen, Texas
  • FOX News: [OR] ICE director reveals dangerous nightly Antifa ‘battle’ as Trump prepares federal deployment to Portland
  • FOX News: [OR] ICE director says Portland facility faces violence with ‘little help from local police’
  • FOX News: [OR] Portland City Council member recommends burner phones and encrypted apps for ICE protesters in FB video
  • FOX News: [OR] Fox News gets inside look at Portland ICE facility
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Illegal Aliens Ram Cars Into ICE Agents In Two Separate Attacks, DHS Says
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: US will increase staffing at embassies and consulates to handle visas for World Cup fans
  • Reuters: Fewer foreign students, fewer dollars: U.S. colleges feel the pinch
  • Politico: Trump’s new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals
  • DailySignal: Trump Admin Brings Birthright Citizenship Back to Court
  • Federalist: Aliens Dems Want Free Health Care For Are Only ‘Paroled’ Because Biden Refused To Deport Them
  • Univision: [TX] He and his wife have DACA and live in Texas: they are preparing to move to another state, depending on what a judge decides.
  • Washington Post: [India] Indian students say new social media scrutiny cost them U.S. visas
• Customs and Border Protection
  • DailySignal: ‘NONNEGOTIABLE’: Border Wall Construction Continues Despite Shutdown
  • NewsNation: [IL] Trump’s ‘militarization’ of Chicago continues in plain sight
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] U.S. border patrol agents detain person after crash on Chicago’s West Side
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Several detained when federal agents sweep Home Depot parking lots in North County
  • Breitbart: [Mexico] New Migrant Caravan Bound for Mexico City — Trump’s Border Policies Keeping Them Away from U.S.
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: TSA asks for airline passengers’ patience, warns longer wait times possible
  • FOX News: Whistleblower advocate explains how Americans were put on TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ list
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Federal shutdown leaves TSA officers at Fort Lauderdale airport working without pay
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migrants
  • Axios: [TX] One year after Beryl, recovery divides Houston by income
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Washington Post: Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time
  • Federal News Network: Cyber defenders on edge amid shutdown furloughs, expired authorities
  • CyberScoo: Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE victims, researchers reveal
  • CyberScoop: Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle customers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Washington Post: Houses of worship tighten security amid rising number of attacks
  • Bloomberg: Trump Blocked from Pulling NYC Terrorism Funds by US Judge
  • CNN: [TX] What we’ve learned from the recently released Uvalde docs after CNN first uncovered them
  • FOX News: [UT] Prosecutors hammer Charlie Kirk assassination suspect with ‘voluminous’ DNA, gun, text and rooftop evidence
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: House GOP presses Democrats over national security in shutdown fight
  • NBC News: [Ukraine] U.S. to expand intelligence assistance to Ukraine for strikes on Russian energy facilities
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Kremlin says US already gives Ukraine intelligence on a regular basis

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