• Top News
  • NewsMax/Washington Times: DHS says immigration enforcement agents aren’t ‘raiding’ schools, arrests will be ‘extremely rare’
  • AP: US homeland security chief to meet Belgian prime minister to tackle drug smuggling
  • NBC News: Under Trump administration, ICE scraps paperwork officers once had to do before immigration arrests
  • FOX News: Border czar Tom Homan calls out media, reporters accusing ICE agents of racial profiling
  • Univision: Racial profiling, worker arrests, and sanctuary policies: DHS responds to controversial raids
  • Daily Caller: DHS Spokesperson Eviscerates NYT For Accusing ICE Of Making ‘Indiscriminate Stops’ Based On Ethnicity
  • Chicago Tribune: Evanston braces for immigration ‘blitz,’ DHS helicopter circles lakefront
  • FOX News: Massive ICE operation in blue city racks up rape and drug trafficking arrests: ‘Harbor criminals’
  • Daily Caller: ‘Didn’t Happen!’: Tom Homan Leaves MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Stammering As He Sets Record Straight On ICE Raids
  • FOX News: Voters in sanctuary city make decision on mayor amid ICE crackdown resistance
  • FOX News: Hochul denounces ICE raid as ‘cruel,’ despite child endangerment among charges
  • FOX News: Federal agents forced to retreat on slashed tires after immigration raid confrontation in sanctuary city
  • New York Post: NYPD boosting presence at ‘critical’ locations ahead of 9/11 anniversary, UNGA, Jewish high holidays after receiving vague bomb threat
  • CNN: Trump dines out in DC for first time in his second term, asserting crime crackdown made city safe
  • NBC News: Protesters disrupt Trump’s rare outing to a D.C. restaurant
  • Washington Post: ICE detentions roil D.C.’s already struggling restaurant scene
  • Washington Examiner: DC grand jury declines to indict man accused of threatening National Guard
  • CNN: What the end of Trump’s crime emergency means for law enforcement in DC
  • AP: Takeaways from Trump’s federal law enforcement surge in DC as his emergency order is set to expire
  • AP: South Korea sends plane to US to bring back workers detained in immigration raid
  • Breitbart: Korean Executives Admit Their Abuse of the B-1/B-2 Visa Program
  • The Hill: South Korean president calls Hyundai raid ‘unjust infringement’
  • Los Angeles Times: Hyundai ICE raid in Georgia leaves Asian executives shaken by Trump’s mixed signals
  • The National News Desk: Koreans to Be Released
  • Bloomberg: Why Trump Immigration Raid Snared South Korea Workers Over Visas
  • AP: DeSantis’ step toward victory on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sets up a funding dilemma for Florida
  • ABC News: Chicago immigration enforcement surge begins with 3 arrests: ICE
  • Washington Post: What to know about ICE’s immigration operation in Chicago
  • CBS Chicago: Activists remind Chicago immigrants of rights as Trump administration’s deportation campaign begins
  • The Hill: Pritzker on Chicago ICE operation: ‘This isn’t about fighting crime’
  • NPR: Illinois Gov. Pritzker talks about ICE agents in Chicago
  • Daily Caller: Blue City Mayor Tells CNN Just How Far He’s Gone To Interfere With ICE
  • CBS Chicago: Protestors hold march, rally in downtown Chicago against Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • AP: Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores
  • Univision: The details of the secret agreement (and the multi-million dollar payment) between the US and El Salvador to deport immigrants to Cecot.
  • Bloomberg: US-El Salvador Prison Agreement Included Anti-DEI, Asylum Terms
  • FOX News: Trump’s Caribbean strike, focus on Latin America brings new focus to potential regime ‘agents’ living in US
  • DailySignal: Authorities Arrest Over 600 Sinaloa Cartel Gang Members
  • Washington Examiner: Hegseth exhorts troops in Puerto Rico to prepare for ‘real world’ battle with drug cartels in Caribbean
  • The Hill: Homan supports military approach to drug traffickers: ‘We’re at war in the cartel’
  • FOX News: Trump’s immigration crackdown sparks bipartisan call for asylum fixes, protection for longtime migrants
  • FOX News: Dem governors suddenly crack down on crime as Trump’s National Guard threats loom
  • Breitbart: California Assembly Passes Bill Targeting Federal Officers Who Wear Masks
  • NBC News: Supreme Court again gives no explanation in ruling for Trump, this time on immigration
  • FOX News: Trump foes melt down that SCOTUS is unleashing ‘racial terror’ on US with ICE raid ruling
  • Washington Examiner: Immigrant rights groups mobilize in California following Supreme Court ruling
  • AP: Man faces federal charge in killing of Ukrainian woman on Charlotte train
  • ABC News: Charlotte increases security on trains after Ukrainian woman stabbed to death
  • FOX News: North Carolina Republicans demand firing of judge who freed Ukrainian refugee’s murder suspect
  • Houston Chronicle: 8 MS-13 gang members plead guilty in Houston killings, including dismemberment of 14-year-old girl
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: The troubling rise of inhumane detention centers
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: ICE Is Hiring a Public Affairs Specialist? Good Luck With That
  • Bloomberg: [GA] The ICE Raid on the Georgia Hyundai Plant Makes No Sense
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: ICE Ends Longstanding Policy on Arrest Worksheets
  • Federalist: Exclusive: Aliens Arrested By ICE In New Push Had Records Of Assault, Child Sex Crimes
  • FOX Business: ICE warns illegal immigrant operations will be permanent until states cooperate
  • Reuters: US Justice Dept considers handing over voter roll data for criminal probes, documents show
  • ABC News: ICE using fines, lawsuits to pressure migrants to ‘self-deport,’ attorneys say
  • Washington Examiner: ICE deportations hitting longtime residents spark outcry
  • FOX News: [NY] 57 illegal immigrants detained in major New York worksite raid; 5 accused of reentry after deportation
  • Daily Caller: [NY] Democrat Judge Declares Mayor Adams’ Order Allowing ICE On Rikers Island Illegal
  • FOX News: [FL] 6 Guatemalans in US illegally arrested during investigation for deadly hit-and-run at trailer park
  • Local News Live: [LA] Need for ‘Louisiana Lockup’ Called into Question
  • Breitbart: [IL] FBI Chicago Arrests Man Accused of Threatening ICE Officers, Political Figures
  • FOX News: [IL] ICE agents break car window to arrest resisting illegal immigrant in exclusive Fox News ride-along
  • Federalist: [IL] ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz Targeting Chicago’s ‘Worst Of The Worst’ Criminal Aliens
  • NewsNation: [IL] Video: Here’s how ICE agents operate at courthouses, inside jails
  • The Hill: [IL] As Chicago, Boston ops ramp up, ‘ICE is everywhere’: DHS sources
  • AP: [IL] A Chicago Mexican Independence Day festival will go on despite community fears of ICE
  • FOX News: [AR] National Guard deploys to aid ICE operations in Arkansas, as Sanders backs key Trump initiative
  • FOX News: [TX] Massive ICE operation nets gang members, murderers, child predators: ‘wreaked havoc’
  • Breitbart: [CA] Sanctuary State California: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien with 49 Prior Arrests for Burglary, Assault, Drunk Driving
  • New York Times: [CA] ‘We All Thought the Raids Were Over’: Fears Return for Immigrants in L.A.
  • Bloomberg: [CA] As Immigration Crackdown Expands, Citizen Activists Observe and Report
  • Breitbart: [CA] Hispanic Democrats Compare SCOTUS Permitting ICE Raids to Segregation
  • SFGate: [CA] Trump admin spends millions to reopen private California prison
  • AP: [CA] Home Depot stores, long a hub for day laborers, now draw immigration agents out on raids
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • AP: Top US immigration official defends rule targeting ‘anti-American’ views in green card, visa process
  • AP: New rule targets ‘anti-American’ views of immigrants applying for USCIS benefits
  • Daily Wire: New Bill Would Close Loophole That Lets Millions Of Illegals Work In United States
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Examiner: [VT] Trump DOJ tests death penalty policy in ‘Zizian’ Border Patrol murder case
  • CBS News: [IL] Border official who oversaw Los Angeles immigration raids arrives in Chicago as Trump widens crackdown
  • Univision: [TX] Eleven immigrants were captured while traveling hidden in the trunk of a pickup truck in Texas.
  • Univision: [CA] Illegal migration route from Puebla to Los Angeles promoted on TikTok: US embassy issues warning
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Reuters: US online disaster planning tool may go dark on Wednesday, agency website says
  • CNN: [NC] GOP senator rails on Trump’s DHS over slow pace of hurricane relief and vows to stall nominees
  • AP: [CA] AP finds major disaster declarations are taking longer under Trump
  • AP: [HI] Kiko weakens into a tropical storm but brings dangerous surf to Hawaii
• Secret Service
  • ABC News: [MD] Capitol Police and Secret Service lead one of the nation’s largest police trainings
  • ABC News: [FL] Jury selection continues for man who allegedly tried to kill Trump on golf course
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: Coast Guard burns, sinks suspected ‘drug boat,’ apprehends 7 alleged drug smugglers: video
  • Daily Caller: Watch US Coast Guard Blow Up A ‘Drug Boat’ At Sea
  • ABC News: [CA] Cargo ship incident plunges containers into California waters, halting operations
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Critical infrastructure security tech needs to be as good as our smartphones, top NSC cyber official says
  • FedScoop: Acting federal cyber chief outlines his three priorities for the next year
  • HS Today: CISA to Highlight Agency’s Top Priorities to Secure America at Cybersecurity Summit
  • CyberScoop: Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 81 vulnerabilities, none actively exploited
  • CyberScoop: National cyber director: U.S. strategy needs to shift cyber risk from Americans to its adversaries
  • Federal News Network: Here is what a separate cyber force could look like
  • CyberScoop: U.S. indicts Ukrainian national for hundreds of ransomware attacks using multiple variants
  • Axios: Whistleblower warns of WhatsApp security lapses
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Breitbart: Stephen Miller: ‘Terrorism Is Being Waged Against the American People’
  • New York Times: [TN] Man Pleads Guilty to Planning Attack on Power Substation in Tennessee
  • Federalist: [TN] New FBI Releases From Tennessee Christian School Shooter Call Out And Depict Demons
  • CNN: [WA] Police arrested a 13-year-old in Washington state who had ‘everything ready to go’ for a mass shooting
• National Security News
  • CNN: Supreme Court takes up fast-moving appeal over Trump’s tariffs
  • Breitbart: [DC] White House: Senate Defense Bill ‘Thwarts’ Trump’s Ability to End War in Ukraine, Control Migration
  • New York Times: [Venezuela] Gabbard Retracted Intelligence Report on Venezuela
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iraq] Princeton Doctoral Student Freed After Being Kidnapped in Iraq
  • CBS News: [Qatar] Trump says he’s "not thrilled" after Israel targets Hamas leaders in Qatar
  • The Hill: [Qatar] Qatar calls for retaliation against Israel for strike in Doha

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