• Top News
  • New York Times/Washington Post: Trump Says U.S. Military Attacked a Third Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Three
  • Washington Post/New York Times: Trump administration to end protections for thousands of Syrian migrants
  • Reuters/New York Times/Bloomberg Law: Trump Asks the Supreme Court, Again, to Lift Protections for Venezuelans
  • Washington Post: Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration
  • CBS News/FOX News: Trump unveils "Gold Card" fast-track visas for $1 million
  • AP: Protesters arrested as demonstrators block vehicles at key immigration building near Chicago
  • AP: ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’
  • NBC News/NewsMax: Tear gas used on protesters at Chicago-area ICE site as immigration crackdown escalates
  • CBS Chicago: Federal agents drag protesters, spray chemicals outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois
  • Washington Post: Congressional candidate thrown to ground during protest outside ICE facility
  • New York Post/Axios: Dem mayor, anti-ICE protesters hit with tear gas, pepper balls during clash with federal agents outside Chicago facility
  • FOX News: Tricia McLaughlin slams Democrats for protecting MS-13 gang members, drug traffickers: ‘It’s pretty despicable’
  • AP: Elected officials among dozens of protesters arrested at a Manhattan immigration holding facility
  • Bloomberg News: Trump Push to Deport Guatemalan Kids Halted by Federal Judge
  • AP: Eswatini activists protest US deportation deal at embassy in South Africa
  • AP: Rights group calls for urgent action for 5 men deported by US and held in Eswatini without charges
  • Breitbart: U.S. Treasury Cracks Down on Sinaloa Cartel’s Mayos Faction, Freezes Assets in Rosarito Drug Corridor
  • New York Times: Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Kill People He Deems Narco-Terrorists
  • Washington Post: DEA faced pushback at White House, Pentagon after urging Mexico strikes
  • AP: Tomorrow thousands to Take Streets Nationwide in Walk for Lives as Survivors Lead Grassroots Response to Fentanyl Crisis
  • The Hill: Mahmoud Khalil faces a deportation order, but his legal team hasn’t given up
  • Daily Wire: Leaders Of Indian Tribe Fighting Alligator Alcatraz Have History Of Domestic Violence Arrests
  • AP: Judge blocks USDA from collecting data about SNAP applicants in 21 states
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Post: Yes, the left has a political violence problem
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: DHS names ‘worst of the worst’ detainees after Democratic lawmakers demand their release
  • Daily Caller: Gangbanger, Drug Trafficker Among ICE Detainees Dems Allegedly Demanded Be Released
  • KTVU Mornings on 2: ICE Seeks Hundreds of New Offices
  • Reuters: [DC] Washington’s immigrant neighborhoods push back against ICE arrests with protests, recordings
  • AP: [GA] Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody fear deportation after unfavorable ruling
  • CBS News: [GA] El Salvadorian journalist arrested during metro Atlanta protest could be deported today, ACLU says
  • New York Post: [GA] Hyundai CEO says he learned about ICE raid on Georgia plant from the news
  • CBS News: [IL] Massive ICE protests erupt near Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Results of President Donald Trump’s ICE ‘blitz’ in Chicago area remain unclear more than two weeks in
  • AP: [TX] Immigrant children at Texas detention facility face unsafe conditions, attorneys say
  • Blaze: [OR] DHS slaps down Portland’s claims of ‘land use’ violations at ICE facility in the city
  • Univision: [CA] They reveal driver details that caused a crash where six peasants died in Napa
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] After ICE raids surged this summer, calls to LAPD plummeted
  • Telemundo 52: [Guatemala] Immigrant mother dies after being deported with her daughter to Guatemala.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NewsMax: DHS Citizenship Test Guide Cuts Diversity Emphasis
  • Breitbart: Trump’s Updated Citizenship Test Ditches Diversity, Promotes ‘One Nation, One People’
  • New York Times: 4 Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into the J-1 Visa Program
  • Washington Post: Under Trump, Palestinians seeking U.S. asylum face new hurdle, documents show
  • AP: Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
  • New York Times: What to Know About the Visa Standoff Between Trump and the United Nations
  • USA Today: [Mexico] Family with US child recovering from brain surgery asks to re-enter US after deportation
  • Reuters: [India] New US H-1B visa fee could disrupt Indian IT operations, says industry body
  • Reuters: [South Korea] South Korea to assess US changes to H-1B visa for impact on companies, workforce
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Daily Caller: ‘Unprecedented’: President Trump Oversees Four Months Of Zero Migrant Releases
  • DailySignal: Border Patrol Chief Savors Recruitment Boom, Soaring Agent Morale
  • Washington Examiner: Border patrol chief hopeful ‘zero’ illegal border crossings possible under Trump’s targeted approach
  • Washington Times: Illegal border crossings ticked up in August, still near record lows
  • Univision: Border Patrol warns immigrants about the risks of trying to enter the US illegally.
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Chinese national in fungus smuggling case has plea hearing in November
  • NewsNation: [IL] Border Patrol, DHS planning key to Operation Midway Blitz success
  • FOX News: [TX] Four charged in Texas with smuggling children across border while posing as parents
  • AP: [OR] Lawyers for firefighter ask judge to order his release from ICE facility
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] A strawberry delivery driver arrested by Border Patrol tries to make his way home
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [Mexico] US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Bloomberg: Documents Reveal a Deluge of Threats Directed at FEMA
• Secret Service
  • NewsMax: Prosecution Rests on Alleged Routh Plot to Kill Trump
  • FOX News: [AZ] Arrests made as hundreds gather for a candlelight vigil to honor Charlie Kirk
  • Washington Examiner: [AZ] Kirk memorial to have heightened security due to ‘threats of unknown credibility’
  • FOX News: [AZ] Trump’s security under scrutiny as Secret Service braces for Kirk memorial
  • NBC News Daily: [AZ] Charlie Kirk’s Funeral in Arizona Being Treated as High-Security Event
  • The Hill: [AZ] Authorities tracking unspecified threats to Charlie Kirk memorial attendees
• Coast Guard
  • CNN News Central: DHS Releases Video of Suspected Narco-Trafficking Operation
  • DefenseScoop: DIU wants nonlethal weapons to disable small boats, amid US crackdown on drug cartels
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Axios: Rand Paul’s last-minute demands push key cybersecurity law to the brink
  • Washington Post: Artificial intelligence ushers in a golden age of hacking, experts say
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News: Trump’s plan to label antifa a "terrorist organization" likely to face legal hurdles
  • Washington Examiner: Here are the groups Trump has designated as terrorist organizations
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Philadelphia police arrest 4th suspect in Grays Ferry deadly mass shooting
  • NBC News: [UT] ‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk’s shooting and left-wing groups, federal officials say
  • Washington Post: [Mexico] DEA faced pushback at White House, Pentagon after urging Mexico strikes
• National Security News
  • Reuters: US has talked with Gulf states about post-war Gaza administration, envoy says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Afghanistan] U.S. in Talks With Taliban on Returning Counterterrorism Forces to Afghan Base
  • Washington Times: [Afghanistan] Taliban reject Trump’s idea of American return to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
  • NBC News: [Afghanistan] Why Trump wants the U.S. to ‘get back’ the Bagram Airfield from the Taliban
  • New York Times: [Russia] Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member
  • Los Angeles Times: [China] Trump says China’s Xi has approved a deal to save TikTok in the U.S.
  • New York Times: [China] Trump and China, in Vague Statements, Suggest TikTok Deal Could Move Ahead

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