• Top News
  • Reuters: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
  • New York Times: U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
  • NewsMax: DHS’ McLaughlin to Newsmax: Following Money in ICE Protests
  • CBS News: Bondi directs FBI, DEA, others to guard ICE facilities
  • New York Times: Trump Administration Will Deploy 100 National Guard Troops to Illinois
  • Breitbart/New York Post/NewsNation: Border Patrol Flexes with Show of Force in Chicago, Facing Protests & Democrat Rhetoric Fomenting Violence Against ICE
  • Blaze: Border Patrol squashes anti-ICE blockade outside ICE facility in Illinois
  • USA Today: ICE wants National Guard troops in Chicago amid ‘riots’ and arrests. Governor fights back
  • AP: Illinois governor says troops could be deployed to Chicago as immigration agents patrol downtown
  • Reuters: Illinois governor says Trump administration seeking to deploy 100 troops to Illinois amid immigration blitz
  • NBC News: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls armed immigration officers in Chicago an ‘attack on Americans’
  • FOX News: JB Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white’
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: Illinois files lawsuit against Trump administration over National Guard deployment
  • NewsNation: Feds feel ‘subtle’ change about agents’ presence in Chicago
  • Chicago Tribune: Illinois leaders rip ‘public relations stunt’ day after Border Patrol agents patrolled busy Chicago streets
  • Axios: What Chicago leaders can do to stop federal agents from patrolling its streets
  • FOX News: DHS calls out sanctuary city leaders amid Trump’s crime crackdown in Portland
  • NewsMax/Washington Examiner: Oregon Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment to Portland
  • Politico: Oregon mayors condemn Trump’s plan to send troops to Portland
  • Washington Post: A plan to send troops to Portland remains riddled with uncertainties
  • The Hill: 200 Oregon National Guard troops called up after Trump Portland announcement
  • The Hill: Oregon officials warn against taking ‘bait’ as Trump pushes into Portland
  • Blaze: Democrats gloss over anti-ICE violence in Portland ahead of Trump’s crackdown on ‘domestic terrorists’
  • FOX News: Illegal alien who sent ‘vulgar, racist’ bomb threat to female member of Congress arrested by ICE
  • FOX News: Victim identified in deadly Dallas ICE facility attack
  • New York Post: ICE detainee shot at Dallas facility fighting for life as wife set to give birth to their fifth child: ‘They miss him’
  • Los Angeles Times: California, other states again sue Trump administration for tying aid to immigration laws
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ asks Supreme Court to review birthright citizenship order as high court takes on Trump cases this term
  • AP: US House members hear pleas for tougher justice policies after stabbing death of refugee
  • Reuters: US puts Brazil, South Africa on human trafficking watch list
  • New York Times: ‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
  • Breitbart: ICE Names 30 Politicians on ‘Unhinged Crusade’ to Protect Illegal Aliens, Including Govs Walz, Pritzker, Newsom
  • FOX News: Texas Democrat blasted for ‘bloody Trump’ costume, violent rhetoric after deadly ICE shooting
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats’ illegal immigrant demands for government funding deal fuel Trump’s shutdown strategy
  • Wall Street Journal: Miami Suburb’s Once-Vibrant Housing Scene Is Hit by Exodus of Migrants
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Times: Noem, Homeland Security deserve credit for restoring America’s borders
  • New York Post: Top colleges give illegal-immigrant kids a boost — and put Americans second
  • Wall Street Journal: Don’t Oust Foreign Students
  • Bloomberg: The War on H1-Bs Has a New Front — and Bipartisan Support
  • The Hill: [NY] Trump showcases his embarrassing ‘America First’ foreign policy at the UN
  • USA Today: [OR] Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says Portland doesn’t need Trump’s help. I beg to differ.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • USA Today: ICE enforcement largely continues during government shutdown, DHS says
  • Breitbart: [MA] Video: Massachusetts Anti-ICE Protester’s Car Rolls into Lake After Shrieking at Agents
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Mayor declares "war on human trafficking" after 2 Methuen spas shut down
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Massachusetts family says ICE misidentified father, will not release him
  • Daily Caller: [MA] Anti-ICE Protestor Made One Big Mistake And A Mess In A Lake
  • CBS News: [NY] ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty
  • FOX News: [FL] Illegal alien who sent ‘vulgar, racist’ bomb threat to female member of Congress arrested by ICE
  • WTSP CBS 10 Tampa: [FL] ICE to award Florida millions of dollars for immigration program partnership
  • Washington Examiner: [IL] Four people charged over protests outside ICE facility near Chicago
  • CNN: [IL] 4 Illinois ICE facility protesters face federal charges; 1 threatened to kill an agent, complaint says
  • Daily Caller: [IL] ‘I’ll… Kill You Right Now’: Chicago Anti-ICE Demonstrator Allegedly Threatened Federal Officers
  • Axios: [IL] ICE escalates force in Broadview and downtown
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Police investigate after CBS Chicago reporter’s truck shot out with a pepper ball outside ICE facility in Broadview
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Arrested Broadview ICE protesters appear in court; 2 held, 3 released
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Veteran arrested during weekend protest outside Broadview ICE facility speaks after being released
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’
  • AP: [IA] Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally
  • FOX News: [IA] Illegal alien arrested by ICE found registered as active Democrat voter in blue state
  • Washington Examiner: [IA] How an illegal immigrant landed an Iowa school superintendent job
  • Washington Times: [IA] Why it was easy for an illegal immigrant to land top job in Des Moines’ public schools
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Dallas ICE facility shooting victim identified as Norlan Guzman-Fuentes
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Lefty PAC That Poured Millions Into Electing ‘Squad’ Members Tries Pinning Dallas Attack On ICE
  • Univision: [AZ] She has suffered sexual abuse in detention, a judge protected her from deportation, and ICE wants to deport her to a third country.
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Immigrants decry conditions at former prison, ICE’s largest detention center in California
  • Blaze: [CA] Newsom ramped up anti-ICE rhetoric just days before deadly Dallas shooting
  • AP: [CA] Federal indictment charges 3 activists with alleged ‘doxing’ of ICE agent in Los Angeles
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Breitbart: Tom Cotton Drafts Bill to Shrink H-1B Visa Program
  • Reuters: US senators reintroduce bill to reform H-1B, L-1 visa rules as Trump fee fuels scrutiny
  • Washington Times: EB-5: The model for America’s immigration system
  • NPR: Before U.S. visitor visa ban for Palestinians, one changed this young woman’s life
  • FOX News: Wealthy Americans ditch US for ‘golden’ visas in increasingly unexpected regions
  • Bloomberg: DHS Avoids Suit Over Anti-Collusion Requirement on H-1B Petition
  • Daily Caller: ‘I’m Not Worried’: Comedian Michael Blackson Dismisses Charlamagne’s Deportation Fearmongering
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] New H-1B visa fee could upend foreign worker program for local businesses and universities
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting
  • Bloomberg: [Colombia] Colombia’s Top Diplomat Renounces US Visa as Relations Sour
  • AP: [Colombia] Colombia’s president says Trump is ‘complicit in genocide’ after visa withdrawal
  • Reuters: [India] Trump visa curbs push US firms to consider shifting more work to India
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Axios: [MD] 14 Egyptian artifacts worth millions smuggled into U.S. seized by CBP
  • UPI: [MN] Minnesota border agents find 100K illegal e-cig devices from China
  • Reuters: [Malaysia] How forced labour and land grabs remain sticky issues for palm oil
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: Airlines warn US government shutdown may slow flights
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NewsMax/The Hill: GAO says Trump moves to withhold FEMA grants are illegal
  • Bloomberg: Democrats Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance
  • DailySignal: Fetterman Warns Against Shutdown as Storms Threaten East Coast
  • CNN: Imelda and Humberto deliver double threat — dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda
  • Bloomberg: Hurricane Humberto Will Allow Storm Imelda to Veer Away From US
  • Washington Post: How a Category 5 hurricane kept the Carolinas from a worst-case scenario
  • Bloomberg Law: Democrats Warren, Kim Press FEMA on Future of US Flood Insurance
  • Wall Street Journal: [MO] FEMA Is Paralyzed. Disaster-Torn Communities Are Paying the Price.
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Entire Colorado congressional delegation calls on Trump to issue disaster declaration for Lee and Elk fires
  • CBS San Francisco: [CA] 3 people charged with fraud for allegedly receiving over $40k in Los Angeles wildfire assistance from FEMA
• Secret Service
  • Washington Times: States forgave billions in fraudulent pandemic benefits
  • NewsMax: [DC] Secret Service Vehicle Catches Fire Outside White House
  • Breitbart: [DC] Secret Service Arrests Man Attempting to Scale White House Fence
  • USA Today: [VA] Hegseth’s mystery meeting in Quantico could cost millions, require unprecedented security
• Coast Guard
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Coast Guard pilot returns home to Philadelphia area to lead search and rescue missions
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Seven detained after Coast Guard shoots out boat’s engine
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Bloomberg: [DC] FEMA, Customs and Border Protection Staff Data Stolen in Breach
  • MeriTalk: DHS, CISA Kick Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month
  • CyberScoop: Expired protections, exposed networks: The stakes of CISA’s sunset
  • CyberScoop: Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown
  • StateScoop: CISA confirms it’s ending MS-ISAC support
  • FOX News: Hackers push fake apps with malware in Google searches
• Terrorism Investigations
  • AP: [NC] Marine veteran charged in deadly North Carolina waterfront shooting appears subdued in court
  • NewsMax/ABC News: [MI] Fmr Marine Fatally Shoots 4 at Michigan Church, Sets It on Fire
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Grand Blanc Twp. mass shooting among a dozen in Michigan this year
  • AP: [MN] Minnesota man pleads guilty to attempting to join Islamic State group
• National Security News
  • FOX News: Top US military brass to hold secretive meeting with Hegseth as Trump ramps up Russia criticism
  • Breitbart: Trump to address rare mass meeting of US military leaders
  • Washington Times: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on foreign-made films
  • CNN: Inside the cartel networks recruiting young Americans on social media
  • Reuters: [Venezuela] Venezuela’s Maduro Signs Decree Granting Security Powers in Case of Military Intervention
  • Reuters: [Ukraine] Ukraine’s Zelenskiy proposes joint air shield with allies
  • CBS News: [Israel] Here’s how Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan would work
  • Daily Wire: [Israel] Arab States Line Up Behind Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
  • The Hill: [Afghanistan] Trump secures release of American citizen held by Taliban in Afghanistan
  • FOX News: [Afghanistan] China won’t let Trump take Bagram Air Base back from the Taliban without a fight, expert warns
  • Breitbart: [China] J.D. Vance: Trump’s TikTok Deal Will Protect American User Data from China
  • Wall Street Journal: [China] Pentagon Pushes to Double Missile Production for Potential China Conflict
  • CNN: [China] Beijing’s anger at ‘extremely malicious’ US move to ramp up pressure on Chinese tech firms

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