• Top News
  • Bloomberg/Reuters: Brazil, US Team Up to Tackle Cross-Border Organized Crime Gangs
  • New York Times/CNN: F.A.A. Says Military Can Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace
  • Federal News Network: DHS calling furloughed staff back to work despite shutdown
  • NBC News: DHS watchdog paused some probes of immigration enforcement amid shutdown
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Workers Get Paid, but the Next Check Is Uncertain
  • New York Times: 8 Weeks of Failed D.H.S. Shutdown Negotiations in 1 Chart
  • Politico: Trump endorses ‘focused’ immigration enforcement funding bill
  • New York Times: Judge Declines to Order Trump Administration to Adjust Somali Deportation Policies
  • AP: Trump shares video of a brutal Florida killing allegedly by Haitian immigrant
  • New York Times/CNN: F.A.A. Says Military Can Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace
  • Federal News Network: DHS calling furloughed staff back to work despite shutdown
  • Washington Examiner: Fairfax County, Virginia, officials will testify before Congress on ‘mortifying’ sanctuary policies
  • Washington Post/New York Post/Daily Wire: Salvadoran teen convicted of assault for groping girls at Virginia high school
  • CBS News: Crime DHS investigates killing of gas station clerk
  • FOX News: Anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil one step closer to deportation with immigration board ruling
  • NBC News: Beijing ‘deeply distressed’ by death of Chinese researcher in Michigan
  • Bloomberg Government: Republican Feud Over Immigration Bill Highlights Party Split
  • New York Post: Kristi Noem’s loyal staffers axed after following scandal-ridden boss to new gig: ‘You’re obviously not welcome’
  • Washington Times: DHS insiders open up about Kristi Noem’s troubled tenure — while watching their backs
  • New York Times: The Next Phase of the Immigration Crackdown Is Quieter — and More Destabilizing
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: The Great Migration Continues
  • Daily Caller: What The White House Cyber Strategy Misses
  • Bloomberg: Florida’s Embrace of ICE Has Come at a Cost
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Killers, Child Predators, Sexual Abusers on Anniversary of Victims Unit for Angel Families
  • Telemundo52: More than 6,200 children have been detained in migrant centers in the past year: lawmakers
  • Federal Newswire: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlights crime victims in recent social media posts
  • Univision: Immigrants close ranks against ICE’s ‘illegal’ racial profiling arrests
  • Telemundo Washington DC: [MA] ICE Detains Honduran Man in Baltimore Following Vehicle Accident with Immigration Agents
  • FOX News: Natasha Lyonne claims ICE ‘detained’ her after being escorted off plane
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Protesters claim 40 women were wrongfully detained in ICE’s Baltimore holding rooms
  • USA Today: [GA] Ossoff backs bill to require local approval for new ICE facilities
  • CBS Miami: Haitian man faces deportation after being accused of brutally killing Florida mother at gas station
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Naperville cites concerns over banning ICE from property after immigrant advocates’ request
  • Washington Times: [MN] ICE arrests plunge after pullout from Minnesota; criminal arrests rise
  • NPR: [MN] Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas AG Ken Paxton vows Houston won’t get away with new ICE ordinance, offers few specifics
  • FOX News: [WA] As socialist mayor battles ICE, Seattle police and crime victims say repeat offenders are terrorizing the city
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] ICE detains three men outside SoCal courthouse, raising concerns for local immigration advocates
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] DHS advised immigrant children to self-deport until a California judge stepped in
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Many Venezuelans Want to Go Home. But They Can’t Get Passports.
  • New York Times: Trump’s Changes Lock Some Employers Out of H-1B Visa Program
  • Univision: Legal aid organization claims that delays in U visas are causing victims to lose trust
  • Breitbart: Lawyer: Salazar’s ‘Dignity Act’ Would Have Offered Amnesty to Accused MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia
  • Daily Signal: Senator Urges Trump to End Program That Gives US Jobs to Foreign Graduates
  • FOX News: Trump’s birthright citizenship crusade draws backing from cohort of prominent legal scholars
  • DailySignal: Principled Solution to Ambiguities about Birthright Citizenship
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Bloomberg: Tariff Refund Tool Will Go Live on April 20, US Customs Says
  • FOX News: Court poised to block Trump tariffs again, teeing up new fight
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] No passport. No flights. No easy way home for Venezuelans who want to leave Chicago.
  • AP: [TX] Family sues US over 8-year-old’s death in custody after crossing the border
  • Univision: [TX] CBP Detains Venezuelan Doctor in Texas Despite Pending J-1 Visa Application
  • USA Today: [TX] The tiny border crossing that inspired a ‘gringo honeymoon’
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] CSU professor acquitted of assaulting U.S. agents with their own tear gas
  • Newsweek: [Canada] Arrest of Four Men Who Snuck Into US Via Canada Sparks Alarm
• Transportation Security Administration
  • New York Times: Is the T.S.A. Ordeal Really Over?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Axios: [TX] Houston law enforcement say they’re ready for the World Cup
  • NPR: [CA] Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration
  • AP: [HI] Toxic Mud? Hawaii’s North Shore Flooding Likely Diluted Pesticide Risk
• Secret Service
  • ABC News: [GA] Secret Service trainee accused of spying on roommate with hidden camera
  • The Hill: [IL] Chicago man charged for allegedly threatening to ‘shoot up’ Secret Service office
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Chicago man threatens to decapitate Barron Trump
• Coast Guard
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: DHS secretary visits Coast Guard facilities on North Coast
  • Yahoo! News: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts vessel carrying undocumented migrants off San Diego coast
  • NBC News: [Bahamas] Husband of woman missing in Bahamas also fell overboard the night of his arrest, lawyer says
  • NewsNation: [Ecuador] US Coast Guard seizes $33M in cocaine of coast of Ecuador, agency says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Univision: "El Mayo’s" Sentencing Postponed: New York Prosecutors Confirm New Date
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] Police arrest suspect after Molotov cocktail thrown at OpenAI CEO’s home
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: FBI Director Kash Patel Highlights Key Arrests Making the Country Safe
  • Breitbart: FBI Has Seized Enough Fentanyl to Kill 19 Million Americans in 2026 Alone
  • CBS New York: 3 fentanyl packaging mills across NYC dismantled in DEA bust, feds say
  • FOX News: [Pakistan] Vance arrives in Pakistan for high-stakes Iran talks as ‘fragile’ ceasefire teeters
  • NPR: [Pakistan] Pakistan hosts U.S.-Iran peace talks after weeks of frantic diplomacy
  • Washington Post: [Iran] U.S. team heads to Iran peace talks with a gulf separating the two sides
  • FOX News: [Iran] Vance says Trump has given ‘clear guidelines’ in Iran talks
  • New York Times: [Iran] With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically
  • CNN: [China] Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say

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