• Top News
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Expands Deportation Fleet With High-End Jets
  • AP: Costa Rica receives more migrants deported from the US amid questions from human rights groups
  • NewsMax: ICE’s Lyons to Newsmax: Biden Vetting Failures Risk Natl Security
  • Washington Post: House Democrats push to grill Stephen Miller, Tom Homan
  • ABC News: Palestinian rights advocate Rumeysa Ozturk voluntarily returns to Turkey
  • Politico: They’ve been detained by ICE and ordered deported. Judges are releasing them from custody
  • CNN: A DHS worker who just ran her first marathon and the mother of a pre-teen were killed in attacks spanning 3 Atlanta suburbs
  • New York Post: Roommates of man accused of killing 2 say a dispute preceded the Atlanta-area attacks
  • New York Times: Migrant Children Removed From New York Shelter After Abuse Allegations
  • NewsNation: Social media users critical of immigration crackdown targeted by DHS subpoenas
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: The TSA Needs a Wholesale Reinvention
  • Washington Times: No birthright citizenship for illegals’ children
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Birthrate Data Shows Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Working
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • ABC News: Cuban immigrant’s apparent suicide is 48th death in ICE custody during 2nd Trump administration
  • CBS Miami: Cuban man dies in ICE custody in Miami after apparent suicide attempt, agency says, amid recent detainee deaths
  • NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
  • Univision: ICE hires agents without verification: concerns raised about control failures
  • AP: New ICE hires: Impeccable background not part of the requirement
  • AP: ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at the end of May
  • Good Day Seattle at 10AM: Acting Director of ICE Resigns
  • Daily Wire: Trump’s ICE Boss Exits After Driving One Of Largest Deportation Surges In Modern History
  • CBS News: Why Todd Lyons is leaving his ICE leadership position
  • Telemundo47: ICE director’s departure reopens debate about the agency’s direction
  • Breitbart: [NY] Report: Sanctuary NYC Refuses ICE Detainer on Illegal Alien Charged with Arson that Killed 4, including 3-Yr-Old
  • Telemundo: [NY] Hochul shares details on proposal to limit ICE operations in New York
  • FOX News: [SC] Two boys dead after illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly drove drunk and hit them on a sidewalk
  • CNN: [IL] A US citizen said she was illegally held by ICE. Surveillance video, the DHS and a million-dollar lawsuit say otherwise
  • FOX News: [WI] Wisconsin sheriff explains why he’s suing for $1M after woman allegedly faked ICE detention at a hotel
  • FOX News: [MN] Minnesota prosecutor charges ICE agent in gun incident as Savanah Hernandez case remains uncharged
  • NBC News Daily: [MN] ICE Agent Charged with Assault for Actions in Minnesota
  • FOX News: [TX] Texas AG sues Houston mayor and city council over new sanctuary city ordinance limiting ICE cooperation
  • NewsMax: [TX] Abbott Threatens $200 Million Cut to Texas Cities Over Immigration Policies
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Dallas police reviewing immigration enforcement policy under Abbott’s $32M threat
  • CBS News: [TX] Former Northwest ISD teacher charged after child porn found on iPhone, federal prosecutors say
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] He died in custody: ICE reveals what happened inside Camp East Montana
  • Federalist: [CA] ICE Arrests Another Slew Of Criminal Aliens, Including Gang Member And Convicted Kidnapper
  • Telemundo: [CA] More than 400 minors were detained by ICE during 2025 in San Diego: report
  • Bloomberg: [CA] Plaintiff in ICE Immigration Raid Suit Arrested, Attorneys Say
  • New York Times: [France] French Widow Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released After 16 Days
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: GOP Sen. Katie Britt: House-passed bill to extend Haitian refugee status DOA in Senate
  • Newsweek: Why Green Card Applications Are Being Denied More Often
  • Newsweek: [Canada] Green Card Holder in US for 21 Years Deported to Canada Over Taxes
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Trump says drug trafficking by sea is down 98.2%. The numbers don’t show that
  • Daily Signal: [TX] CBP Seizes $1M in Cocaine Hidden in Passenger Bus
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Venezuelan Doctor Released from ICE Detention Center After Being Arrested During Traffic Stop in Texas
  • Texas Standard: [TX] Big Bend residents and national environmental group sue Trump administration over border wall plan
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: Global fuel crisis and TSA labor shortages Create a "Perfect Storm" for summer travelers
  • CBS News: [GA] TSA staffing woes could impact World Cup visitors in Atlanta
  • CBS News: [GA] CLEAR rolls out 3 new security gates in Atlanta airport’s South Checkpoint
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: Trump expected to nominate Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA after his firing last year
  • News 12 the Bronx: Former FEMA Chief Set to Be Reinstated
  • ABC News: Millions under severe weather threat following destructive storms
  • NBC News: Dangerous storms bring tornado and flash floods risk to millions this weekend
  • NewsNation: [MO] Missouri Gov. Kehoe declares ‘State of Emergency’ ahead of severe weather
  • NBC News: [MN] Tornado touches down in Minnesota while historic flooding threatens Wisconsin
  • CBS Chicago: [IL] Reported tornado in Lena, Illinois, west of Rockford causes extensive damage; sheriff says town shut down
• Coast Guard
  • AP: Coast Guard searching in Pacific for 6 after losing contact with boat following Typhoon Sinlaku
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Coast Guard offloads 3,825 pounds of cocaine in Miami Beach worth nearly $30 million after Pacific interdictions
  • HS Today: [CA] Three Individuals Claiming Mexican Nationality Interdicted by Coast Guard off Point Loma
  • High North News: [AK] U.S. Coast Guard to Base First Arctic Security Cutters in Alaska, Boosting High North Presence
  • AP: [Guam] Coast Guard searches for 6 people after losing contact with boat following Typhoon Sinlaku
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Daily Wire: April 30 Deadline Could Leave U.S. Blind To Cyber And Terror Threats
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: He Looked for Ways to Stop Mass Violence; Lost Science
  • CBS News: [GA] Suspect in DeKalb shooting spree, 2nd individual facing federal firearms charges
  • CBS News: [GA] Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect, set to be sentenced in July
  • Univision: [NM] ‘Before I go crazy’: ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán sends letter in English to Judge Cogan asking for fair treatment
  • FOX News: [Trinidad and Tobago] State of emergency declared as US warns travelers to reconsider visiting popular getaway
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: Senate passes 10-day extension of federal surveillance powers without debate
  • AP: White House chief of staff meets with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology
  • AP: [Cuba] US and Cuban officials met recently in Havana amid new diplomatic push
  • CBS News: [Cuba] U.S. delegation visited Cuba last week as Trump heaped pressure on island, official says
  • USA Today: [Cuba] US Navy surveillance drone flies mission along Cuba’s coast
  • Politico: [Iran] Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world
  • New York Times: [Iran] Amid Conflicting Messages, Optimism for Peace Deal Emerges

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