• Top News
  • CBS News/The Hill/Reuters/AP: DHS scraps Noem policy requiring secretary’s review of all contracts above $100,000
  • WSJ/Roll Call/NYT/AP: Trump, GOP Leaders Embrace Plan Resolving DHS Funding Standoff
  • NewsMax: Trump Demands ICE, Border Patrol Funding Bill by June 1
  • FOX News: Trump admin makes major move to relieve ‘unfair burden’ on DHS workers as shutdown drags on
  • New York Times/Politico: Key Justices Appear Skeptical of Limiting Birthright Citizenship
  • Washington Post: The Supreme Court’s middle way on birthright citizenship
  • Breitbart: Trump says birthright citizenship ‘stupid’ after Supreme Court hearing
  • Reuters: Trump attends Supreme Court arguments in birthright citizenship case
  • FOX News: Trump attends Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship case
  • The Hill: Gorsuch asks Sauer if Native Americans are birthright citizens 
  • FOX News: Alito invokes Scalia analogy in birthright citizenship fight over illegal immigration
  • Axios: The five words fueling Trump’s birthright citizenship fight
  • New York Times: Lawyer Arguing at Supreme Court to Save Birthright Citizenship Is a Birthright Citizen
  • Breitbart: Jeffries: ‘Times Have Changed,’ But ‘Constitution Remains the Same’ on Birthright Citizenship
  • Breitbart: Jeffries: DHS Shutdown GOP’s Fault, We Shouldn’t Fund All of DHS Without Changes
  • FOX News: Behind the scenes of Congress’ eleventh-hour rush to fund the DHS
  • New York Post: Ilhan Omar admits Dems are to blame for DHS shutdown, blocking funding with terror threat ‘higher than usual’
  • Federal News Network: ‘Overlooked’ DHS staff sound off on shutdown
  • NBC News: Coast Guard and other DHS workers still not being paid ask, ‘What about us?’
  • New York Times: Homeland Security Dept. Asks Workers for Videos of Their Shutdown Hardships
  • AP/USA Today: Homeland Security pauses plan to purchase warehouses for detention centers
  • New York Post: Katie Zacharia announces departure from DHS after short stint as spokeswoman
  • Los Angeles Times: Utah firm files lawsuit against government for CECOT detention of Venezuelan immigrant
  • AP: Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo
  • New York Times: D.H.S. Inspector General Inquiry Focuses in Part on Top Noem Aide
  • Washington Examiner: Noem’s Shield of the Americas trip signals big change in security doctrine
  • FOX News: Within minutes of Trump signing voter database order, Dem states threaten lawsuits
  • Blaze: Trump takes action to secure elections against voter fraud — Democrats already plan to shut it down
  • CBS News: DNC and top Democratic leaders sue Trump over mail-in voting executive order
  • Houston Chronicle: Greg Abbott signals support for Trump’s national voter list
  • NewsMax: DeSantis Signs Florida SAVE America Act
  • Washington Post: [VA] Undocumented teen’s alleged school assaults trigger Trump administration probe
  • New York Times: Mahmoud Khalil Asks Emil Bove to Recuse Himself From Immigration Case
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: Trump Will Lose the Birthright Citizenship Case. But in a Way, He’s Already Won.
  • New York Post: Supreme Court may uphold birthright citizenship, but issue isn’t going away
  • The Hill: Trump: US only country ‘stupid enough’ to allow birthright citizenship
  • Daily Caller: Who Are We To Blame For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants Who Now Might Get To Stay?
  • Daily Caller: Mass Deportation Roadmap Urges Trump To Step Up Workplace Enforcement
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Bloomberg: ICE Tells Lawmakers It’s Using Spyware in Fight Against Fentanyl
  • Newsweek: ICE Blocked From Detaining Severely Disabled Man by Federal Judge
  • Daily Caller/FOX News: [VA] Illegal Alien Reportedly Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter
  • Daily Mail: [VA] ICE plead with woke new Virginia governor not to free illegal migrants suspected of murders
  • Breitbart: [VA] Illegal Immigrant From Guatemala Accused of Murder in Fairfax County Stabbing
  • FOX News: [VA] ICE pressures Spanberger as Fairfax murder suspects trigger new detainers in ‘sanctuary’ clash
  • Washington Post: [SC] Marines scramble to reassure families after report of ICE at boot camp
  • National Today: [KY] ICE Calls for Lexington to Keep Alleged Kidnapping Suspect in Custody
  • CBS News: [GA] DHS pauses plans for massive ICE detention center in Social Circle
  • FOX News: [IL] Chicago mayor doubles down on illegal alien ‘assault’ comment after Sheridan Gorman’s death
  • CBS News: [MN] Federal government appealing order releasing 5-year-old from immigration custody
  • Blaze: [TX] Illegal alien ‘sicko’ accused of possessing 50+ child porn images — ICE urges county to honor detainer
  • Univision: [TX] Empty classrooms in South Texas: Hundreds of students skip classes for fear of ICE
  • Bloomberg: [CO] Colorado Sanctuary Laws Survive Trump Administration Challenge
  • Axios: [UT] Report: SLC warehouse buy for massive ICE detention center under review
  • Univision: [UT] "But what did we do?" ICE agent caught breaking a car window to make an arrest in Ogden
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Journalists, peaceful protesters were targeted by ICE, feds in Los Angeles, judges reaffirm
  • New York Post: [CA] Machete-wielding MS-13 executioner known as ‘the witch’ captured by ICE in San Diego
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Faith leaders, volunteers show solidarity with immigrants during Holy Week
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Newsweek: US Visa Rules Changed: List of Countries Impacted
  • Breitbart: Federal Judge Revokes U.S. Citizenship of Chinese Couple Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets for China
  • Daily Caller: Trump Admin’s Visa Crackdown Making It Harder For Foreigners To Take American Tech Jobs
  • New York Times: [DC] Birthright Citizenship Plan Faces Costly Verification Hurdles
  • New York Times: Supreme Court’s Birthright Decision Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Asians
  • USA Today: How many people gain U.S. citizenship by birthright? See the numbers.
  • New York Times: [DC] Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Draws Lines Scholars Find Indefensible
  • Breitbart: Migration Advocates Threaten ‘Millions’ May Lose Status If Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order to Stand
  • FOX News: [FL] Birth tourism industry thrives in Miami as Supreme Court showdown gets underway
  • AP: [CA] California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico
  • Univision: [CA] “Dreamer” returns to Sacramento after deportation to Mexico ordered by the Trump administration
• Customs and Border Protection
  • The Hill: Tariff refund payments may take up to 45 days once system operational: Customs
  • NPR: Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One App
  • NewsMax: Border Patrol Chief Accused of Trips Involving Prostitutes
  • AP: [NY] Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
  • USA Today: [TX] Along the Rio Grande in Big Bend, Texans unite against Trump wall
  • Reuters: [CA] US judge says border officials violated her previous order on warrantless arrests
• Transportation Security Administration
  • New York Post: United Airlines now tracks TSA wait times for first time ever in app upgrade
  • MassLive.com: [MA] About 30 TSA officers leave jobs at Boston Logan Airport as shutdown takes its toll
  • USA Today: [DC] What are the TSA wait times at DC area airports today?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: ‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported
  • The Hill: [CA] Trump targets State Farm over California wildfire response
  • Today: [HI] State Awaits Presidential Disaster Declaration
• Secret Service
  • NBC News: [MA] Massachusetts man charged with threatening Trump brandished a sword during arrest, FBI says
  • Univision: [MA] A man who threatened President Donald Trump with death on Facebook has been arrested. How many years in prison does he face?
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • StateScoop: [ND] Water treatment plant in North Dakota suffered ransomware attack
  • Politico: [China] FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a ‘major cyber incident’
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [FL] FBI visits Cuba to probe Florida speedboat attack as survivors face terrorism charges
  • Breitbart: [TX] Gulf Cartel Underboss Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court
  • CBS News: [Ecuador] American commandos join Ecuadorian troops in joint mission targeting alleged narco-terrorists
• National Security News
  • NewsMax: Rep. Luna, Lawmakers Demand UFO Videos by April 14
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Raises NATO Withdrawal as Allies Push Back on Iran War
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] NATO chief to visit Trump after president threatens to exit military alliance
  • NBC News: [Iran] Trump makes his case for Iran war, saying it will end ‘shortly’ but more strikes are ahead
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Trump Says Core Objectives of Iran War Nearing Completion
  • NBC News: [Iran] Despite Trump’s claims, there’s no indication Iran’s regime has lost power, Western officials and experts say
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Iran Calls US Demands ‘Irrational’ Ahead of Trump War Speech
  • Politico: [Iran] Trump warns U.S. will hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next two to three weeks
  • Reuters: [Iran] Takeaways from Trump’s speech on Iran
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Intel: Iran Not Ready for Diplomacy

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