• Top News
  • CBS News/The Hill: Trump orders DHS to pay all employees despite shutdown
  • Bloomberg Industry Group Bloomberg Tax: [DC] Trump Budget Seeks TSA Privatization, Cuts to Cyber, FEMA
  • New York Times: House Democrat Wages a Lonely Legal Fight Testing Congress’s Power
  • CBS News: 23 states sue Trump over new executive order targeting mail voting
  • Washington Examiner: Fetterman requests extra DHS security for NFL draft in Pittsburg citing Iran war
  • Washington Times/Breitbart: Air Force base bomb suspects benefited from birthright citizenship, says DHS
  • FOX News: Parents of MacDill bomb suspects are illegal immigrants, DHS warns of birthright citizenship dangers
  • FOX 13 Tampa Bay: Parents of MacDill bomb threat suspects arrested by ICE: DHS
  • FOX News: Pritzker calls on Trump officials to testify over ICE crackdown, White House blasts move as ‘political stunt’
  • New York Times: Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.
  • USA Today: TSA sharing passenger data with ICE draws opposition. What to know.
  • Federal News Network: Trump’s 2027 budget request doubles down on agency reorganizations panned by Congress  
  • FOX News: Homan vows immigration mission ‘won’t skip a beat’ as Bondi exits DOJ
  • Washington Post/NBC News: Trump is considering more changes to his Cabinet in the coming weeks
  • FOX News: Trump eyes next attorney general as key GOP senator signals potential roadblock
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump asks Congress for $152 million to start rebuilding Alcatraz prison
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • USA Today: Birthright citizenship fight rewrites America’s history
  • USA Today: Supreme Court isn’t bowing to Trump’s bullying in birthright case
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News: DHS preps deportation of alleged MS-13 gang member wanted for pastor’s murder in El Salvador
  • ABC News: Inspectors find dozens of safety violations at largest ICE detention center
  • Bloomberg: Immigrant Families Separated by Trump in 2018 Are Detained Again
  • Los Angeles Times: Immigrants seeking asylum ordered to countries they’ve never been to, and end up stuck in limbo
  • Washington Post: Despite signaling change, ICE still arrests many immigrants with no record
  • USA Today: ICE goes dark with key immigration data. Here’s how to track it.
  • Breitbart: [CT] Sanctuary Connecticut: ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Member Wanted for Murdering Pastor
  • FOX News: [NY] NY prosecutor sidesteps sanctuary law and coordinates ICE arrest of Guatemalan child rape suspect
  • FOX News: [VA] Illegal immigrant, accomplice get 5 years for murder in sweetheart deal with progressive Virginia DA
  • FOX News: [VA] Angel wife demands end to sanctuary city laws after plea deal for illegal immigrant
  • NBC News: [SC] Some Marines graduate without their parents’ presence amid ICE fears
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Faith leaders wash the feet of 14 detainees inside Broadview ICE facility for Holy Thursday
  • The Hill: [WI] Immigration agents detain Wisconsin mosque president
  • New York Times: [WI] Arrest of Wisconsin Mosque Leader Was Tied to Trump Antisemitism Campaign
  • New York Times: [WI] ICE Arrests Islamic Leader Of Large Wisconsin Group
  • FOX News: [WI] ICE detains president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, alleging he hid conviction for attacks on Israelis
  • Blaze: [WI] Democrat demands answers on ICE detention of Islamic leader in Milwaukee — and DHS slaps her down
  • Breitbart: [WI] ICE Arrests Illegal Alien ‘Palestinian Community Leader’ Accused of Funding Terror Organizations
  • Breitbart: [TX] ICE Issues Detainer for Mexican Illegal Alien Accused of Slitting Wife’s Throat in Texas
  • New York Times: [TX] Dozens of Violations Found at Migrant Detention Camp in Texas
  • CBS News: [TX] Wife of community leader and SMU alum prepares to move to Mexico after husband’s deportation ruling
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Woman detained by ICE faces high-risk pregnancy at a Texas facility
  • FOX News: [CO] Colorado lawyers say court e-file system now makes them certify they won’t assist ICE
  • Univision: [NM] Guatemalan immigrant applied for asylum in the United States and could be sent to an unknown third country
  • AP: [NV] A Nevada judge ruled ICE can’t lock up everyone facing deportation. Here’s what it means.
  • FOX News: [MT] State top cop moves to crush alleged DHS records restriction as county denies ICE-out
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Southern California sisters face losing mom to brain cancer, father to deportation
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Times: Trump’s Immigration Policy Sidelines Foreign Doctors Amid Shortage
  • Blaze: Oracle files for thousands of H-1B visas amid mass layoffs: ‘Today is your last working day’
  • Los Angeles Times: Birthright citizenship secured my family’s American dream. No wonder Trump hates it
  • New York Times: As H-1B Visa Program Changes, Skilled Foreign Workers Consider Leaving U.S.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Telemundo Amarillo: [TX] Five undocumented immigrants arrested after being found hiding in a van in Texas
  • USA Today: [TX] Why a border wall divides even Trump voters in Texas
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] New AI-powered surveillance towers deployed along the US-Mexico border in San Diego
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: Trump proposes to begin privatizing TSA screening operations
  • CNN: Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization. Here’s what that could mean for airport security screening
  • FOX News: Flight passengers are paying strangers to stand in long TSA lines as chaos drags on
  • CBS News/The Guardian: [DC] Senate Democrat demands that TSA lift its "shoes-on" policy, calling it a "reckless" safety risk
  • NewsMax: Sen. Duckworth to TSA: ‘Shoes-On’ Policy a Security Risk
  • CBS News: TSA’s "shoes-on" policy faces pushback
  • New York Post: Airports beg Spring Break travelers to stop arriving so early amid TSA lines madness
  • New York Post: [CA] Travelers flying out of Burbank Airport warned to arrive early for the two months
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: As megafire risks grow, Trump bets on a wildfire super agency to fight them
  • USA Today: Is the US a tinderbox? Experts fear wicked wildfire season.
  • Breitbart/New York Times: FEMA official claims he teleported to Waffle House
  • AP: [CA] A fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California triggers evacuations
  • Telemundo: [CA] A rapidly spreading wildfire is prompting evacuations in Riverside County in Southern California
• Secret Service
  • NPR: [DC] Trump’s ballroom fight sheds new light on an underground White House bunker
• Coast Guard
  • ABC News: US Coast Guard rescue 5 in waters off Puerto Rico’s northern coast
  • NewsMax: [PR] 5 Rescued After Boats Capsize Off Puerto Rico
  • FOX News: [PR] Coast Guard caught on camera rescuing federal agents, boaters after 2 vessels capsize off Puerto Rico
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA
  • FOX News: Health tech breach exposes 3.4M patient records
  • FedScoop: FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Patel, McCormick warn foreign terror threats inside US grew during Biden years
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: [DC] Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for Pentagon
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] The release of prisoners in Cuba has begun, while activists are demanding the release of those detained for political reasons
  • Axios/New York Post: US expelled Iranian diplomats last year, State Department official says
  • ABC News/New York Times: [Iran] Here’s what we know about the downing of a U.S. jet and its American crew.
  • Washington Examiner: [Iran] UN Security Council delays vote on escorting ships through Strait of Hormuz
  • FOX News: [Iran] One pilot rescued from downed F-15
  • FOX News: [Iran] Helicopter rescue crews searching for downed F-15E pilots in Iran were wounded by enemy fire
  • FOX Business: [Iran] National security expert warns Iran is nearing systemic economic collapse
  • NewsMax: [Iran] Report: Iran Quickly Repairing, Rebuilding Missile Bunkers
  • CBS News/Wall Street Journal: [China] U.S. Repatriates Chinese Drug Fugitive in a Sign of Stabilizing Ties
  • Washington Post: [China] Chinese firms market Iran war intelligence ‘exposing’ U.S. forces

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