• Top News
  • AP/NPR/USA Today: Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown
  • NewsMax: More ICE Surges Possible as Minn. Drawdown Begins, Homan Says
  • FOX News: Trump border czar leaves door open to ICE deployment in other sanctuary cities as feds leave Minneapolis
  • FOX News: Homan tells Minnesota leaders to say ‘thank you’ instead of demanding reimbursement as ICE operation ends
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Spars With CBS Host Over ‘Unreasonable’ Demands To Unmask Federal Law Enforcement
  • Washington Examiner/CBS News: Minnesota investigators examining ‘all legal avenues’ after accusing FBI of withholding evidence in Pretti case
  • NPR: Minnesota Republicans defend their focus on fraud despite the ICE surge that followed
  • FOX News: Partial government shutdown drags on as DHS funding talks stall
  • FOX News: ICE assaults spike 1,500% as Dems draw ‘hard red line’ to unmask agents in DHS battle
  • FOX News: Dems are holding Americans’ national security ‘hostage,’ DHS official argues
  • NewsMax: DHS Watchdog: Shutdown Imperils Oversight of Agency
  • AP/Daily Caller: No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
  • FOX News: Trump says ‘this is a Democrat shutdown’ as he touts low inflation, falling murder rate
  • Blaze: Democrats’ reckless refusal to fund DHS leaves TSA agents struggling without paychecks — again
  • NewsMax: Rep. Emmer to Newsmax: Dems Seek ‘Mass Amnesty’ in DHS Funding Block
  • Breitbart: Grijalva: GOP’s Shutting Down DHS, I Want ICE ‘Dismantled’
  • FOX Business: DHS shutdown is about Democrats ‘defunding police,’ congressman says
  • FOX News: Fleischer blasts Dems over DHS, ICE funding fight amid government shutdown
  • NewsMax: Rep. Greg Murphy to Newsmax: Dems Using DHS Funding as Political Leverage
  • NewsMax: Rep. Haridopolos to Newsmax: Schumer ‘Playing Performative Politics’ on DHS Funding Deal
  • NewsMax: Rep. Sessions to Newsmax: Won’t Give in to Dems on DHS Funding Fight
  • NewsMax: Sen. Mullin: Democrats Staging ‘Political Theater’ With Shutdown Demands
  • Breitbart: Jeffries: ‘We Cannot Trust Kristi Noem or Pam Bondi to Conduct an Independent Investigation’
  • The Hill/Washington Examiner: Noem dismisses criticism of ‘right people’ voting for ‘right leaders’ remark
  • FOX News: Lawmakers trade jabs over DHS funding fight, voter ID as shutdown enters day three
  • Daily Caller: Democrat Senator Repeats Wacky Theory That SAVE Act Means Married Women Won’t Be Able To Vote
  • New York Post: Schumer says there are 3 sticking points in DHS shutdown — as thousands of ICE and TSA workers go unpaid
  • FOX News: Schumer says Dems will fight voter ID push ‘tooth and nail,’ balks at DHS role in elections
  • FOX News: Schumer says GOP election bill ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ despite Democrat support for voter ID
  • Federalist: Chip Roy Lays Out How Senate Can Vote On SAVE Act Without Nuking Filibuster
  • Breitbart: Padilla: SAVE Act Is the ‘Equivalent of a Show Me Your Papers Law’
  • FOX News: Rep. Chip Roy clarifies ‘SAVE Act,’ responds to married women voting claims
  • Blaze: 3 debunked Democrat claims about the SAVE America Act
  • AP: More third-country nationals have been deported by the US to Cameroon, lawyers tell AP
  • New York Times: The Immigration Debate Came to Rural Kansas. Locals Stood by Their Mayor.
  • Washington Times: Trump ally and DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski cashes in with Cameo videos
  • CBS News: Sen. Thom Tillis says Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem are "not taking care of the president’s legacy"
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • San Diego Union Tribune: ICE tyranny is what democracy looks like
  • Washington Times: Trump should insist on E-Verify
  • New York Post: Biden’s ‘quiet amnesty’ for nearly 1 million illegal immigrants
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • The Hill: Collaboration agreements between ICE, local police soar 950 percent in Trump’s first year
  • FOX News: ICE sweeps up convicted pedophiles, traffickers in massive holiday weekend sting: ‘Worst of the worst’
  • FOX News: Shutdown flips ICE oversight fight as DHS moves to block surprise lawmaker visits
  • NPR: A once-underused immigration enforcement program has exploded under Trump
  • Politico: Fees, fines and ordinances: Cities push back against Trump’s immigration enforcement
  • ABC News: Children are being kept in immigration custody longer than allowed, advocates say
  • ABC News: ICE to spend nearly $40B on detention centers, documents show
  • FOX News: Jeffries clashes with left-wing podcast host over demand to lead push to ‘abolish ICE’
  • New York Post: Cryptocurrency use explodes in human trafficking networks, online scams: report
  • AP: [MA] Immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,000 beds
  • New York Times: [NY] For an Immigration Trap on a Bridge to Canada, an Encouraging Sign
  • New York Post: [NY] Former top Letitia James aide helps funnel money for anti-ICE trainings via lefty philanthropic group
  • CBS New York: [NJ] Video shows 2 men detained by ICE agents near New Jersey church
  • Univision: [NJ] ICE agents detain two people outside a church in Union City; they were on their way to Sunday mass
  • CNN: [PA] He spent over 40 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. Now he’s fighting for release from ICE custody
  • NewsMax: [MD] Md. Sheriffs to Keep Working With ICE Despite New Law
  • Breitbart: [MD] Maryland Sheriffs Vow to Defy Democrat Gov. Wes Moore’s Ban on Working with ICE
  • FOX News: [NC] Two illegal aliens arrested in violent suburban home invasion involving sexual assault, kidnapping: police
  • New York Times: [GA] Teacher Killed in Crash After Man Fled in Car From ICE, Police Say
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia Democrats move to block ICE detention facilities in South Fulton, across state
  • Univision: [FL] Colombian immigrant desperately pleads for help to save his son’s life
  • USA Today: [IL] Chicago teen who called for father’s release from ICE detention dies
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] ICE plans detention center in Romulus to house immigrant inmates
  • CBS News: [TX] Massive Dallas-area warehouse will not be used as an ICE detention center, developer says
  • CBS News/Houston Chronicle: [TX] Paxton investigating Texas school districts over student anti-ICE walkouts
  • New York Post: [TX] Daughters of Irishman held by ICE say father abandoned them and should return to face drug charges: report
  • FOX News: [MN] Montana governor launches sanctuary crackdown, probes capital city over ICE limits
  • NBC News: [WA] Federal judge orders ICE to release Filipino man after ‘pattern of failures’ in medical care
  • Daily Caller: [WA] ‘If I Had A Gun, I’d Pew-Pew Your Motherf*cking A*S!’: Students Assault, Threaten Jounalists At Anti-ICE Walkout
  • New York Post: [CA] Radical SoCal group sets next anti-ICE ‘mass meeting’ as White House slams ‘far-left’ orgs that target law enforcement
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Student anti-ICE walkouts: Some officials praise activism, others dole out detention
  • New York Post: [CA] Shocking video captures moment fake ICE agent grabs McDonald’s worker by the neck and threatens to deport him
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Daily Wire: Rubio Warns Visas Will Be Revoked, Praises Orbán During Budapest Visit
  • Breitbart: Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Europe: No Foreign National Has a Right to a Visa in America
  • New York Times: How the Visa Debate for Foreign Workers Fuels Racism Against South Asians
  • Washington Examiner: Trump keeps losing TPS termination cases at lower courts despite higher court wins
  • Daily Caller: Ghislaine Maxwell Could End Up Kissing Her American Citizenship Goodbye
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: [NY] Columbia University pulls CBP career fair ad amid anti-ICE protests
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Customs and Border Patrol traffic stop in West Broward targets undocumented immigrant’s vehicle
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Border agents seize almost $7 million of cocaine from flower truck at Laredo days before Valentine’s Day
  • Breitbart: [TX] CBP: Cartels Flew 42,000 Drones near U.S. Border in FY25
  • Breitbart: [TX] El Paso Airspace Shutdown Indicates Growing Pains in Trump Admin’s Attention to Long-Ignored Cartel Drone Menace
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: Shocking airport security busts reveal bizarre and hidden items tucked away in luggage
  • CBS News/NewsMax: DHS shutdown forces TSA agents to work without pay; airports brace for staffing shortages
  • New York Times: ‘The Last Straw’: T.S.A. Agents Brace for Another D.H.S. Shutdown
  • The Hill: Here’s how the DHS shutdown is impacting air travel, TSA
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NPR: 3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them
  • Washington Post/AP: [MD] Trump directs federal government to intervene in Potomac sewage spill
  • Daily Caller: [KS] Wildfire Threat Increases In Plains Due To Strong Winds, Warm Temperatures; State Of Emergency Declared In Kansas
  • Daily Caller: [CA] ‘Very Significant And Dangerous’ Severe Storm To Potentially Spark Up Tornadoes, Flash Flooding In Southern California
• Secret Service
  • NewsMax: [FL] Routh Appeals Life Sentence in Trump Plot
• Coast Guard
  • NBC News: Noem’s use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say
  • New York Post: [SC] Stranded boater, pooch saved in daring caught-on-video Coast Guard rescue
  • Telemundo52: [CA] ICE and Border Patrol withdraw from Terminal Island, according to Congresswoman Barragán
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts vessel with 14 migrants near Point Loma
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • Breitbart: [North Korea] Google: North Korean Hackers Leveraged Gemini AI for Cyber Attacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • ABC News: [RI] 2 killed, several injured in ‘targeted’ shooting at ice skating rink in Rhode Island: Police
  • NewsMax: [NY] 27 From Tren de Aragua Splinter Group Charged in NYC
  • NBC News: [GA] Trial starts for Georgia father accused of giving son access to firearm used in school shooting
  • Blaze: [FL] 2 Florida 15-year-olds accused of threatening to shoot up high schools
  • Daily Caller: [TX] Alleged Antifa Leader Who Fled FBI Now Set To Testify In Terrorism Trial
  • FOX News: [Nigeria] 100 US troops land in Nigeria as Islamic militants threaten West Africa regional security
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: [Somalia] Exclusive: Somaliland President Invites U.S. Security, Economic Partnership in ‘Strategically Positioned Territory’
  • ABC News: [Switzerland] Witkoff and Kushner in Geneva for pivotal talks on Ukraine and Iran
  • New York Times/Reuters: [Iran] US and Iran set for high-stakes nuclear talks in Geneva as threat of war looms
  • Reuters: [Iran] Trump says he will be involved indirectly in Iran talks
  • CBS News: [Iran] U.S. preparing for potential Iran operations
  • CNN: [Iran] US increases military pressure on Iran ahead of high-stakes talks
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Taliban Says It Is Ready to ‘Cooperate’ with Iran if America Attacks
  • Bloomberg: [Taiwan] Trump Says He’ll Soon Make Decision on Weapon Sales to Taiwan
  • AP: [Philippines] US plans to deploy more missile launchers to the Philippines despite China’s alarm

DHS MORNING BRIEFING

DHS MORNING BRIEFING