• Top News
  • CBS News/Washington Post: Trump administration gives ICE broader powers to detain legal refugees, citing security concerns
  • AP: A judge weighs extending protections for refugees in Minnesota facing arrest and deportation
  • Washington Post/New York Times/CNN: Trump officials limit FEMA travel to disaster areas amid funding lapse, email shows
  • The Hill: Democrats plot protests for Trump’s State of the Union address
  • The Hill: White House holds press briefing amid DHS funding turmoil
  • The Hill: Leavitt says Democrats’ counteroffer to end DHS shutdown ‘unserious’
  • Washington Examiner: White House says Trump hasn’t had ‘direct’ talks with Democrats over DHS shutdown
  • ABC News: Democrats, White House still far from DHS funding deal amid standoff over ICE
  • The Hill: Jeffries: Democrats ‘steadfast’ in demands for ICE reforms
  • CBS News: Democrats, Republicans continue to clash over DHS funding as shutdown drags on
  • FOX News: Democrats’ DHS shutdown halts ICE oversight they demanded
  • NewsMax: Rep. Dems ‘Playing Political Football’ With Americans’ Safety
  • DailySignal: House Republicans Pressure Senate to Force Vote on SAVE America Act
  • FOX News: GOP warns Democrats using DHS shutdown to stall Senate voter ID push
  • NewsMax: Rep. Miller-Meeks to Newsmax: Voter ID ‘Very Common’; SAVE America Act Needed
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats ‘fight tooth and nail’ against voter ID: Guy Benson
  • New York Times: Administration Targets Noncitizen Voting, Despite Finding It Rare
  • Politico: DOT wants to block transit money to states that aid migrants
  • USA Today: Judge who blocked Haitian TPS termination says she received death threats
  • The Hill: Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led Columbia protests
  • Politico: DOJ acknowledges violating dozens of recent court orders in New Jersey
  • Bloomberg: Why Immigration Raids Can Continue Amid Homeland Security Shutdown
  • Federalist: While Democrats’ Anti-ICE Fury Escalates, Americans Show They Want Immigration Laws Enforced
  • AP: As political pressure prompts exodus of Minnesota prosecutors, some defendants catch a break
  • The Hill: Minnesota authorities demand federal records, evidence from Pretti killing
  • New York Times: Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
  • Axios: States test limits of ICE, CBP agent immunity
  • Houston Chronicle: Worms in the porridge, despair in their eyes: Why are we still detaining kids at Dilley?
  • The Hill: Who is Katie Zacharia, new DHS spokesperson?
  • Blaze: Tricia McLaughlin leaving DHS after Good, Pretti shootings, prompting cheers from smug Democrats
  • Bloomberg: DOJ Tax Attorneys Focus on Immigration, Nonprofits After Shakeup
  • Daily Caller: Powerful Conservative Orgs Think Trump Needs To Step Up His Deportation Game
  • New York Times: Officials Violated More than 50 Court Orders in New Jersey, Justice Dept. Tells Judge
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: What Happened When ICE Came for Our Patients
  • Wall Street Journal: Mass Deportations Sabotage the Economy
  • USA Today: I worked with ICE as a US attorney. Abolishing it won’t bring justice.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No
  • NPR: The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE
  • Los Angeles Times: Senators decry surge in deaths at ICE detention facilities, citing poor medical care
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens Convicted of Child Abuse, Manslaughter, Sex Crimes
  • NPR: Who profits from migrant detention?
  • Breitbart: Beshear: People of Faith Don’t Support ICE Chaining People’s Ankles, Can’t Have Anyone Injured
  • Reuters: Microsoft says it does not think US ICE uses firm’s tech for mass surveillance of civilians
  • CNN: The immigration crackdown is impacting health care across the nation, doctors warn
  • New York Post: Legendary rock band U2 invokes Renee Nicole Good in ‘American Obituary’
  • FOX News: [ME] Former Maine councilor gives impassioned speech opposing city blocking cooperation with ICE
  • Politico: [MA] Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody
  • Breitbart: [CT] ICE Agents Capture Accused Illegal Alien Pedophile Previously Freed by Sanctuary Connecticut
  • Univision: [NJ] Family unaware of the whereabouts of Peruvian farmworker detained by ICE in New Jersey
  • NewsMax: [MD] Baltimore County Bans ICE Detention Centers
  • FOX News: [VA] ICE nabs Iranian national with rape, sodomy convictions after Virginia Democrats move to curb cooperation
  • FOX News: [NC] 3rd arrested in violent overnight home invasion, multiple illegal aliens accused of sexual assault, kidnapping
  • FOX News: [SC] Illegal immigrant with prior deportation shoots deputy in chest, dies after exchange: DHS
  • FOX News: [GA] Migrant fleeing ICE accused of causing fatal car crash
  • NPR: [GA] Why this rural town wants an ICE facility
  • Reuters: [IN] Cambodian national dies in ICE custody in Indiana
  • Univision: [IL] ICE arrested an immigrant in Pilsen and the community unites to demand his release: Who is Federico Alcantar?
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Minneapolis City Council Members Threaten To Deny Liquor Licenses For Hotels That Housed ICE Agents
  • New York Post: [MN] Minnesota school taught eighth-grade geography class ICE uses ‘tricky & violent tactics’: docs
  • AP: [TX] Lawmaker says the US deported a sick baby, while authorities say the child was medically cleared
  • NewsMax: [TX] ICE Arrests Indian Couple in Texas Smuggling Case
  • The Hill: [TX] Castro knocks ICE for deporting 2-month-old, family: ‘Heinous’
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] California congressional leaders urge Kristi Noem not to reopen Dublin prison as ICE facility
  • New York Post: [CA] LAPD chief urges kids to stay in school and avoid dangerous anti-ICE protests
  • Univision: [Cuba] ICE announces it deported 170 Cubans to the island in a single trip
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • CNN: Why the risks of requiring proof of citizenship to vote could outweigh the benefits
  • FOX News: [MN] DHS operation nets Minnesota prison guard who allegedly claimed US citizenship to join military
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Woman accused of posing as immigration resource at Houston taco truck, stealing $40K from families
  • Bloomberg: [Iran] US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Iran Officials as Talks Continue
• Customs and Border Protection
  • SFGate: Trump admin dynamites national park site as part of immigration crackdown
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Ex-Gibraltar border agent received child porn while on duty, feds say
  • FOX News: [MN] Detroit officers facing termination for allegedly contacting immigration authorities during traffic stops
  • Blaze: [CA] LA thug who hurled concrete chunks at federal agents learns the hard way that actions have consequences
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Washington Examiner: Travel industry warns of rising airport strain amid partial shutdown
  • The Hill: When will the partial government shutdown start impacting TSA, air travel?
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FOX News: DHS shutdown leaves local emergency responders on their own amid extreme weather, expert warns
  • CBS News: Wildfires rip through parts of Oklahoma and Texas
  • USA Today: [MD] Moore fires back at Trump over sewer spill: ‘Please start doing your job’
  • AP: [DC] DC mayor declares emergency, asks President Trump for help on sewage spill on the Potomac
  • FOX News: [LA] Louisiana GOP lawmaker urges FEMA aid for ‘hurricane’ like ice storm as DHS shutdown drags on
  • ABC News: [OK] State declares emergency due to wildfires: ‘Conditions remain dangerous’
• Coast Guard
  • CBS News: U.S. military strikes 3 more alleged drug boats in Latin American waters, killing 11 people
  • NBC News: Kristi Noem’s use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch
  • AP: [MA] Authorities deploy tech to locate wreck of fishing boat near Gloucester
  • CBS News: [OH] Lake Erie shipwreck identified in area where explorer died in diving accident
  • Univision: [PR] $13.3 million in drugs seized in a speedboat north of Puerto Rico
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CBS News: Inside the surge of threats against public officials fueling a rise in prosecutions: "It’s too much"
• National Security News
  • AP: [Venezuela] US Southern Command chief meets Venezuela’s president weeks after Maduro’s capture
  • AP: [Russia] Russia hosts Cuban foreign minister and urges US not to blockade Cuba
  • FOX News: [Syria] US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria
  • CNN: [Iran] US prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump hasn’t made final call, sources say
  • NBC News: [Iran] U.S. military pushes more weaponry into the Middle East for possible strikes on Iran
  • AP: [Iran] Rubio plans to update Netanyahu on US-Iran talks in Israel next week, officials say

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