• Top News
  • New York Times/Politico/The Hill/FOX News: Senate Democrats Again Block D.H.S. Funding, Demanding Enforcement Curbs
  • New York Post: Secret Service, TSA and FEMA workers going unpaid amid DHS shutdown: ‘Bad policy & bad politics’
  • Politico: Local officials warn DHS shutdown could harm World Cup preparations
  • Breitbart: Senate Battleground Voters Less Likely to Back Democrat Candidates that Shut Down DHS Funding
  • AP: Idaho woman charged in connection with stolen ambulance that was driven into building housing DHS
  • NewsMax: Immigration Chief: Illegal Total Far Above Estimates
  • New York Post: LAPD secures $9.8 million DHS grant to protects city’s airspace from drones
  • NewsMax: Trump Touts Immigration, Border Security Efforts in SOTU
  • FOX News: DHS touts ‘most secure border’ in US history amid departure of nearly 3M illegal immigrants
  • Blaze: ‘Turnaround for the ages’: Trump boasts victory at the southern border — 0 illegal aliens entered in 9 months
  • NPR: Trump avoids his more aggressive immigration policies in State of the Union address
  • Daily Wire: DHS Slams Controversial Immigration Guests At State Of The Union
  • Washington Post: Trump reframes America, in two acts
  • FOX News: Dems tap ICE detainees, suspected illegal immigrants as guests for Trump’s speech: DHS
  • CBS News: Parents of National Guard member fatally shot in D.C. will attend State of the Union
  • Breitbart: ICE-Arrested, Harmonica-Playing Giraffe Preferred by Democrats over Trump’s SOTU
  • Univision: Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia invites the State of the Union to woman shot by CBP in Illinois
  • FOX News: Karoline Leavitt warns cartels to ‘not lay a finger’ on Americans or pay ‘severe consequences’
  • FOX News: Mexico’s president insists cartel chaos easing, US officials warn against travel
  • FOX News: Mexico says Jalisco security situation ‘stabilized,’ flights resuming after Americans stranded
  • CBS Colorado: Coloradans stuck in Puerto Vallarta amid cartel violence in Mexico: "It’s been scary"
  • FOX News: Sen Mullin urges spring breakers to cancel trips to Mexico amid country’s violence: ‘No one should be going’
  • Washington Examiner: US says Jalisco airports secure after clashes between cartels and Mexican forces
  • FOX News: El Mencho’ was deported from US multiple times before he became cartel power figure
  • Washington Examiner: Manhunt underway for Mexican inmates who escaped prison during riot over cartel killing
  • FOX News: Mother of victim murdered by illegal immigrant says media dodges accountability for migrant crimes
  • Los Angeles Times: Trump’s immigration crackdown forces federal judges to dismiss criminal cases, including one involving the Sinaloa Cartel
  • Reuters: US judiciary asks Congress for authority over courthouses in ‘crisis’
  • The Hill: Trump-appointed judge finds DHS in contempt over detainee transfer
  • Breitbart: California Allocating $35 Million to Illegal Immigrants During Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
  • New York Times: Catholic Clergy Call for ‘Human Dignity’ in Immigration Enforcement
  • Daily Caller: Did Trump Walk Away From Minnesota With An Immigration Win?
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Examiner: [Mexico] Trump’s deadly but necessary fight against Mexico’s cartels
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP/Washington Examiner/Federalist: Court says the IRS can share immigrants’ taxpayer data with ICE
  • NPR: The ICE hiring boom
  • New York Times: As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No
  • New York Times: ICE Whistle-Blower Says Training Is ‘Broken,’ and OpenAI Faces Questions About Mass Shooter
  • ABC News: Congresswoman calls for end to ICE ahead of Trump’s State of the Union
  • Politico: How Trump’s immigration raids are upending the education playbook
  • Washington Examiner/Reuters: [NH] Trump administration abandons plans for ICE facility in New Hampshire: Kelly Ayotte
  • CBS Boston: [MA] Moulton’s State of the Union guest is Massachusetts teen who was detained by ICE
  • New York Post: [NY] Feds push back on claims ICE roughed up handcuffed immigrant during Long Island bust
  • New York Times/Politico: [NJ] In Lawsuit, U.S. Challenges New Jersey Over ICE Curbs
  • Univision: [NC] North Carolina marshals collaborating with ICE under the 287(g) program
  • FOX News: [MN] Judge holds DHS officials in contempt, orders compensation to Mexican national released in winter storm
  • CBS News: [TX] Prosecutors, defense lawyers give opening statements in trial over alleged attack on ICE facility in North Texas
  • Blaze: [TX] DHS dispels legacy media’s claims about family detention center
  • CBS News: [TX] Close friend of U.S. citizen killed by ICE agent in Texas disputed official account of shooting
  • Axios: [TX] Austin kids describe life inside immigration detention
  • Axios: [CO] Dems demand DHS abandon plans for new Colorado ICE facility
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Employee at SoFi Stadium caught on video making ICE threat to Latino concertgoers. Worker has been ousted
  • New York Post: [CA] Anti-ICE rioters came prepared with frozen water bottles to hurt officers: LAPD
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Univision: Federal appeals court makes decision on Cubans with I-220A
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration Considers Requiring Banks to Collect Citizenship Information
  • Breitbart: [OH] Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Picks Cheaper Migrant Labor Over American Workers
• Customs and Border Protection
  • AP: Legal advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport
  • Washington Examiner: Trump administration imposes 10% global tariff after president said rate would be 15%
  • Washington Examiner: [NH] New Hampshire man charged with attempted murder of Border Patrol agent
  • FOX News: [MI] Detroit police sergeant files lawsuit after suspension for calling Border Patrol
  • Reuters: [China] Solar dominates import seizures after US ban on Chinese forced labor goods
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Reuters: US travel group, lawmakers urge Trump to resume use of Global Entry program
  • The Hill: Trump facing pressure to restore Global Entry program
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Examiner: Winter storms collide with shutdown fight, putting pressure on FEMA
  • Politico: Judges plead with Congress for control of crumbling courthouses
• Secret Service
  • Federal News Network: Secret Service focusing on card skimming fraud as part of financial protection mission
  • FOX News: [FL] DHS shutdown looms over Mar-a-Lago shooting as unpaid Secret Service agents neutralize armed suspect
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News/The Hill: Coast Guard reinstates 56 members previously dismissed for refusing COVID vaccines under Biden administration
  • CBS News: [NJ] Swastika found drawn on bathroom wall at Coast Guard training center in Cape May, New Jersey
  • FOX News: [TX] Trump recounts daring Texas flood rescue, reunites camper with Coast Guard swimmer at SOTU
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Coast Guard intercepts six vessels, apprehends 82 suspected migrants over the weekend
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CrowdStrike says attackers are moving through networks in under 30 minutes
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: [TX] 9 Accused of Antifa Ties After a Violent ICE Protest Face Trial in Texas
  • ABC News: [CA] Car plows into crowd in downtown Los Angeles, strikes several pedestrians
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Rubio heads to Caribbean as Trump’s Iran gambit nears tipping point
  • NewsMax: [IA] Iowa GOP Rep. Took Cash From Chinese Firms Buying Farmland
  • FOX News: [Iran] Rubio, Ratcliffe to deliver classified Iran briefing to ‘Gang of Eight’ ahead of Trump’s State of the Union
  • Bloomberg: [Iran] NATO Said to Step Up Iran Surveillance as Tensions With US Mount
  • Reuters: [Russia] US imposes cyber-related sanctions on Russian, UAE individuals and entities
  • Breitbart: [China] U.S. Warns China Is Rapidly Expanding Nuclear Arsenal, Conducted Secret Test

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