• Top News
  • New York Times/Politico: Immigration Officers in Minneapolis Will Wear Body Cameras, Noem Says
  • AP: Trump says he’s “OK” with DHS officers using body cameras in Minneapolis
  • Bloomberg: A Message Too Late: ‘ Rep. Dean on ICE, Body Cameras
  • New York Times/Washington Post/Bloomberg: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks End of Protection for Haitians in U.S.
  • Reuters: US judge again blocks Trump ban on lawmakers’ surprise visits to detention centers
  • FOX News: DHS Secretary Noem to testify before key House committee amid spotlight on deportation agenda
  • Reuters/Bloomberg: US judge dissolves order that blocked DHS from destroying shooting evidence
  • USA Today: Alex Pretti death ruled a homicide. What did the medical examiner say?
  • CNN: The Trump administration’s rushed narrative about the killing of Alex Pretti has collapsed
  • FOX News: Rand Paul says ‘without question’ trust has been broken after Minnesota shooting
  • DailySignal: DHS Secretary Noem Responds to Ruling Over Detention of 5-Year-Old
  • Daily Signal: Noem Fires Back After Judge Claims DHS Is ‘Traumatizing Children’
  • FOX News: Leavitt says Trump will not ‘waver’ on illegal immigration crackdown despite Democratic backlash
  • Reuters: Trump Says Lawmakers Are Close to Resolution on Govt Funding
  • NewsMax: Sen. Marshall to Newsmax: Confident Govt Funding Bill Will Pass Soon
  • FOX News: House GOP rep pushes to end government shutdown amid Democratic opposition to DHS funding
  • The Hill: What to know about the partial government shutdown
  • The Hill: 4 issues to watch as Homeland Security funding fight escalates
  • Washington Examiner: GOP rebels yield on tying nationwide voter ID to government funding
  • NewsMax: Rep. Malliotakis to Newsmax: GOP Must Unite on Funding
  • NPR: House Minority Whip on partial government shutdown and DHS funding
  • FOX News: Schumer nukes GOP push for ‘Jim Crow-era’ voter ID laws in Trump-backed shutdown package
  • NewsMax: Schumer: SAVE Act ‘Dead on Arrival’ in Senate
  • NewsMax: Rep. Luna: Trump Wants SAVE America Act Passed for Voter ID
  • FOX News: Fetterman admits government shutdown won’t stop ICE operations, says parties must negotiate a ‘way forward’
  • Blaze: Target their families’: Fetterman slams Democrats’ absurd ICE demands, cites doxxing concerns
  • NewsMax: Rep. Greg Murphy to Newsmax: Keep Govt Funded While Debating ICE
  • Blaze: ‘ICE on Notice’: Chicago Mayor Johnson threatens to prosecute federal agents enforcing immigration laws
  • Chicago Tribune: Cook County state’s attorney’s office reviewing legality of mayor’s immigration executive order
  • FOX News: Federal judge’s ‘unhinged’ order in migrant case ignites Republican fury, impeachment demand
  • Washington Times: ‘Hostility to nonwhite immigrants’: Judge slams DHS Secretary Noem
  • Breitbart: House Dem Whip: Noem Should Be Impeached for Prejudging Good’s ‘Murder’
  • Breitbart: John Kennedy on Calls for Kristi Noem Ouster: ‘I’m a Big Tom Homan Fan’
  • CNN: [Colombia] From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • CBS News: [Mexico] Mexican ambassador to U.S. rejects idea Mexico is weaponizing migration
  • AP: What to expect as Trump and Petro meet at White House after months of tension and insults
  • FOX News: Kristi Noem reacts to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, other celebs bashing ICE at Grammys
  • DailySignal: DHS Slams Hollywood Over ‘Gross’ ICE Rhetoric at Grammys
  • FOX News: Celebs decry ICE agents, Trump government as ‘monsters’ and the ‘worst of the worst’ in scathing critiques
  • NPR: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a symbol of the pitfalls of immigration enforcement
  • NBC News: Corporate America is threading a needle on how to respond to the killings in Minnesota
  • Washington Examiner: Crime in DC drops below pandemic levels as city sees three-week stretch without homicide
  • Breitbart: Experts: Nationwide Rent Decline as Border Enforcement Reduces Migration
  • AP: US Attorney General Pam Bondi announces 2 more arrests in the St. Paul church protest
  • FOX News: Pam Bondi details new arrests in Minnesota church storming while taking aim at ‘failed journalist’ Don Lemon
  • CNN: Don Lemon defends his reporting of anti-ICE protest in Minnesota during interview with Jimmy Kimmel
  • New York Times: Protesters Press Target to Take a Stand Against ICE Crackdown in Minneapolis
  • Washington Times: Minneapolis resisters build border to keep out border agents
  • New York Times: Portland, Ore., Mayor Calls for ICE to Leave After Children Are Tear-Gassed
  • FOX News: Victim’s mom slams Grammy speeches after daughter, boyfriend killed in alleged DUI crash by illegal immigrant
  • Chicago Tribune: Hundreds of students walk out from class across Chicago’s North Side in protest of ICE
  • CBS News: Georgia AG appealing dismissal of racketeering charges against dozens of "Cop City" protesters
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Right-wing influencers have descended on Somali day care centers in this California community
  • NBC News: Bovino frustrated by directive to conduct ‘targeted operations’ in Chicago
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.
  • The Hill: ICE is incognito, but there’s no masking the Trump regime’s cruelty
  • Washington Examiner: DHS’s crisis of legitimacy after the Pretti lies
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Times: New list identifies immigration sanctuary school districts across the U.S.
  • FOX News: Weekend Roundup: Convicted murderers, child sex abusers among illegal aliens nabbed by ICE across US
  • AP: Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities
  • CNN: Companies are ditching business with ICE
  • CBS 13 News at Noon: [ME] ICE Resolution
  • Daily Caller: Can A New ICE Memo Turbocharge Arrests And Pass Legal Muster?
  • New York Times: A Legal Tool for Holding ICE Agents to Account, Hiding in Plain Sight
  • New York Times: Can Trump Force Blue Cities to Cooperate With ICE?
  • Breitbart: [NY] ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Accused of Rape and Strangulation After Sanctuary New York City Set Him Free
  • New York Post: [NY] NYC Council staffer detained by ICE loses bid for bond after feds claim he’s danger to society: report
  • CBS New York: [NY] ICE controversy swirls in Rockland County, N.Y., over plan to restrict federal agency interactions
  • USA Today: [NY] Why this ICE boycott wants consumers to resist Amazon and Google
  • Telemundo: [NJ] ICE operation at Light Rail station between Jersey City and Hoboken causes concern in the community
  • Univision: [NY] Governor Hochul promotes law to curb ICE operations in New York
  • FOX News: [PA] Philly DA’s ‘hunt you down’ warning to ICE draws calls for DOJ criminal probe
  • Breitbart: [WV] ICE: 650 Illegal Aliens Arrested in West Virginia with Help from State and Local Police
  • Breitbart: [TN] ICE Seeks Custody of ‘Diversity Visa’ Migrant Accused of Raping 16-Year-Old Girl in Her Bed
  • Breitbart: [TN] Tennessee Releases Staggering Stats on Migrant Crime
  • FOX News: [FL] Illegal immigrant in Florida charged with arson, felony criminal mischief, sheriff says
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] ICE arrests Venezuelan man inside Hazel Park Amazon warehouse after chase
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] Indiana committee OKs police cooperation with ICE bill amid criticism
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Crowd shows up for ICE response training in Valparaiso
  • WDRB Mornings at 9: [MN] Liam Ramos Back in Minneapolis
  • AP: [MN] Father of 5-Year-Old Detained in Minnesota Disputes Government Assertion He Abandoned the Boy
  • ABC News: [MN] 5-year-old, father detained by ICE speak out
  • FOX News: [MN] Minneapolis teachers union chief admits elected officials in anti-ICE Signal chats
  • Los Angeles Times: [MN] Inside a Minneapolis school where 50% of students are too afraid of ICE to show up
  • NPR: [MN] Refugees relive the trauma they fled as ICE targets them in Minnesota
  • New York Times: [TX] Measles Hits ICE Family Detention Center in Texas
  • The Hill: [TX] DHS locks down detention center hit by measles outbreak
  • Telemundo: [TX] Officials warn that a measles outbreak at an ICE detention center in Texas could become an epidemic: "Viruses are not politicians."
  • CBS News: [TX] Hutchins officials push back on rumors of immigration detention center near I-45
  • US News & World Report: [AZ] Arizona Confirms Measles Case in ICE Custody as State Total Rises
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Judge blocks DHS policy requiring lawmakers to give notice to visit ICE facilities for now, siding with Colorado congressmen
  • FOX News: [OR] Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters shut down streets in Portland
  • Axios: [OR] Judge hears lawsuit over ICE tear gas use on protesters
  • Washington Post: [OR] Tenants living near ICE facility sue DHS, say tear gas clouds their homes
  • Washington Post: [CA] ICE not planning immigration enforcement operations at Super Bowl
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Methodist church in Los Angeles says ICE arrested member during a food distribution event
  • CBS News: [CA] Fullerton police chief denies claims his officers helped immigration agents
  • New York Post: [CA] Wild moment ICE agents chase down illegal migrant at church food drive – as kids cheer on his escape
  • Breitbart: [AK] ICE: Alaska Sex Offender Paid Smugglers $5,000 in Attempt to Obtain Honduran Child
  • Washington Examiner: [Italy] US teams rename ‘Ice House’ due to ICE presence at Winter Olympics
  • OutKick: [Italy] U.S. Olympic ‘Ice House’ Changes Names Because Maniacs Hate ICE Right Now - Seriously
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: Trump Administration Sued Over Pause on Immigrant Visa Processing
  • Bloomberg Law News: Judge Allows DHS, DOJ to Move Forward with Immigrant Asylum Fees
  • CBS News: [GA] Georgia’s Haitian migrants worried for the future as Trump prepares to end TPS status
  • New York Times: [OH] Ohio Church Swells With Support for Haitians Amid Deportation Fears
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Houston Chronicle: [MN] Federal agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minnesota protest have South Texas roots, ProPublica reports
  • USA Today: [TX] A ‘wall’ in the river: Trump’s new border barrier in the Rio Grande
  • FOX News: [AZ] Arizona man accused of human smuggling is a repeat offender who once ‘threw rocks’ at Army helicopter: docs
  • Univision: [CA] Operation ‘Return to Sender’: The model of immigration offensive that started in Kern and impacted large cities in the United States
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FOX News: Noem outlines FEMA changes while staying committed to ‘get rid’ of agency ‘as it is today’
  • Federal News Network: House FEMA reform bill collects more than 50 co-sponsors
  • NewsNation: More than 60 deaths reported in severe cold in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump appoints Lee Zeldin as ‘LA permitting czar’ to rebuild after wildfires
  • SFGate: [HI] Maui Residents Still Rebuilding After 2023 Wildfires Get Housing Relief as FEMA Extends Aid
• Secret Service
  • Washington Times: Secret Service cracks down on payment-card ‘skimmers’ in four cities
• Coast Guard
  • AP: [MA] Tragedy off America’s oldest seaport claims 7 lives as fishing boat sinks in frigid waters
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Four people pulled from sinking yacht off Laguna Beach coast
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [Somalia] Rising ISIS threats to US homeland drive AFRICOM airstrikes against terrorists in Somalia
• National Security News
  • NewsMax: Pete Hegseth: Trump to Unleash US Space Power
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] Cuba admits “exchange of messages” with the US, but rules out a negotiation “for now”“
  • FOX News: [Cuba] Sanctioned Russian jet touches down in Cuba, echoing secret flights before Maduro’s ouster
  • NewsMax: [Panama] US Applauds Panama Canal Ruling Against China
  • CNN: [Iran] Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer
  • CNN: [China] As a parade of US allies rattled by Trump visit China, Beijing claims a win for its new world order
  • New York Post: [China] Trump to launch ‘Project Vault’ — $12B rare earth stockpile to reduce US reliance on China
  • Daily Caller: [China] Trump Launching Massive Stockpile To Break China’s Critical Mineral Chokehold
  • Wall Street Journal: [Taiwan] Taiwan Doubles Down on U.S. Partnership, Even as America’s Alliances Fray

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