• Top News
  • AP/Bloomberg/New York Post/NewsMax/Reuters: Trump’s border czar pulling 700 immigration officers out of Minnesota immediately
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Reveals Just How Many People Have Been Arrested For Interfering With ICE
  • FOX News: SCOOP: Thousands of violent illegal immigrants arrested in Minnesota as admin vows ‘we will not back down’
  • NBC News/Daily Wire: After the Minneapolis shootings, Trump says his administration could use ‘a softer touch’ on immigration
  • FOX News: Border czar Tom Homan calls anti-ICE roadblocks in Minneapolis a ‘joke’ after police chief disbands them
  • FOX News: Noem slams Dems, Biden administration for lacking ‘compassion’ amid anti-ICE tensions
  • FOX News: Noem vows criminal prosecution after catching alleged DHS ‘prolific leaker’
  • NewsMax: Homan: Agents’ Body Cam Order Shows They Have ‘Nothing to Hide’
  • Daily Signal: Minnesota Sheriffs Credit Tom Homan With This Key Change
  • Politico: ‘Nothing has really substantially changed’: Homan’s efforts leave Democrats unimpressed
  • FOX News: DHS assisting with search for Nancy Guthrie, Sec. Kristi Noem reveals
  • The Hill: Trump directing federal law enforcement to help search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother
  • NewsNation: Border Patrol elite unit involved in search for Nancy Guthrie
  • Politico: Capitol agenda: Lawmakers brace for a DHS shutdown
  • FOX News: Shutdown averted for now, but Senate warns DHS fight could trigger another in days
  • New York Times: In Spending Talks, Senators Clash Over Immigration Crackdown
  • Roll Call: ‘Awful short window’ to fund DHS is already closing
  • Breitbart/CBS News: Democrats present DHS reform demands to GOP as funding deadline looms
  • Wall Street Journal: Democrats’ Push to Curb ICE Powers Hits GOP Wall
  • FOX News: House conservatives warn Trump-Schumer deal undercuts GOP leverage on DHS funding
  • Roll Call: As DHS spending debate ramps up anew, a focus on enforcement’s impact
  • Washington Examiner: Jeffries rejects full-year DHS funding without ICE reforms: ‘Hard no’
  • NewsMax: Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: Dems Obstructing DHS Funding After Shutdown
  • Bloomberg Law: DHS Flouting Order to Unfreeze Migrant Funds, Chicago Says
  • Bloomberg Law: DHS Must Defend Faith Groups’ Suit on Worship Site Enforcement
  • Breitbart: Rep. Brandon Gill Introduces Bill to Set 25-Year Moratorium on Immigration from Somalia
  • New York Post: Sen. Ron Johnson demands Minnesota fraud oversight records: ‘Public deserves to know the extent’
  • NewsMax: JD Vance Stands Firm on ICE Crackdown
  • Blaze: ANOTHER Democrat calls shooting ICE agents ‘justified’ — and Vance doesn’t hold back
  • New York Post: JD Vance won’t apologize for spreading claim Alex Pretti was would-be ‘assassin’
  • Daily Signal: George Floyd’s Attorney Calls to Amend the Civil Rights Act
  • FOX News: Gun-wielding ICE agents brush back Minneapolis agitators
  • USA Today: How First Amendment rights collided in a Minnesota church
  • Politico: The Legal Fallout in Minnesota Has Only Just Begun
  • AP: ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, US judge rules
  • Washington Examiner: Federal officers barred from firing munitions at Portland anti-ICE protesters
  • Houston Chronicle: With brutal tactics and one six-letter word, ICE and Border Patrol have undermined local policing
  • Washington Examiner: Anti-ICE activists plan to install 1,000 street blockades across Minneapolis
  • New York Times: Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
  • Politico: ‘This job sucks’: Government lawyers, drowning in immigration cases, have had it
  • CNN: Trump admin attorney leaves Minnesota after telling judge her job ‘sucks’ amid crush of immigration cases
  • FOX News: Minneapolis City Council moves to spend $500K on immigrant legal services
  • NewsMax: Dem Rep. Smith to Newsmax: Voters Back Trump on Border, Not Tactics
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • NewsMax: America Must Not Return to Biden’s Open Borders
  • New York Post: How Democrats’ impossible ICE demands will grind enforcement to a halt
  • Houston Chronicle: A bipartisan bill could have fixed our immigration backlog. Republicans let it die.
  • USA Today: Americans want Noem out. Blame Republicans for confirming her.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • AP: Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants
  • CBS Colorado: Colorado Democrats demand answers on ICE "death cards" left in cars of detainees, agents’ alleged fake traffic stops
  • Bloomberg: ICE Bounty Hunting Aided by Geo Group’s Surveillance Work
  • Breitbart: Swalwell: Sanctuary City Means We Don’t Deport Those Who Help ‘Make Our Communities Safer’
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Thanedar: Just Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough
  • Daily Caller: Americans Feel The Same About Immigration As Before Anti-ICE Protests, Poll Shows
  • NewsMax: Schumer: Immigration Enforcement ‘Reminiscent of a Dictatorship’
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. McIver: Abolish ICE — ‘We’re Better Off Without Them’
  • NPR: American dream denied: A Frenchman’s ICE nightmare
  • Daily Wire: New York Times Rejects Full Page Ad Buy From Trump Admin Highlighting ICE Arrests
  • Politico: Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites
  • Daily Caller: [MA] Migrant Accused Of Exposing Genitals For Two Decades Whips Out Deportation Victory
  • Breitbart: [NY] Hochul on Banning Cooperation Requiring More ICE Agents to Come to NY: ‘Don’t Know’ if They’re ‘Involved in Gang Warfare’
  • New York Post: [NY] Hochul’s anti-ICE bill will backfire and encourage federal agents, warns Nassau County exec Bruce Blakeman
  • Bloomberg: [NY] Mamdani’s Legal Chief Pick Pledges to Defend NYC Against Trump
  • CBS New York: [NJ] Jersey City mayor says he wants ICE agents to "get out, never come back"
  • FOX News: [PA] Illegal immigrant allegedly rams ICE vehicle, bites agents after failed gun purchase in Pittsburgh
  • Axios: [PA] Deluzio presses ICE after Oakmont arrest
  • Bloomberg: [PA] Blue Owl Fund Sells Warehouse to DHS for ICE ‘Mega’ Jail for Nearly $120 Million
  • Axios: [PA] Proposed ICE detention facility near Romulus raises questions
  • Washington Post: [MD] Several states move to ban local cooperation in immigration arrests
  • FOX News: [MD] DHS fires back after Dem billionaire David Trone claims ICE is ‘executing people’
  • Axios: [DC] Resistance erupts over ICE scouting warehouses in the D.C. region
  • Daily Caller: [VA] Abigail Spanberger Terminates ICE Cooperation Agreements Across State
  • FOX News: [VA] Virginia Gov Spanberger cuts ties with ICE in federal immigration enforcement cooperation
  • Axios: [GA] Dickens hopes ICE presence will be "nonexistent" during World Cup
  • The Hill: [MS] GOP senator opposes planned ICE detention facility in home state
  • NewsMax: [FL] ICE Arrests 152 Criminal Illegal Aliens in 3-Day Florida Op
  • New York Post: [LA] ICE nabs Illegal immigrant New Orleans police recruit who was issued firearm
  • AP: [LA] New Orleans police say recruit detained by ICE had been verified through agency’s system
  • Axios: [MI] ICE arrests Venezuelan man at Amazon site in Hazel Park
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Indiana judge bars feds from deporting Chicago man acquitted of Gregory Bovino murder-for-hire
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Elgin HS students stage walkout to protest ICE actions in Minneapolis, elsewhere
  • FOX News: [MN] ICE re-arrests two Venezuelan men after federal judge’s release order
  • Washington Post: [MN] Minnesota teachers sue to keep ICE off school property
  • Free Beacon: [MN] Anti-Israel Group That Stormed University of Minnesota Building Now Leads Illegal Anti-ICE Agitation
  • Blaze: [MN] ‘We do not support ICE’: Speedway gas station sparks backlash after booting Border Patrol boss
  • Blaze: [MN] Discriminatory’? Minneapolis City Council plays games with liquor licenses for ICE-friendly hotels
  • Washington Examiner: [IA] ICE says former Des Moines superintendent pleaded guilty in citizenship fraud case
  • US News & World Report: [TX] Two Measles Cases Found at Texas Immigrant Detention Center
  • CBS News: [TX] Leaders protest reported ICE plan to convert Hutchins warehouse into 10,000‑bed detention facility
  • CBS News: [TX] Feds releasing Elizabeth Zuna, 4th-grader who’s from same school district as Liam Ramos, officials say
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Former investigator at Conroe ICE detention center is sentenced for assault on detainee
  • CBS News: [TX] Students across North Texas walk out over ICE as state threatens consequences for districts
  • Axios: [AZ] ICE warehouse purchase fuels immigration enforcement concerns
  • NewsMax: [WA] Seattle Police Union Chief Blasts Mayor’s Anti-ICE Order
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal immigrant released under Biden ‘catch-and-release’ allegedly kills driver in police chase
  • New York Post: [CA] ICE warns California, Gavin Newsom to end policies putting jailed illegal immigrants back on streets
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Residents ask Carlsbad police to help curb aggressive ICE tactics
  • Breitbart: [CA] Human Trafficking Crackdown Nets More than 600 Suspects in Sex Trade
  • New York Times: [CA] The Bay Area Is Skeptical That ICE Won’t Conduct a Super Bowl Surge
  • CBS Los Angeles: [CA] Video shows immigration agents clashing with protesters in Ventura County
  • Reuters: [Italy] Fears over ICE role at Milano Cortina ‘completely unfounded’, minister says
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Bloomberg: Green Card Holders Lose Eligibility for Small Business Loans
  • NPR: The Trump administration’s efforts to end TPS for Haitians was blocked — for now
  • USA Today: Haitian immigrants still gripped by fear despite legal respite
  • Reuters: ICE detention forces Venezuelan to leave American wife behind
  • DailySignal: Professors Sue Over Trump ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Haitian immigrants in South Florida struggle with expired driver’s licenses amid TPS uncertainty
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: DHS Touts Half-Century Low Migrant Crossings
  • Breitbart: Trump Oversees Lowest Level of Illegal Immigration at Border in Over 50 Years
  • FOX News: DHS slams LA TV station for ‘dishonest reporting’ on Border Patrol raid near church
  • Univision: [IL] "How many more lives should be lost?" Marimar Martínez shot by agents testifies before Congress
  • Breitbart: [TX] Chinese National in Camouflage Caught After Sneaking Across Texas Border
  • NewsMax:[AZ] Noem Hails Trump Border Success in Arizona
  • NBC 12 Phoenix: [AZ] Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem makes ‘major border wall’ update in Arizona
  • NewsNation: [AZ] Noem praises immigration officers, touts success at border
  • Univision: [AZ] New details emerge about the construction of the border wall: this is what Kristi Noem said.
  • FOX News: [AZ] Nine charged in bold gun-running scheme to push heavy firepower across southern border
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX 12 Portland: [OR] New video sheds light on meat cleaver incident at PDX, as union points to screening pressures
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NewsNation: [MS] Winter storm death toll in Mississippi rises to 28
• Federal Protective Service
  • NBC 16 Eugene: [OR] DHS says Eugene federal building protest caused $200,000 damage; seven arrested
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: [FL] Man Convicted of Trying to Assassinate Trump Gets Life Sentence
• Coast Guard
  • SFGate: [CA] Regional: Coast Guard Ramps Up Public Safety Operations Ahead Of Super Bowl
  • Breitbart: [Haiti] U.S. sends warship to Haitian capital ahead of government transition
• Terrorism Investigations
  • NBC News: [DC] New terrorism charges filed against man accused of killing 2 outside Jewish Museum
  • CBS News: [DC] Rahmanullah Lakanwal, D.C. National Guard shooting suspect, pleads not guilty to federal charges
  • Daily Caller: [FL] Satanist Teen Named Pagan Arrested For Threatening To Shoot Up Church
  • New York Post: [CA] Inside rise of LA’s ‘super gang’ united by secret Mexican Mafia pact and soft laws
  • Washington Post: [Nigeria] In northwest Nigeria, U.S. confronts a growing terrorist threat
• National Security News
  • Reuters: [Mexico] US, Mexico to develop coordinated trade policies on critical minerals
  • CNN: [Cuba] Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • Reuters: [Cuba] Russia will continue to supply oil to Cuba, RIA cites ambassador
  • CBS News: [Russia] Arms control treaty limiting U.S., Russian nuclear weapons to expire, as leaders mull what’s next
  • FOX News: [Syria] US military in Syria carries out 5 strikes against ‘multiple ISIS targets’
  • CBS News: [Iran] U.S.-Iran talks planned for Friday in Oman after U.S. shoots down Iranian drone
  • FOX News: [Iran] Rubio confirms Iran demanded venue change for nuclear talks
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Trump Says Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei ‘Should Be Very Worried’ as Nuclear Talks Loom
  • AP: [Iran] What to know as Iran and US set for nuclear talks in Oman
  • Reuters: [China] US proposes critical minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China
  • Reuters: [China] China criticises US plan for critical minerals trade bloc
  • FOX News: [China] FBI arrests 55 in massive drug ring with alleged China supplier flooding US streets with fentanyl

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