• Top News
  • Politico/Reuters/CNN/CBS News: Appeals court backs Trump’s mass detention policy
  • The Hill: House Democrats launch investigation into DHS use of ‘less lethal’ weapons after string of injuries
  • Politico: ICE surveillance under review, inspector general says
  • NewsMax: DHS Defends Using Facial Recognition Tech: Allows Quick Identification
  • NBC News: How ICE agents are using facial recognition to bring surveillance to the streets
  • Federal News Network: DHS IG auditing ICE hiring, use of biometric data
  • NBC News: DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says
  • New York Times: Cuban Deportees Who Were Transferred to Guantánamo Sent Back to U.S.
  • AP: Judge orders Trump administration to bring back 3 families deported to Honduras, other countries
  • CBS News/ABC News: Judge orders U.S. to return families affected by Trump’s family separation policy who were deported
  • ABC News: Administration seeking expedited removal of 5-year-old and family, Rep. Castro says
  • ABC News: Trump administration declines judge’s request to return college student who was deported over Thanksgiving break
  • FOX News: Noem rips Dems for using families as ‘political weapons’ as DHS funding fight threatens life beyond ICE
  • The Hill: Top Democratic appropriator in House pitches funding TSA, FEMA as DHS shutdown looms
  • Breitbart: Jeffries: ‘Other Aspects of DHS’ Will Be Shut Down if We Don’t Get Reforms
  • FOX News: Republicans warn Democrats’ ICE reform push is cover to defund border enforcement
  • New York Times: Moderates Pitch Tough-on-Crime Message for Democrats Amid Immigration Talks
  • Washington Examiner: Florida secures 15-year protection from left-wing migrant parole policies
  • Washington Times: DHS tallies all the criminal migrants California let go from prisons, jails since Trump took office
  • CBS News: Heightened security from dozens of local, federal agencies ahead of Super Bowl
  • ABC News: Super Bowl security measures include "substantial law enforcement presence" in San Francisco area
  • FOX News: Massive law enforcement operation underway for Super Bowl LX
  • Washington Post: ICE isn’t at the Super Bowl, but Bad Bunny will bring immigration to the fore
  • New York Times: Bad Bunny’s All-American, All-Spanish, All-Eyes-on-Him Super Bowl
  • Breitbart: Olympic Fans Urged to ‘Be Respectful’ to US Officials, Athletes at Winter Olympics
  • Reuters: Anti-ICE protesters rally in Milan ahead of opening ceremony
  • OutKick: British-American Olympic Skier Shares Vulgar ICE Message Written In Urine
  • AP: Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics
  • AP: Government must reach agreement on right to counsel for people at Minnesota ICE facility, judge says
  • USA Today: Anti-ICE protesters arrested outside hotel in Minneapolis
  • New York Times: Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
  • Washington Post: Lawyer wants new trial in earlier case involving ICE officer who shot Renée Good
  • Blaze: DHS official says Ilhan Omar’s citizenship could be revoked if fraud is proven
  • New York Times: As Minnesota Reels Amid Immigration Crackdown, a Sheriff Agonizes Over Her Role
  • New York Times: The Difference That ICE Watchers Are Making in Minnesota
  • New York Times: U.S. Seeks to Expedite Deportation of 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos
  • ABC News: FBI invites elections officials to a call on ‘preparations’ for midterm elections
  • NewsNation: Mexican cartel members ordered to shoot at Border Patrol agents: Memo
  • CBS News: North Texas man indicted in threats to kill President Trump and ICE agents, prosecutors say
  • New York Times: Republican Chairman of Homeland Security Spending Panel to Exit Congress
  • Washington Examiner: DHS unloads on ‘activist’ judges granting illegal immigrants freedom in habeas cases
  • FOX News: DOJ says it owes deported Venezuelans no due process, dares courts to intervene
  • FOX News: Shapiro fires back at DHS, says truck driver accused in deadly crash had legal status in database
  • Daily Caller: Gregg Jarrett Explains Why Forcing ICE Agents To Get Judicial Warrants Would Effectively End Deportations
  • FOX News: DOT crackdown pulls hundreds of English-illiterate, illegal immigrant truckers off roads as crashes mount
  • USA Today: Trump vows ‘softer touch’ but forges ahead with ‘mass deportation’
  • NPR: Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs
  • New York Times: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is 100 Years Old
  • New York Post: Feds rattled by rise of sinister 764 global internet sextortion cult that targets minors, loves torture
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: At Last, a Rethinking of ‘Sanctuary’ Laws
  • Bloomberg: ICE’s Super Bowl Presence Is Intentionally Confusing
  • Washington Post: A federal judge schools chaotic Kristi Noem
  • Bloomberg: A Judge Accused Noem of Racism. It’s Hard to Defend Her
  • The Hill: Bipartisan immigration reform is still possible — a 2013 effort is the playbook
  • USA Today: Trump’s chaotic way of running the country is his undoing
  • Houston Chronicle: ICE wants more money. Say no. Say it loud.
  • The Hill: Trump’s MAGA focus risks midterm losses — and impeachment
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • FOX News/NewsMax/Daily Caller: Obama Judge Blocks ICE From Using IRS Data To Track Illegal Migrants
  • Bloomberg/New York Times: Google Employees Call on Company to End ICE, CBP Contracts
  • Breitbart: DHS Announces ICE Arrests of Multiple Murderers, Violent Assailants, Drug Traffickers
  • Breitbart: Highway Crackdown Nabs ‘Unqualified’ Big Rig Truckers, Hundreds Not Proficient in English
  • Daily Wire: ICE Agents Ordered To Meet This Democrat Demand
  • DailySignal: Trump Admin Responds to Claims of ICE Targeting Polling Stations
  • FOX News: Sanctuary cities are the ‘problem’, not ICE, GOP lawmaker says
  • Breitbart: Jeffries on How He’d Deal With ICE Doxxing Concerns: They Should Be Like Every Other Agency
  • AP: [MN] Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
  • The Hill: [MA] Protesters arrested after staging Columbia ‘sanctuary campus’ against ICE
  • Washington Examiner: [NY] Mamdani announces executive order requiring warrant for ICE to enter NYC properties
  • CBS News: [NY] Mayor Mamdani reaffirms New York’s sanctuary city status
  • Politico: [NY] Trump administration scolds Mamdani for executive order reaffirming sanctuary protections
  • FOX News: [NY] Mamdani quotes the Quran, Bible to support sanctuary city status
  • FOX News: [MD] Wes Moore warns Noem ‘federal occupation’ of new ICE compound now under state investigation
  • NewsMax: [MD] Gov. Moore Backs County’s Ban on ICE Detention Sites
  • CNN: [MD] His son died after ICE detained his wife. Why this father of four chose to self-deport
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Baltimore-area high school students hold walk-out to protest ICE
  • Blaze: [VA] These are the criminals Governor Spanberger is protecting’: DHS brings the receipts on Democrat’s dangerous ICE shutdown
  • FOX News: [WV] State AG on contrast between quick, uneventful capture of 650 illegals and mayhem to target just one in Minneapolis
  • FOX News: [NC] North Carolina man charged with three counts of statutory rape held on ICE detainer
  • Telemundo51: [FL] Hundreds of South Florida students demonstrate against ICE
  • Blaze: [IN] Trucker accused of killing 4 Amish men — and DHS claims he’s an ‘illegal alien’
  • NPR: [MN] Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
  • Daily Caller: [MN] Why This Minnesota Sheriff Won’t Back Out Of ICE Partnership
  • New York Times: [MN] What Is Minnesota’s Policy on Cooperating With Federal Immigration Enforcement?
  • CNN: [MN] She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility
  • Federalist: [MN] ICE Arrest In Minneapolis
  • Federalist: [MN] ICE Officials Address Minnesota Drawdown Reports
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] ICE fears push Ypsilanti child care centers to prepare for the worst
  • Federalist: [MN] Checkpoints And Street-Corner Sentries: In Minneapolis, ICE-Hating Anarchists Are An Occupying Force
  • FOX News: [MN] Who is Kyle Wagner? Meet the self-identified Antifa member arrested after targeting ICE
  • Univision Austin: [TX] "There are 12 of us in one room. Children with autism, prisoners": New accounts from the ICE detention center in Dilley
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texans sue DHS to prevent ICE from detaining U.S. citizens, demanding proof of citizenship
  • NBC News: [TX] Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] ICE Ace of Spades "death cards" form rallying cry for Colorado immigration nonprofit: "Comes from a place of evil"
  • Washington Examiner: [OR] Mob of anti-ICE activists to march on Portland mayor’s home
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump admin urges Newsom to honor ICE detainers for more than 33K criminal illegal immigrants
  • Breitbart: [CA] Sanctuary State California Has Freed 4,500 Illegal Aliens from Jail, Including Convicted Killers and Sex Offenders
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] San Diego judge orders 3 deported families returned, finds ICE used ‘lies, deception, coercion’
  • Telemundo52: [CA] In ICE custody the driver accused of the fatal crash during persecution in Placentia
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Illegal Immigrant Violently Gropes Uber Driver, Causes Her To Crash
  • New York Post: [CA] White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pounces on Gavin Newsom over release of jailed illegal immigrants
  • Telemundo 48 - Area de la Bahia: [CA] Police raid 3 illegal massage parlors to combat human trafficking in San Jose.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: Journalist couple whose asylum petition was denied say death threats are proof they were in danger
  • DailySignal: [OH] Judge’s Ruling Brings More to Springfield Story on TPS for Haitians
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Feds move to fast-track deportation for family of Liam Conejo Ramos
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: Gonzales introduces bill to expand protections for Border Patrol assisting state, local law enforcement
  • Bloomberg: ICE’s Aggressive Urban Tactics Were Forged Along the Southern Border
  • New York Times/ABC News/NBC News: [IL] Judge Allows Release of Evidence From Border Patrol Shooting
  • Texas Standard: [TX] The Big Bend may soon get a section of physical border wall — and locals aren’t happy
  • Chicago Tribune: [NV] Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar: report
• Transportation Security Administration
  • CBS News: TSA pre-screening speeds up boarding process
  • USA Today: [PA] Feds seized her dad’s life savings at the airport. Now she’s suing.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • AP: FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say
• Secret Service
  • Blaze: [DC] Brian Cole Jr.’s location just the latest snag in the DOJ’s evolving Jan. 6 pipe-bomb narrative
  • Reuters: [OH] Ohio man charged over threat to kill JD Vance, US Justice Department says
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Hegseth says US strikes force some cartel leaders to halt drug operations
  • Washington Post: [Libya] Justice Dept. announces arrest of ‘key participant’ in 2012 Benghazi attack
• National Security News
  • Breitbart: Marco Rubio: China’s Nuclear Buildup Makes Any Deal Between Only U.S. and Russia ‘Obsolete’
  • Breitbart: Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize’ elections conflict with Constitution
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico’s Sheinbaum aims to send humanitarian aid to Cuba by Monday
  • FOX News: [Iran] US warns Americans to leave Iran as tanker seizures, nuclear talks escalate tensions
  • Washington Post: [Iran] U.S. and Iran hold nuclear talks amid threats of regional war
  • NBC News: [Iran] Trump calls U.S. and Iran talks in Oman ‘very good’ and says there will be another meeting
  • New York Times: [Iran] Trump Says Talks With Iran Were Good, but There’s More Work to Do
  • Reuters: [Iran] Trump signs order threatening tariffs on nations doing business with Iran
  • Reuters: [China] US accuses China of secret nuclear testing

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