• Top News
  • AP/NPR/FOX News/Daily Caller: Senate leaders scramble to save bipartisan deal and avert partial government shutdown at midnight
  • Bloomberg Government: Senators Pitch Homeland Security Stopgap to Clinch Spending Deal
  • CBS News/FOX News/Roll Call: Bipartisan deal reached on Homeland Security stopgap bill
  • The Hill/NewsMax: Trump says he’s working with Democrats to avert government shutdown
  • AP: Senators on likely DHS funding lapse and ICE reforms as partial government shutdown looms
  • Axios: Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal
  • Bloomberg: ICE, DHS Need to Follow The Law: Sen. Dick Durbin
  • Daily Signal: ‘We Must Hold the Line and Support ICE’: House Republicans Say Schumer’s Demands Are ‘Non-Starter’
  • CBS News: Senate Democrats to Noem: Testify "without delay" after Minneapolis shootings
  • The Hill: Noem silent during Trump Cabinet meeting
  • New York Post: More than 20K criminal illegal migrants arrested since passage of Laken Riley Act: officials
  • Breitbart: [Iran] DHS Deports Illegals Linked to Iran’s Terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • Breitbart: Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles: DHS Details Continuing Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens in Minnesota
  • CNN: Tom Homan holds first news conference as head of immigration operations in Minneapolis
  • FOX News/Daily Caller/Breitbart: Tom Homan Vows Not To Surrender Immigration Enforcement While Chaos Ensues In Minnesota
  • The Hill: Homan says Trump wants to ‘fix’ Minnesota operations
  • New York Times: Homan Says ‘Improvements Could and Should Be Made’ in Minneapolis
  • Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Draw Down Immigration Officers in Minneapolis, Homan Says
  • ABC News/NPR: Border Czar Tom Homan says shift in strategy will lead to a drawdown of fed agents in Minneapolis
  • AP: Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
  • FOX News: Minnesota Attorney General Ellison denies making any ICE agreement deal with border czar Homan
  • Wall Street Journal: Some Minnesotans Celebrate Victory as Border Czar Pledges to Draw Down Officers
  • Reuters: Trump official says ICE in Minneapolis will be targeted
  • Bloomberg: Homan Says Cuts Coming to ICE in Minnesota, But Trump Remains Committed to Immigration Policy
  • Bloomberg: Trump to Reduce Federal Operations in Minnesota, Homan Says
  • ABC News: Border czar Tom Homan on Minnesota: ‘I’m staying until the problem is gone’
  • AP: Border czar Homan says operations will be ‘targeted,’ but vows administration won’t ‘surrender’
  • NBC News: Tom Homan says ICE operation in Minneapolis ‘can be improved’
  • FOX News: Homan: This scares the HELL out of me!
  • CNN: ‘I don’t want to see anybody die’: Homan discusses MN shootings
  • NewsMax: Homan Declines Comment on New Pretti Video, ‘Any Shootings’
  • Daily Caller: Tom Homan Fires Back At CNN Reporter Accusing ICE Of Instilling ‘Fear’
  • Breitbart: Tom Homan Pins Minneapolis Democrats: Why So Silent About Mass Deaths Under Biden?
  • Bloomberg Law: ICE Blasted by Minneapolis Judge for Violating 96 Orders
  • DailySignal: DHS Responds After Judge Accuses ICE of Violating 96 Court Orders in Minnesota
  • New York Times: An Ethicist ‘in the Scalia Mold’: The Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE
  • CNN: ‘Untethered to the facts’: Federal judges say Trump administration has a credibility issue as it battles immigration cases
  • Washington Post: Talks, but no accord, as Minnesota officials and DHS seek a way forward
  • New York Times: Minnesota State Senate Fields Testimony on ICE Violence in Twin Cities
  • DailySignal: Frey Decries ICE ‘Siege’ of Minneapolis
  • FOX News: Minneapolis mayor slams ICE as ‘bullies,’ warns other leaders ‘it will be your city that is next’
  • Breitbart: Tim Walz Insinuates Fatal ICE Shootings Are Kicking Off a Civil War
  • CBS News: Prosecutors in Minneapolis warn more could resign over handling of fatal shooting cases, sources say
  • The Hill: Senate Democrats demand testimony from Noem after Minneapolis shootings
  • Breitbart: Democrat Lawmakers Advised to Stay Out of Minnesota amid Security Concerns
  • CNN: How two federal agents escalated an encounter with Alex Pretti into a deadly shooting
  • Daily Signal: New Video Shines Light on Alex Pretti’s Confrontation With Federal Agents
  • NPR: Department of Justice involved across various fronts in Minneapolis
  • NBC News: In fatal Minneapolis shootings, viral video plays the central role
  • Breitbart: Video Shows Alex Pretti Yelling ‘F**k You,’ Taunting Federal Law Enforcement
  • Washington Post: Handling of Pretti investigation has some prosecutors on verge of quitting
  • Blaze: Death threats, doxxing, and empty Dem seats: The high cost of Nick Shirley’s fight against Minnesota welfare fraud
  • NPR: Minnesotans are training to become constitutional observers — of ICE
  • NewsMax: DHS Arrests Criminal Illegal Aliens in Minnesota Sweep
  • Washington Examiner: Noem explains reasoning for initial ‘domestic terrorism’ comments about Pretti shooting
  • Politico: Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong
  • New York Post: Kristi Noem hits back at ‘radicals’ calling for her to resign over deadly Minneapolis shootings: ‘Just doing my job’
  • Breitbart: Noem: ‘We Were Using the Best Information We Had at the Time’ with Pretti Statements
  • The Hill: Jeffries threatens quick Noem impeachment push, says Stephen Miller also ‘needs to go’
  • Axios: Tillis calls for Noem to be replaced
  • The Hill: Tillis on Homan news conference: Noem, Miller ‘take notes’
  • The Hill: Tillis ‘thrilled’ Trump called him ‘loser’
  • CNN: How Stephen Miller micromanages Trump’s immigration policies
  • FOX News: White House blasts top House Democrat as a ‘buffoon’ after Jeffries brands Stephen Miller a ‘hateful bigot’
  • Washington Examiner: [MA] Massachusetts governor proposes bill to restrict out-of-state National Guard deployments
  • The Hill: Shapiro says state has ‘ratcheted up’ preparation if federal immigration crackdown comes to Pennsylvania
  • Houston Chronicle: Houston lawmaker says immigration bill would protect cities from losing federal funds
  • Los Angeles Times: Immigration raids pick up in L.A. as federal tactics shift. Arrests happen in ‘as fast as 30 seconds’
  • CNN: Trump-appointed judges are letting his immigration enforcement blitz continue
  • New York Times: What to Know About Anti-ICE Protests This Weekend
  • Axios: Nationwide boycott targeting ICE planned for Friday
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Nationwide economic shutdown set for Friday in protest of ICE policies
  • Daily Caller: Democrat Leadership Warns Lawmakers To Stay Away From Anti-ICE Protests
  • Axios: What to know about anti-ICE protests in Houston
  • NBC News/New York Times: DOJ files federal charges against man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar
  • Bloomberg: Patagonia Urges Lawmakers to Vote Against Further ICE Funding
  • FedScoop: Senate Democrats ask DHS watchdog to rein in agency’s surveillance use
  • NewsMax: Trump: Had ‘Very Productive’ Conversation With Mexico’s Sheinbaum
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: ICE tensions are melting from Maine to Minnesota to Capitol Hill
  • Wall Street Journal: [MN] Tom Homan Makes a Good Offer to Minneapolis
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • New York Times: The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Cowbell Moment
  • Washington Post: The left is badly misreading the politics of illegal immigration
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] State Rep. Norine Hammond: Here’s what Democrats in the General Assembly can do to reduce ICE operations
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] Alex Pretti played with his own life by repeatedly fighting law enforcement
  • USA Today: [MN] I’m a Minnesota Republican. Gov. Walz must cool the overheated rhetoric.
  • Houston Chronicle: [MN] Dear Rep. McCaul: My brother lives in Minnesota. Please don’t let ICE kill him. | Opinion
  • Bloomberg: [MN] The Somali Immigration Crackdown Was Bogus From the Start
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] H-1B visas need fixes. Abbott’s plan will only hurt Texans.
  • New York Times: [Honduras] Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • New York Times: The Immigration Battle Comes, Loudly, to Budget Hotels
  • FOX News: DHS punches back at Moulton for ‘inciting rioters’ with ‘gross’ ICE remarks
  • AP: Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US
  • USA Today: Life for immigrant families in detention: sick children, no doctors
  • Washington Post: ICE farms immigrant-tracking to outside companies. One now has doubts.
  • NPR: Church protest leads to debate among Christians about the morality of working for ICE
  • CNN: Multiple detained at anti-ICE protests outside Minneapolis and NYC hotels
  • Daily Wire: With ICE Facing Historic Violence, Dems Fan Flames By Labeling Immigration Agents Nazis
  • FOX News: Inside ICE watch: How anti-ICE activists built a shadow network that mirrors insurgency tactics
  • Breitbart: Meta Blocks Leftists from Sharing ‘ICE List’ Attempting to Expose Identity of Federal Agents
  • Washington Post: The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
  • New York Times/AP: [ME] Senator Collins Says ICE Operation in Maine Is Over
  • CBS Boston/Axios: [MA] Healey moves to get ICE out of schools and hospitals
  • New York Post: [NY] NY suburb rushes law blocking cooperation with ICE as Rep. Lawler accuses Dem pol of ‘sacrificing safety’
  • Washington Examiner: [NJ] Sherrill to create statewide ICE video reporting database
  • Blaze: [NJ] Illegal alien ‘monster’ accused of throwing rock into school bus, fracturing skull of young girl placed on ICE detainer: Feds
  • FOX News: [NJ] Dem governor ducks question on ‘monster’ illegal alien who fractured 8-year-old’s skull with rock attack
  • Daily Caller: [MD] Maryland Democrats Rush Emergency Bill To Kneecap ICE Hours After Feds Announce New Detention Facility
  • Politico: [VA] Trump admin sues woman who failed to self-deport for nearly $1 million
  • CBS News: [GA] Metro Atlanta students continue walkouts as protest against ICE enforcement
  • AP: [FL] Detainees pepper-sprayed on 2 occasions at Florida ‘Deportation Depot’ immigration detention center
  • Axios: [MO] KC mayor: ICE facility would be "un-American"
  • Breitbart: [IL] Angel Mom Defends ICE Agents After Daughter Found Dead in Garbage Can on Illegal Alien’s Property: ‘Please Hold Strong’
  • The Hill: [MN] Minnesota judge drops demand for ICE chief to appear while criticizing agency
  • New York Times: [MN] Where ICE Has Had Cooperation From Minnesota Jails and Prisons
  • Axios: [MN] Why it’s practically impossible for Minneapolis cops to help ICE
  • NewsMax: [MN] ICE: Suspect Fled Into Ecuador Consulate Unnoticed
  • FOX News: [MN] ICE rebuts Ecuador’s incursion claim at Minneapolis consulate, says ‘criminal illegal alien’ remains at large
  • Washington Examiner: [MN] Arrested ringleader of anti-ICE church protest asks court to return cellphone
  • AP: [MN] Federal officers push AP journalists back to car as they document enforcement operation
  • FOX News: [MN] Timberwolves players release statement addressing ‘recent tragic events’ involving ICE in Minneapolis
  • NPR: [TX] Rep. Joaquin Castro visits 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos at an ICE detention facility
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Harris County commissioners condemn ICE, passing motion with 4-1 vote
  • Daily Wire: [TX] Protesters Clash With Troopers Outside Of ICE Family Detention Center Holding 5-Year-Old Boy
  • CNN: [TX] Detained 5-year-old immigrant is depressed and lethargic, Texas congressman says in demanding boy’s release
  • CBS News: [TX] Minneapolis principal gets emotional over 5-year-old still detained by ICE
  • CNN: [TX] A Texas man detained by ICE was his disabled son’s sole caregiver. His son will be laid to rest without him
  • Bloomberg Law News: [CA] California Top Justice Pushes Court Access as ICE Activity Grows
  • FOX News: [CA] DHS calls rape of autistic teen ‘most heinous we’ve seen’ as ICE detainer tests California sanctuary laws
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Bay Area officials don’t expect an ICE surge tied to the Super Bowl
  • SFGate: [CA] Oakland: Mayor Lee Signs Executive Orders To Limit Federal Immigration Activity In The City
  • FOX News: [CA] California Democrats propose legislation prohibiting car rental companies from serving ICE agents
  • USA Today: [CA] Coachella Valley students plan mass school walkouts to protest ICE
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • The Hill: Appeals court finds Noem illegally ended deportation protections for Venezuela, Haiti
  • AP: US appeals court says Noem’s decision to end protections for Venezuelans in US was illegal
  • NewsMax: Nicki Minaj Reveals Trump ‘Gold Card’
  • Breitbart: [NY] U.S. Grants Asylum to Chinese Man Who Exposed Uyghur Concentration Camps
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Florida moves forward with DeSantis-backed pause for H-1B visas in universities
  • CBS News: [MN] Some Americans are carrying their passports in Minnesota: "The reality of Minneapolis right now"
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: Bovino Voices Support for Border Patrol in Video
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] New facial recognition technology launches at PHL Airport for U.S. citizens
  • CBS News: [IL] Judge scolds Trump administration in hearing on Marimar Martinez Border Patrol shooting bodycam video release
  • Blaze: [AZ] ‘He is no victim’: Sister of man shot by Border Patrol in Arizona tells anti-ICE protesters to stop defending him
  • Univision: [Mexico] CBP halts imports from Finca Monte Grande: What are they accusing the Mexican company of?
• Transportation Security Administration
  • FOX News: [GA] Video shows airport bystander bodyslamming TSA breach suspect in split-second takedown
  • FOX News: [CA] Anti-ICE agitators mistake TSA air marshals for ICE agents, heckle them at Los Angeles-area restaurant
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CNN: Kristi Noem treated FEMA as an adversary. Then came a massive winter storm
  • FOX News: FEMA unleashes $2.2B in disaster relief funding across 25 states: ‘Cutting red tape’
  • The Hill: [NC] Tillis rails against Noem on Senate floor for North Carolina hurricane response
  • FOX News: [CA] Trump bypasses California ‘nightmare’ bureaucracy to unlock $3.2B for wildfire survivors
  • DailySignal: Congress Probes as Newsom Seeks $33 Billion Relief Package
• Secret Service
  • CyberScoop: The ‘staggering’ cybersecurity weakness that isn’t getting enough focus, according to a top Secret Service official
  • CBS News: [AL] Alabama man accused of planning to assassinate Biden during 2024 presidential debate in Atlanta
  • AP: [WI] Jury Finds Wisconsin Man Guilty of Forging Threat Against Trump to Get Witness Deported
• Coast Guard
  • FOX News: [NY] The U.S. Coast Guard free a trapped NYPD boat in ice
• Terrorism Investigations
  • CNN: [NY] Man arrested after attempting to free Luigi Mangione
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] A Secret FBI Bust Nabbed an Alleged Drug Lord—and Rocked Ties With Mexico
• National Security News
  • Telemundo: Trump signs executive order to impose tariffs on goods from countries selling oil to Cuba
  • Washington Post: [Cuba] Trump tightens screws on Cuba, threatening tariffs on oil suppliers
  • Telemundo: [Cuba] Trump declares state of national emergency for “unusual and extraordinary threat” of Cuba
  • Wall Street Journal: [Cuba] Cuba Is Losing a Key Oil Supplier as U.S. Presses Mexico to Pull Back
  • Washington Examiner: [Greenland] US special envoy to Greenland reveals key details on new deal
  • Reuters: [Kenya] US starts $70 mln military base expansion in Kenya to boost security
  • New York Times: [Iran] Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran
  • FOX News: [Pakistan] Travel warning escalates for tourists as US State Dept flags ‘armed conflict’ risks

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