• Top News
  • CBS News/Roll Call/The Hill/FOX News/Washington Examiner: Partial government shutdown begins as funding lapses despite Senate deal
  • Breitbart/CBS News/FOX News/Federal News Network: Agencies prepare for partial shutdown, as lawmakers look to minimize its impact
  • NewsMax: Rep. Tenney to Newsmax: DHS Funding Fight a Democrat ‘Stunt’
  • Breitbart: Democrats and Republicans Team Up to Slip Stealth Amnesty into DHS Funding Bill as Shutdown Looms
  • NewsMax: Noem Shares Video of Victims Killed by Illegals
  • Breitbart: DHS Arrests Illegals in Minnesota Including Pedophiles, Domestic Abusers, and Violent Assailants
  • Daily Signal: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Manslaughter, Arson
  • AP: The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti
  • CBS News: FBI now leading investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
  • Daily Wire: Trump: Video Suggests Alex Pretti May Have Been An ‘Insurrectionist’
  • The Hill: Noem: Pretti shooting statement used ‘best information we had at the time’
  • NPR: DHS keeps making false claims about people. It’s part of a broader pattern
  • Bloomberg Law/New York Post: Don Lemon Arrested by US Agents Over ICE Protest Coverage
  • Bloomberg Law: Don Lemon Released From Custody by Federal Judge
  • Politico: Don Lemon vows to fight charges in First Amendment showdown with Trump
  • FOX News: Don Lemon could face up to a year in prison if convicted on criminal charges
  • Washington Examiner: Democrats condemn Don Lemon’s arrest as ‘illegitimate’ and ‘assault’ on First Amendment
  • CNN: Video Homan says ICE & CBP are working on Minneapolis ‘draw-down plan’
  • FOX News: ‘Border czar’ Tom Homan sets the record straight about his mission in Minneapolis
  • New York Times: After Bovino Leaves, Minnesotans Search for Signs of Change in Crackdown
  • New York Times: The Interview ‘A Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed’: Mayor Jacob Frey on the Turmoil in Minneapolis
  • NewsMax: Bill Lieske to Newsmax: Agent Clashes Making Minn. Less Safe
  • Politico: Minneapolis police, restaurant manager challenge Vance’s account of protesters mobbing ICE officers
  • The Hill: Trump on pulling back federal presence in Minnesota: ‘Not at all’
  • New York Times: Grief, Whistles and Bad Dreams: Minnesotans Describe 2 Months in an Immigration Crackdown
  • New York Times: How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
  • Politico: ICE has expanded its mass surveillance efforts. Online activists are fighting back.
  • AP: Protesters call for nationwide strike against Trump’s immigration policies
  • Washington Post: Protesters take to streets nationwide to decry ICE tactics in Minneapolis
  • CNN: Anti-ICE protests touch every corner of the US as Minnesota officials stand off with the Trump administration
  • Washington Post: Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
  • CNN: Anti-ICE protests and fallout over Minneapolis continue to fill the White House agenda this week
  • FOX News: Hardcore socialist groups stage-manage anti-ICE protest in Washington
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Hundreds rally in City Heights amid nationwide strikes protesting ICE
  • Newsweek: ‘ICE Out’ Protesters Set Dumpster Ablaze In Violent LA Clashes
  • FOX News: LAPD arrests violent agitators after protests erupt outside federal detention center in Los Angeles
  • USA Today: See live coverage of anti-ICE protests across California, nation
  • Washington Post: Anti-ICE protesters follow the nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones
  • New York Times: Republicans Start to Fracture Over Immigration Enforcement
  • Bloomberg Law: Senate Republicans Divided on Democrats’ Immigration Demands
  • New York Times: 9 Mayors Discuss Safety and Trust in their Cities Under Trump
  • FOX News: Illegal immigrant convicted in Laken Riley murder pushes for new trial as judge delays ruling
  • FOX News/The Hill: Trump unloads on ‘radical left’ as he stands by Kristi Noem amid immigration enforcement unrest
  • Daily Signal: The Real Reason Democrats Are Threatening Noem Impeachment, One Member Says
  • Politico: Trump’s immigration agenda is colliding with a midterms reality
  • The Hill: Jeffries gives remarks as Democrats seek to rein in DHS, Noem
  • New York Times: Argentina in Advanced Talks to Become Destination for U.S. Deportations
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas isn’t greater for halting H-1B visas. It’s smaller.
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Trump’s 75-country visa pause punishes law-abiding US citizens
  • Washington Post: The real ‘civilizational erasure’ is happening in America
  • The Hill: Take the battle against ICE off the streets and into the courts
  • Washington Post: The deportations that swing voters actually want
  • Daily Wire: The Solution To The Immigration Problem That No One Is Talking About 
  • New York Times: The Rot Goes Deeper Than ICE
  • Washington Examiner: Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals
  • Bloomberg: Kristi Noem Is Also Failing at Running FEMA
  • Washington Post: [MN] Minnesota could finally teach Trump the limits of theatrics
  • NewsMax: [MN] Trump Can Halt Minn. Neo-Confederacy with Insurrection Act
  • The Hill: [MN] Death by Border Patrol: How to understand Alex Pretti’s tragic demise
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Post/NewsMax: ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals
  • New York Times: ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
  • Bloomberg Law: ICE Sued Over Memo Authorizing Warrantless Arrests at Homes
  • Politico: Judges across the country rebuke ICE for defying court orders
  • FedScoop: Senators demand answers from Treasury on IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE
  • Politico: Democratic governors scramble to build a legal wall against Trump’s deportation agenda
  • Washington Post: Democrats want to ‘reimagine’ immigration enforcement. Just don’t say ‘abolish ICE.’
  • Federal News Network: Virginia senators call for investigation into DHS use of personal data
  • Roll Call: As ICE arrests increased, a higher portion had no U.S. criminal record
  • FOX News: Inside ICE’s ‘wartime’ hiring surge, doubling the force as critics warn of militarized policing
  • Univision: ICE and the FBI are searching for more than 145,000 unaccompanied immigrant children that Biden handed over to unverified sponsors: Homan
  • New York Times: ‘It’s All Just Going Down the Toilet’: Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics
  • New York Times: International Companies Doing Business With ICE Are Taking Heat
  • Bloomberg: How Much of Your Money Is Going to ICE?
  • Los Angeles Times: Trust in ICE plummets, even when agents target serious criminals
  • NBC News: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ anti-ICE protest song hits No. 1 on iTunes
  • FOX News: Conservative group blasts LinkedIn for removing pro-ICE post, labeling it ‘hateful’
  • OutKick: Steve Kerr Apologizes For Spreading ‘Misinformation’ Related To ICE
  • CyberScoop: DOJ seizes piracy sites, Italian police dismantle illegal IPTV operation
  • Reuters/Wall Street Journal: [NY] New York governor proposes bill to ban local law enforcement from being deputized by ICE
  • FOX News: [NJ] New Jersey governor to launch portal for uploading videos of ICE tactics: ‘They have not been forthcoming’
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Maryland congresswoman to visit Baltimore ICE facility after video allegedly shows holding room conditions
  • Axios: [DC] ICE arrests in D.C. remained elevated after summer surge
  • Washington Examiner: [VA] Arlington County officials tell people to call 911 if they see ICE
  • AP: [VA] Canadian company says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed
  • Axios: [VA] DHS won’t say what’s next for proposed Hanover ICE facility
  • Daily Caller: [VA] Trump Admin Sues Illegal Migrant For Nearly $1 Million Over Failure To Self-Deport
  • Daily Wire: [KY] ICE Takes Action Against Egyptian Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Raping Nashville Girl
  • FOX News: [TN] ICE lodges detainer for illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting teen
  • CBS News: [GA] ICE confirms new field office in College Park, city officials monitor activity
  • New York Times: [FL] Florida Universities Have Partnered With ICE, Stoking Anxiety Among Students
  • Telemundo51: [FL] Federal lawsuit moves forward against "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades
  • New York Times: [IL] Police Report Backs Activist’s Account in Clash With ICE Agent Near Chicago
  • Wall Street Journal: [MN] Tensions Mount Over Compliance With Judges’ Orders in Immigration Crackdown
  • NPR: [MN] Minnesota corrections commissioner disputes ICE arrest numbers
  • AP: [MN] ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
  • New York Times: [MN] Two Students From Same School as 5-Year-Old Taken by ICE Are Also in Custody
  • FOX News: [MN] DHS fires back after Dem accuses ICE of ‘needlessly’ detaining boy with father after mom refused to take him
  • NBC News: [MN] Mother recounts her terror at seeing her 5-year-old son be taken by ICE agents
  • New York Times: [MN] A Minnesota School District Guards Against ICE, From Dawn to Dusk
  • Bloomberg: [MN] Minnesota Businesses Resisted ICE, and Now Face DHS Audits
  • NBC News: [MN] This Minneapolis family has been in hiding for weeks, fearful of being deported
  • NBC News: [TX] ICE detainee’s death ruled a homicide by medical examiner
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas lawmakers call for release of Columbia University protester held in ICE custody
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Rice students build ICE tracker map to monitor nationwide immigration enforcement activity
  • USA Today: [AZ] Measles cases confirmed among immigration detainees in Arizona
  • Daily Wire: [OR] Major Nurses Union Holds Secretive Training Sessions To ‘Fight Against ICE’
  • Bloomberg Law: [CA] Lawyers Fight ICE for Access to Their Clients: California Brief
  • AP: [CA] California chief justice steps up monitoring of immigration arrests at courthouses
  • FOX News: [CA] LAPD chief defies Newsom’s mask ban for federal immigration agents citing safety concerns
  • Blaze: [CA] Local sheriff refuses to help ICE with immigration enforcement around the Super Bowl
  • AP: [CA] ‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Reuters: US judge temporarily blocks end of Ethiopians’ deportation protections
  • Reuters: US to add 65,000 seasonal guest worker visas for 2026
  • Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court to Hear Trump Birthright Citizenship Case April 1
  • Washington Examiner: Trump allies urge Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order
  • AP: Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in latest setback to Trump’s election executive order
  • Washington Times: GOP lawmaker holds House floor hostage to force Senate vote on voter ID
  • AP: [VT] New immigration legal services expand into southern and central Vermont
  • Axios: [FL] Miami community leaders ask for extension of TPS protections for Haitians
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Daily Caller: DHS Wargames Response To Potential Flesh-Eating Parasitic Outbreak
  • Bloomberg: [MN] Minnesota Woman Says Her Global Entry Nixed After Agent Run-In
  • Telemundo20: [CA] A fugitive was arrested in Tijuana after being accused of murdering a man in Oceanside.
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Border inspector finds birds in pants of man. How did he explain it?
  • Telemundo: [CA] CBX offers Global Entry and SENTRI interviews upon entry to the U.S.
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: Flying next week? This mistake could cost you $45 under a new TSA policy
  • Breitbart: [GA] Good Samaritan Tackles, Body Slams Man Who Breached TSA Checkpoint at Atlanta Airport
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Washington Post: The Southeast is bracing for a bomb cyclone. What to expect this weekend.
  • USA Today: Biggest snowstorm in decades’ takes aim at parts of the South
  • NBC News: [MS] Mississippi shivers as thousands stuck without power after ice storm brace for a deep freeze
  • CBS News: [TX] Texas Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration as deadly screwworm flies spread north in Mexico
• Coast Guard
  • New York Times: [MA] 6 Missing as Search Continues for Boat Off the Coast of Massachusetts
  • New York Post: [MA] Coast Guard searching for survivors after commercial fishing boat sinks off Massachusetts; 1 body recovered
  • CBS News: [MA] Coast Guard says fishing boat that sank off Gloucester had equipment issue
  • CBS Pittsburgh: [PA] U.S. Coast Guard explains why the icy Allegheny River was closed
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network
  • DefenseScoop: Senior DOD officials back Cybercom 2.0, as Cyber Force debate continues to churn
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Breitbart: FBI Smashes Latin Kings Network in 13‑City Gang Offensive
  • AP: [DC] Judge refuses to release a man charged with planting pipe bombs on the eve of the Capitol riot
  • FOX News: [NV] Nevada judge frees convicted MS-13 killer despite government warnings about public safety
  • AP: [Niger] Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on air force base in Niger’s capital
• National Security News
  • Washington Post: Justice Department releases large cache of additional Epstein files
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ says no Epstein files were redacted for national security reasons
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico seeks to avoid US tariffs on states shipping oil to Cuba
  • New York Post: [Panama] Panama court axes Chinese-linked control at canal in victory for Trump
  • Washington Post: [Venezuela] Trump says he’s reopening Venezuelan airspace and Americans may visit
  • AP: [Venezuela] Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to mass release of political prisoners
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Reports: U.S. Tells Middle East Allies to Prepare for ‘Virtually Certain’ Iran Strike – ‘Only Question Is When’
  • Reuters: [Iraq] US slows transfers of Islamic State detainees to Iraq, sources say

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