• Top News
  • AP/Politico: Mullin’s DHS nomination advances to full Senate despite opposition from Republican Rand Pau
  • Daily Wire/CNN US: Fetterman explains why he crossed party lines to support Mullin for DHS chief
  • Daily Wire: How Will Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign Change If Markwayne Mullin Becomes DHS Secretary?
  • NewsMax: Senate Panel Votes to Advance Mullin for Homeland Chief
  • NewsMax: Sen. Ron Johnson to Newsmax: ‘Impressed’ by Sen. Mullin at Hearing
  • FOX News: Slotkin presses DHS pick on ICE at polls, says she can’t trust Trump to allow ‘free and fair’ election
  • FOX News: Democrat challenges Mullin on ICE appearing at polling place
  • Univision: Trump’s nominee for Homeland Security urges funding
  • FOX News: Stephen Miller vows no refugee spillover into US as Iran conflict intensifies
  • AP: White House officials and senators meet on DHS shutdown, a small sign of progress
  • Roll Call: Appropriators meet as deadline set for Homeland Security deal
  • Washington Examiner: Centrist House duo offers compromise plan to end DHS shutdown with ICE restrictions
  • Washington Examiner: Thune says no Senate break without DHS funding: ‘If that’s what it takes’
  • NewsMax: Sen. Marshall to Newsmax: GOP Won’t Back Down in DHS Talks
  • Breitbart: Dem Rep. Underwood: Funding DHS Piecemeal as Leverage ‘Terrible’ ‘Not a Best Practice’
  • FOX News: DHS Shutdown: Katie Britt urges Dems to negotiate funding amid unfunded agencies
  • FOX News: Schumer keeps public guessing on how long Dems will refuse to fund DHS amid terror attacks
  • DailySignal: Democrats Blame Trump for Elevated Terrorism Threat Despite DHS Shutdown
  • DailySignal: Texas Antifa Convictions Provide ‘Roadmap’ for Implementing Trump Counterterrorism Strategy: Prosecutor
  • NPR: The SAVE Act faces long odds in the Senate. GOP-led states are picking up the cause
  • Federalist: Thousands Of Noncitizens On Voter Rolls In One County Underscore Need For SAVE Act
  • FOX News: Sen Kennedy urges ‘smart lawyers’ to rework SAVE America Act for simple-majority path
  • FOX News: Thune accuses critics of ‘creating false expectations’ amid backlash over stalled SAVE America Act
  • Washington Post: Trump bank immigration order delayed amid Wall Street pushback
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Told Inner Circle Some Mass Deportation Policies Went Too Far
  • Federal News Network: Personnel policies are changing so fast even seasoned feds are struggling to follow
  • Politico: Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign
  • NBC News: Some DHS contractors say they were asked to pay Trump ally Corey Lewandowski
  • Telemundo: Democratic lawmakers are pressing the government to identify its agents amid a rise in ICE imposters
  • Breitbart: Democrats Vote Against Deporting Migrants Who Harm Animals
  • Blaze: Congress to crack down on ‘devastatingly lethal’ drugs ravaging America
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Wall Street Journal: White House Gets Wise on DHS
  • Los Angeles Times: After yet another death in ICE custody, we need more transparency
  • Bloomberg: [FL] Florida’s Red Wall on Immigration Is Starting to Crack
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Blaze: ICE takes down murderers and child predator in latest roundup
  • Reuters: Thirteen people died in US immigration custody this year, ICE says
  • New York Times: Student Freed From ICE Detention Worries About Those Left Behind
  • FOX News: ICE agents told by relatives they will ‘answer in hell’ as families fracture over politics
  • Daily Caller: [NY] Judge Orders Deportation Of Allegedly Criminal Illegal Alien Employed By NYC Council
  • National Review: [NY] Mamdani Defends Illegal Immigrant NYC Council Staffer After Deportation Order: ‘Affront to Justice’
  • FOX News: [PA] Illegal immigrant accused of running over US citizen nabbed by ICE after Biden-era release
  • FOX News: [VA] Illegal immigrant groping case latest case of alleged misconduct in Northern Virginia school system
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] Order to halt work at proposed Maryland ICE detention center extended
  • Univision: [NC] GPS leads to Hispanic man’s arrest at military base in North Carolina; he was later turned over to ICE
  • New York Times: [TN] Nashville Reporter Released From ICE Custody
  • Reuters/CBS Miami/ABC News/AP: [FL] Nineteen-year-old Mexican man dies in ICE custody, agency says
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Gov. DeSantis clashes with Florida sheriffs who back legal status for some immigrants amid ICE crackdown
  • Breitbart: [IL] IL Lt. Gov., Senate Candidate Stratton: Abolish ICE Because It’s ‘Punitive’ and Doesn’t Support ‘Path to Citizenship’
  • CBS News: [TX] ICE reacts after Afghan refugee who helped U.S. forces dies in custody
  • Federalist: [MN] How A Minnesota Teachers Union Funnels Support To ‘Front Group’ Fighting To Abolish ICE And Prisons
  • Univision: [NM] “I want to fight for everyone”: Dylan López Contreras after being released from ICE custody.
  • AP: [MN] Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
  • FOX News: [TX] Dem rep’s staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility, ICE says
  • Univision: [TX] ICE arrests suspect in fatal hit-and-run of Fort Bend County Sheriff’s deputy
  • Univision: [TX] DACA recipient arrested while on his way to visit his premature baby at a hospital in Texas
  • Washington Examiner: [UT] Utah protest at ICE detention center ends in police standoff over vandalism, ‘kill all Nazis’ graffiti
  • Univision: [CA] “Where is my mom?”: ICE detains mother with U visa and leaves her three children alone
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] LAPD fired munition at anti-ICE protest that left man blind in one eye, legal claim says
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Federalist: How Trump Can Pressure Congress To Fix The ‘Temporary Protected Status’ Mess
  • Daily Caller: [FL] Florida Man’s Citizenship Revoked After Discovery Of $3.8 Million COVID Fraud Scheme
  • ABC News: [MN] Immigration judge denies Liam Conejo Ramos and his family’s asylum claim: Attorney
  • Univision: [NM] Senators demand that the government reduce delays in DACA renewals: the delays could put recipients at risk of deportation.
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Trump’s H-1B visa overhaul is upending Bay Area employment and separating families
• Customs and Border Protection
  • FOX News: DHS touts 10 straight months of zero illegal aliens released at border as crossings plunge
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] Drug trafficking blow: CBP seizes drug shipment at El Paso crossing
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Politico: Shutdown enters critical phase as TSA shortages expected to expand
  • Reuters: US says TSA absences rose slightly to 10.2% Wednesday
  • FOX News: TSA union leader warns airport security risks will ‘get worse’ as major travel events loom
  • NewsMax: TSA: Airport Delays Will Worsen as Staffing Thins
  • Reuters: US Official Warns Small Airports Could Soon Shut Down Over TSA Absences
  • AP: Where will TSA lines be the longest tomorrow? During a shutdown, nobody knows
  • ABC News: TSA worker on partial government shutdown: ‘It’s really difficult right now’
  • New York Post: Spring break travelers face hourslong airport security lines, risk of airport closures with no end in sight for Dem DHS shutdown
  • FOX News: Video captures crazy airport crowds as passengers pour into terminal after security checkpoints close
  • New York Post: Delta CEO blasts Congress over unpaid TSA agents as airport chaos continues: ‘We’re outraged’
  • NewsMax: [NJ] Alaska Airlines, FedEx Planes Nearly Collide at Newark Airport
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] TSA wait times are 3 hours at Bush Airport while DHS remains shut down
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Daily Caller: [DC] Congress Expands Investigation Into DC Sewage Crisis
• Secret Service
  • Daily Caller: [WI] Trump Assassination Plot That Took Two Innocent Lives Still Shrouded In Mystery
• Coast Guard
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Dozens of containers lost, damaged while en route to Port of Long Beach, Coast Guard says
  • New York Post: [CA] ‘Precarious’ situation as damaged shipping containers arrive at Port of Long Beach
  • USA Today: [AK] 2 tugboat crew members killed on barge in Alaska, Coast Guard says
  • CBS News: [AK] Coast Guard investigating "confined space" deaths of 2 crew members on barge off Alaska
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CBS News/NBC News: Justice Department seizes domains linked to Iran hacker group
  • USA Today: Alien.gov launched by Homeland Security. What we know about new website.
  • DefenseScoop: DOD Cyber Crime Center official warns industry about AI-boosted cyberattack ‘kill chain
  • CyberScoop: [NC] North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Times: [FL] Patel Says Agents Who Worked Mar-a-Lago Case Were Fired for Ethics Violations
  • FOX News: [MI] Photos reveal devastation inside Michigan synagogue after attack
• National Security News
  • New York Post: FBI investigating former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent over alleged leaks
  • AP: [NY] 3 men are charged with conspiring to smuggle US artificial intelligence to China
  • FOX News: [DC] Mystery drones fly near DC-area military base as Iran tensions escalate
  • Reuters: [Cuba] US military not preparing for Cuba invasion, senior US general says
  • New York Times: [Iran] U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran
  • ABC News: [Iran] Trump issues warning as Iran attacks key energy sites
  • Reuters: [Iran] UAE says it dismantled ‘terrorist network’ funded by Iran and Hezbollah
  • Washington Post: [Iran] Deepening Iran conflict exposes cracks in U.S. and Israeli objectives
  • Politico: [Iran] US acknowledges gaps with Israel on Iran war objectives

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