• Top News
  • New York Times/Washington Examiner/The Hill/Washington Post: [DC] Trump Administration to Tap Longtime ICE Official to Lead Agency
  • ABC News: Record number of immigration cases now ending in voluntary departure, report says
  • FOX News: DHS Sec Mullin points finger at Newsom over alleged Chinese infiltration of California after CCP mayor charged
  • FOX News: Former Arcadia mayor agrees to plead guilty to acting as illegal Chinese agent
  • Daily Wire: ICE Makes New Major Fraud Discovery Involving 10,000 Foreign Students
  • FOX News: Iran-born smuggler who helped terror-linked migrant enter US also stockpiled child abuse material, feds say
  • CBS Baltimore/Washington Examiner: [MD] Judge keeps block on Trump administration effort to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia
  • New York Times/CBS Miami: Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center to close as soon as June, sources say
  • NPR: The economic chilling effect of Trump’s immigration crackdown
  • New York Times: Dominican Republic Agrees to Take Third-Country Migrants Deported by U.S.
  • Reuters: Rights groups urge Poland to halt support for US deportation flights to Ukraine
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Bloomberg: FEMA Can’t Help Until It Handles Its Own Disaster
  • Washington Times: Trump assassination attempts were not fake
  • Washington Post: The biggest flop of Trump’s second term costs $1 million a pop
  • FOX News: [CA] Sanctuary laws could stop police from protecting kids. So we’re suing California
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • NewsMax: DHS Touts Police Week Arrests of Violent Illegal Aliens
  • Breitbart: ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens Convicted of Child Sex Crimes, Armed Robbery, Assault
  • The Hill: Bipartisan lawmakers push for ICE training on recognizing tribal IDs following stops of Native Americans
  • Los Angeles Times: ICE puts new restrictions on members of Congress inspecting detention centers
  • Washington Times: 5,000 churches claim sanctuary status from ICE warrantless arrests
  • CNN: Trump wants to rebrand ICE as NICE. Not everyone agrees
  • New York Post: [NY] Illegal migrant nabbed for setting string of ‘dangerous’ fires on Long Island – turned over to ICE as charges not bail eligible: officials
  • New York Post: [PA] Airport police dog sniffs out and seizes $44K cash — now, TSA is warning passengers why
  • Reuters: [FL] Florida plans to close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center, New York Times reports
  • USA Today: [FL] Florida immigrant advocates fear ICE will be at Miami World Cup games
  • AP: [LA] 85-year-old French widow caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown describes her detention
  • New York Times: [IL] A Dying Son, His Detained Parents and a Race to Reunite Before the End
  • FOX News: [TX] ICE nabs criminal illegal alien who attempted to murder a cop, escaped deportation for years
  • FOX News: [TX] Suspected Texas killer is an illegal from Mexico accused in rash of ‘extreme violence’ against women
  • Univision: [TX] Colombian woman accused of inhumane treatment before being deported to Honduras
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] ICE plans, hotel bookings and Main Street opening: Latest on Houston’s World Cup preparations
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] UH student group wants clarity on university ICE compliance policy amid federal crackdown
  • AP: [CO] Federal judge rules ICE in Colorado violated order limiting warrantless arrests
  • Univision: [NM] ICE Secret Flights: Democrats “Deeply Concerned” by This ICE Tactic and Criticize an “Industrialized and Large-Scale” Policy
  • FOX News: [MT] Illegal alien ‘monster’ charged with raping dead girlfriend’s daughter, DHS blames Biden-era policies
  • New York Post: [CA] Mexican migrant kicked out of US 4 times pleads guilty to killing boy, 11, in hit-and-run
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Legislators make surprise visit to Otay Mesa detention center but fail to speak with detainees.
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Times: Labor Dept. suspends Cloudera from visa program certification
  • Telemundo: [CA] Mula Ciega: woman and family lose visa for person who was traveling hidden in their vehicle
  • Reuters: [India] US to impose visa curbs on 13 people linked to Indian firm over fentanyl
• Customs and Border Protection
  • NewsMax: Importers Begin Receiving Trump Tariff Refunds
  • Reuters: U.S. anticipates tariff refund payments of $35.5 billion as of May 11
  • Reuters: US tariff refunds start rolling out as Oshkosh, Basic Fun report receiving payments
  • NewsMax: Mayorkas: Biden Should Have Tightened Border Sooner
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Detroit Border Patrol leads in drug seizures. How much they’ve stopped
  • Washington Examiner: [IL] CBP seizes shipments of ‘F*** THE ATF’ suppressors and glock switches from China
  • Univision: [TX] Denis Anariba, the young Honduran who was deported and returned to be with his daughter and his wife: he died on a train crossing the border
  • Univision: [TX] Nationalities of migrants found dead on train confirmed; a teenager is among the victims
  • ABC News: [TX] 6 found dead inside shipping container at rail yard: Officials
  • Axios: [NM] Border wall lawsuit seeks holy site land in New Mexico
  • Newsweek: [NM] Trump Admin Fights to Seize Catholic Land in New Mexico for Border Wall
  • FOX News: [CA] 27 cruise ship workers deported after CBP discovered trove of child pornography
• Transportation Security Administration
  • USA Today: [CO] Frontier flight deplaned after gun magazine found on aircraft
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CO] Man killed by Frontier plane at Denver airport died by suicide, medical examiner says
  • CBS News: [CO] Pedestrian struck by plane on runway at Denver International Airport raises concerns around security, airline response: "It was jarring and shocking"
  • Bloomberg: [CA] Contractor Keeps $803 Million TSA San Francisco Task Order
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hill: Trump installs his fourth acting FEMA chief after tapping full-time nominee
  • Bloomberg: Trump Makes FEMA Decision Ahead of Atlantic Hurricane Season
  • Politico: FEMA’s acting administrator is out, for the third time under Trump
  • Bloomberg: Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency?
  • Bloomberg Law: FEMA Doubts Persist as Mullin Pushes Leadership, Policy Reset
  • Federal News Network: FEMA to create public assistance dashboard under new law
  • New York Times: Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’
  • Axios: [FL] South Florida wildfires latest in active fire season
  • Detroit Free Press: [MI] Disaster assessment begins in 30 counties, 1 city after April storms
  • USA Today: [AZ] Arizona wildfire forces residents to evacuate. See photos
• Secret Service
  • New York Times: [DC] Secret Service Makes Case for Security Funding Amid G.O.P. Unease on Ballroom
  • Bloomberg: [DC] Ballroom Would Get $220 Million of GOP Secret Service Funds
  • AP: [DC] Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request
  • CNN: [DC] Senate Republicans weigh Trump’s $1B push for ballroom security
  • Politico: [DC] Secret Service briefing fails to quiet GOP ballroom funding concerns
  • Politico: [DC] House Budget chair wants more information about ballroom funding
  • Politico: [DC] Key House GOP moderate dismisses ballroom funding request
  • The Hill: [DC] Reflecting pool latest flashpoint in Trump’s efforts to refashion DC
  • Washington Examiner: [DC] Trump criticizes judge’s apology to correspondent’s dinner shooting suspect: ‘Never apologized to J6’
• Coast Guard
  • CNN/San Diego Union Tribune: [MD] Justice Department announces criminal charges in Baltimore’s deadly Key Bridge collapse
  • AP: [MD] Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
  • FOX Weather/AP: [FL] 11 people rescued after plane crashes into the ocean off the coast of Florida
  • FOX News: [Bahamas] Seized boat may spill Bahamas disappearance secrets — but experts warn ticking clock could wash away the truth
  • ABC News: [Bahamas] Why the Coast Guard seized Brian Hooker’s boat after wife went overboard
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: ‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack
  • CyberScoop: Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical
  • New York Times: A.I. and Humans Battle It Out in a Cybersecurity Showdown
  • The Hill: Anthropic to brief House Homeland Security panel about Mythos in closed-door meeting
  • AP: Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
  • Reuters: Canvas’ parent company reaches agreement with hacking group behind recent breach
  • CBS News: [TX] How North Texas schools were impacted by the recent Canvas hack
  • New York Post: [CA] Pro-Iran hacking group targets California tech company in flurry of attacks
• Terrorism Investigations
  • New York Post: Landmark terrorism case could finally prevent US groups from funding Hamas — after 30-year-old murder
  • Breitbart: DOJ Has Charged More than 260 Tren de Aragua Gang Members Since Trump Took Office
  • NBC News/CBS News: [GA] Police received threat against Georgia candidate for governor ahead of bomb scare at campaign event
  • CNN: [Mexico] CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico
  • Reuters: [Mexico] Mexico rejects CNN report on deadly CIA operations against cartels
• National Security News
  • Washington Examiner: DOJ issues rare subpoenas to Wall Street Journal over alleged leaking of classified material
  • CBS News: Justice Department defends decision to subpoena Wall Street Journal reporters, citing national security
  • ABC News: Todd Blanche says media ‘should not be surprised’ if they’re subpoenaed over national security stories
  • Reuters: [Argentina] China’s fishing fleet raises concerns off Argentina
  • CNN: [Israel] Israel is worried that Trump will strike a ‘bad deal’ with Iran, leaving war objectives unmet
  • FOX News: [China] Graham calls out China link to Iran, questions Pakistan’s role in negotiations
  • FOX Business: [China] US ‘doesn’t need’ China’s help with Iran, former deputy national security advisor says
  • Reuters: [China] US agency says Chinese drones and routers can get software updates through 2028
  • Politico: [China] Jensen Huang gets last-minute invite to Trump-Xi Summit
  • FOX News: [China] Inside the ‘digital lockdown’ for US officials as Trump arrives in China
  • Reuters: [South Korea] South Korea Weighs Phased Hormuz Role After US Talks, Minister Says

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