More snow on the way with 5th winter storm in a week

Important Takeaways:

  • The fifth winter storm in just a week is set to sweep across the US, prompting travel warnings as it spreads snow and ice from California to Maine.
  • Winter storm Jett is expected to barrel across a wide swath of the US from Thursday to Sunday.
  • The West Coast will receive its first snowfall today, with up to six feet in high-elevation areas, before the storm moves eastward over the weekend.
  • The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued various winter weather alerts for snow, ice, wind and extreme cold today in parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana.
  • Nearly 2,000 flights in and out of US airports were delayed and more than 220 were cancelled as of Thursday morning, according to FlightAware.com.
  • The storm will reach the eastern US Friday evening and will begin spreading up to a foot of snow across the Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes and Northeast through Sunday.
  • Areas most likely to receive 12 inches include central Wisconsin and Michigan, along with northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
  • Enough snow could fall in Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois to disrupt operations at two major Midwest airports located in these cities, AccuWeather meteorologists warned.
  • Winter Storm Jett comes on the heels of two other storms that hit wide swaths of the nation earlier this week.

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DHS put in request to reassign IRS criminal investigators to perform deportation duties

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Important Takeaways:

  • In her memo from last Friday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she would like to use the IRS investigators to track down the financial dealings of human-traffickers who bring in illegals to take American jobs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  • This is not the first time DHS has reached out to other agencies and asked them to assign help to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation duties. In a previous memo, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms was also tasked with giving a helping hand to ICE.
  • The IRS agents Noem requested have full police powers, carry firearms, have the power to arrest and detain people, and are a separate division from regular IRS enforcement officers and revenue agents.
  • The directive enabled the DOJ to assign federal law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in its removal operations and Homeland Security Investigations special agents in carrying out President Trump’s promise to initiate the largest deportation effort in history.
  • The DOJ then gave the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Federal Bureau of Prisons the authority to investigate and apprehend illegal aliens.
  • “Mobilizing these law enforcement officials will help fulfill President Trump’s promise to the American people to carry out mass deportations,” the spokesperson continued. “For decades, efforts to find and apprehend illegal aliens have not been given proper resources. This is a major step in fixing that problem.”

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Triple threat: Three winter storms to affect 40 states

Important Takeaways:

  • If you were hoping the U.S. had turned a corner and more springlike weather was on the way, you’re going to have to hold on a bit longer as the FOX Forecast Center tracks what is shaping up to be an incredibly active week for winter weather across the nation.
  • This renewed threat comes just as millions of people across the Northeast and New England clean up in the wake of a winter storm over the weekend that dumped several inches of snow across the region.
  • …at least three separate winter storms are expected to sweep across a large portion of the U.S. during the week ahead, bringing the threat of widespread snow and ice to tens, if not hundreds, of millions of Americans from coast to coast.
  • Portions of eastern Colorado, southern Nebraska, most of Kansas, central and northern Missouri, southeastern Iowa and western Illinois are all under a Winter Storm Watch.
  • This includes cities like Wichita and Topeka in Kansas and Kansas City and St. Joseph in Missouri.
  • With some snowfall rates of around an inch per hour that could allow about 5 inches of snow accumulation for much of central Kansas along the Interstate 70 corridor.
  • After impacting the Plains, the storm is expected to move into the Ohio Valley, and then slam the mid-Atlantic and portions of the Northeast into Wednesday morning before the system pushes offshore.
  • Richmond, Virginia, Washington and Baltimore are under Winter Storm Watches through Wednesday. Heavy snow is possible, with totals between 4 and 6 inches. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of northwestern North Carolina, central and western Virginia and eastern West Virginia.
  • As that first storm begins to wind down over the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday, the second storm will already be developing over the Plains.
  • The last storm, for now, is expected to take shape late this week and continue into the weekend, bringing yet another round of winter weather to cities from the Plains to New England.

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‘Biggest illegal immigrant grab in recent history’ underway

Important Takeaways:

  • Thousands of ICE officers have been dispatched to the San Diego border crossing as they prepare to take ‘100,000 immigrants’ back to Mexico and Central America in one of the biggest migrant raids in recent times.
  • A White House intelligence source said: ‘There is a ‘mile long line of DHS trucks and CBP in front of Camp Pendleton right now, ready to do the biggest illegal immigrant grab in recent history.
  • ‘The West Coast is this week and the East Coast is next week. It is about to get crazy in California. They need to fill 100,000 spots’, meaning arrests is the directive.
  • The source continued: ‘They are going to be taking 100,000 immigrants back to Mexico, Columbia, El Salvador and Guatemala in this grab.’
  • Border czar Tom Homan says he is not satisfied with the pace of migrant deportations – despite ICE’s ‘unprecedented’ number of arrests – and claims the US needs to ‘open the aperture up’ and carry out ‘more deportations’.
  • Immigration arrests have reached about 1,000-1,200 per day in recent days, according to ICE, far above the daily average of 311 in fiscal year 2024.

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Restoring Border Protection and National Security: ICE raids in Denver arrest 50 gang members of Tren de Aragua

CBN SCREENSHOT-DEA Crackdown

Important Takeaways:

  • A record number of arrests – more than 1,100 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials – took place Monday as the Trump administration ramps up ICE sweeps from coast to coast.
  • In Denver, agents raided a nightclub detaining around 50 people the DEA says were associated with the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. President Trump hailed the raids at a House GOP retreat Monday evening.
  • “We’re tracking down the illegal alien criminals. We’re detaining them and we are throwing them the h*** out of our country. We have no apologies and we’re moving forward very fast,” Trump said.
  • Military flights are taking deportees back to their home countries; and while agents are targeting violent offenders, officials say, they’re not stopping there. ICE Field Director Garrett Ripa said, “Case by case basis we make a discretionary call on every call that we arrest whether that’s a criminal or not a criminal. We’re going to take enforcement action on every individual.”

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New Orleans expected to receive 3-6 inches of snow as winter storm moves down I-10 from Texas to Florida

Snowfall in deep south

Important Takeaways:

  • Heavy snow and ice will fall in eight states from Texas to the Carolinas late Monday into Wednesday, leading to dangerous conditions in places where the severity of snowfall could be historic. Winter storms of this magnitude are rare along this 1,500-mile corridor, where winter storm warnings, watches and advisories are widespread
  • The worst of the weather will probably track near the Interstate 10 corridor between Texas and northern Florida, with Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia also expecting snow. In some places, the wet snow may bring down roofs, overhangs and power lines.
  • In Houston, George Bush Intercontinental Airport has suspended flight operations starting at midnight late Monday. In New Orleans, 3 to 6 inches of snow on Tuesday could amount to the city’s biggest snowfall on record. In Florida, a winter storm watch was issued for the first time in 11 years — and the snowstorm could become the biggest in the state’s recorded history in terms of snowfall.
  • Freezing temperatures may last for more than 24 hours along the Gulf Coast, meaning that snow and ice won’t melt right away and dangerous conditions will linger even after the storm ends.

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Texas in line for another winter storm with historic snowfall expected for the Northeast part of the state

AccuWeather Map Winter Storm

Important Takeaways:

  • Yet another winter storm is heading for Texas, and this one could bring more dangers than Winter Storm Blair.
  • The second major winter storm of 2025 is expected to have a more southern impact before turning towards the Northeast, AccuWeather warns. Cities including Dallas, Nashville and Atlanta have chances of facing snow and ice in the coming days.
  • Unlike the polar vortex, which brought arctic air down from Canada, this storm is predicted to form over Texas beginning Tuesday night through Thursday. Areas of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain will join.
  • “Exactly how quickly the storm comes together, tracks and gains strength will determine the magnitude of the snow and ice that extends from the I-20 and I-40 corridors from Texas and Oklahoma to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia from late this week to this weekend,” AccuWeather’s Monday afternoon update says.
  • This week’s snowstorm “could deliver more than a year’s worth of snow to Dallas,” AccuWeather reports. The city’s historical average annual snowfall is 1.6 inches, including sleet, the forecaster says.
  • Between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Friday, Dallas has a 54% chance of seeing three to six inches of snow and a 42% chance of seeing one to three inches, according to AccuWeather’s predictions.
  • Due to the unusually low temperatures in Texas this week, ice poses additional dangers in this storm. Conditions will be especially precarious in northeastern portions of the state Wednesday night and Thursday. Travel will be hazardous, and the additional weight on trees and powerlines could result in power outages.

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Expect Snow and Ice: January is here so be prepared for winter and ice which could bring power outages across the central planes and into the Ohio valley

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Important Takeaways:

  • America’s first high-impact winter storm of the new year is a coast-to-coast event expected to bring over a 1,500-mile swath of hazardous snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S.
  • The storm is roaring ashore on the West Coast Friday, bringing heavy rains and mountain snow to the Pacific Northwest and northern California. From there, it will bring a round of snow to the Intermountain West and northern Rockies on Saturday before emerging in the Plains on Saturday night.
  • That’s when the stage becomes set for a significant winter storm. The FOX Forecast Center said north of the storm, a strong arctic high will be supplying cold air, while to the south, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be flowing north.
  • The FOX Forecast Center is expecting “plowable” snow from the north-central Plains through the Ohio Valley.
  • Snow amounts will range from a few inches to more than a foot in some spots. This includes cities such as Rapid City, South Dakota, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charleston, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
  • “Needless to say this will make driving on Sunday and Sunday night extremely hazardous at best, potentially impossible at worst,” the National Weather Service office in St. Louis said in their Friday morning forecast discussion.
  • In Kansas, the NWS said snow and sleet accumulations greater than 4 inches are possible, with ice accretions greater than one-tenth of an inch likely. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph, creating blowing and drifting snow, along with near-blizzard conditions at times.
  • “With all this said, people should not focus on exact amounts or ranges of snowfall or ice accumulation,” NWS St. Louis said. “Rather, be prepared for a major winter storm.”

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Snow and dangerous conditions; Winter weather warnings for 14 states

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort

Important Takeaways:

  • Winter storm warnings and advisories are in place across 14 states, with up to 7 feet of snow set to hit some mountain areas, bringing travel chaos just before Thanksgiving.
  • The six warnings cover parts of Colorado, Idaho, Alaska, California, Oregon and Nevada, while advisories cover areas in Michigan, Maine, Wyoming, New York, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Mexico and Minnesota. Many will be in place until Wednesday, on a week when millions of Americans are planning to travel to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families.
  • Hanford’s National Weather Service (NWS) office forecast that snow could accumulate up to 7 feet in the highest mountains in central California, while Las Vegas’ National Weather Service (NWS) office forecast that around 6 feet of snow will accumulate at the highest peaks in the Eastern Sierra slopes in Nevada, as wind gusts reach 40 mph.
  • Meanwhile, in Colorado, Denver’s office warned about “significant travel disruptions and road closures” with snow “relatively persistent” from Monday to late on Wednesday evening.
  • In California, where a storm warning covers a central part of the state, roads “and especially bridges and overpasses” are expected to become “slick and hazardous” making travel “very difficult to impossible.”
  • An advisory covering portions of northern New York and central and eastern Vermont has also warned about difficult travel, with “icy road conditions” expected to “impact the Tuesday morning commute.”

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DHS watchdog reports 32,000 migrant children missing after 448,000 were transferred to Health and Human Services

Migrant-Children-in-Tijuana

Important Takeaways:

  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are unsure of the whereabouts of at least 32,000 migrant children in the U.S., a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog found.
  • The Details: “As of May 2024, ICE had not served [court dates to] more than 291,000 UCs who therefore do not yet have an immigration court date,” the report states. There are also 32,000 children who didn’t attend their court dates issued by ICE.
  • For Context: According to the report, from fiscal years 2019 to 2023, 448,000 children were transferred from ICE to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  • Key Quotes: In the report, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari said ICE has no assurance the children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” He added, “Although we identified more than 32,000 UCs who did not appear for their immigration court dates, that number may have been much larger had ICE issued [court dates] to the more than 291,000 UCs who were not placed into removal proceedings.”
  • How The Media Covered It: ABC News (Lean Left bias) noted that the report said ICE lacks sufficient staffing. The New York Post (Lean Right bias) spoke to a former HHS employee who said HHS was not properly vetting migrant children’s sponsors and inadvertently making them vulnerable to human traffickers. Newsweek (Center bias) and Newsmax (Lean Right bias) framed their headlines around the 32,000 figure.

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