Top U.S. envoy to Haiti resigns over "inhumane" migrant expulsions

Special envoy Daniel Foote called American policy in Haiti "deeply flawed" and said his recommendations were brushed aside.

• Sep 23, 2021

U.S. to probe incidents involving border agents dispersing Haitians

Over the weekend, photos and videos emerged depicting mounted Border Patrol officials herding and chasing migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande near Del Rio, a small border community in southwestern Texas.

• Sep 21, 2021

U.S. to raise refugee cap to 125,000 in 2022

The 125,000-spot refugee cap for fiscal year 2021 will mark a 733% increase from the historic low 15,000-person ceiling former President Donald Trump set before leaving office.

• Sep 20, 2021

Haitian migrants in Texas worry as deportations begin: "I'll die in Haiti"

Haitians who fled their country following the 2010 earthquake are being flown back to the island; some fear for their lives given the lack of security in the impoverished nation.

• Sep 20, 2021

Parliamentarian likely dooms plan to legalize immigrants via budget bill

The ruling is a crushing setback for Democrats, who hoped to use the budget reconciliation process to create a massive legalization program for 8 million undocumented immigrants.

• Sep 20, 2021

U.S. increases deportations to Haiti amid spike in border arrivals

Thousands of migrants, many of them from Haiti, have crossed the southern border in recent days near Del Rio, Texas, prompting U.S. agents to set up a makeshift processing site underneath a bridge.

• Sep 18, 2021

Border Patrol didn't conduct welfare checks on migrant boy who died in 2019

Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez, 16, became the sixth migrant child to die after entering U.S. custody during a six-month period starting in December 2018.

• Sep 17, 2021

Bloomberg's Washington bureau chief Jon Allen joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" to discuss what it means for the country

President Obama made his immigration policy official Friday by signing two executive orders that will change how the government treats some undocumented immigrants. Julianna Goldman reports on how Congressional Republicans plan to respond, and Bloomberg's Washington bureau chief Jon Allen joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" to discuss what it means for the country.

• Nov 22, 2014
• 5:32

Separating kids: Trump's biggest setback?

This week, President Trump issued an executive order reversing his administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents when they attempt to enter the U.S. illegally. The decision came after a huge public outcry. Time editor-at-large Karl Vick joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss what might be the strategy behind the administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy and how the immigration debate could influence the midterm elections.

• Jun 23, 2018
• 4:43

Judge rules U.S. can't expel migrant families using public health law

Under a Trump-era policy that the Biden administration has maintained, hundreds of thousands of migrants have been expelled without a chance to apply for asylum.

• Sep 16, 2021

Where Afghan refugees are expected to be resettled, by state

California and Texas are set to receive thousands of Afghans evacuated to the U.S., while other states are expected to resettle fewer than a dozen or none at all.

• Sep 16, 2021

U.S. border agents stopped migrants 209,000 times in August

The statistics show that unauthorized migration to the U.S.-Mexico border remained at an extremely high level toward the end of the summer, when migrant apprehensions have historically dropped.

• Sep 16, 2021

U.S. reopens immigration program for Central American children

U.S. officials have portrayed the program as a safe and legal alternative to the often dangerous trek migrant children undertake to reach the southern border.

• Sep 13, 2021

Democrats present case to legalize immigrants through budget bill

The legalization plan would benefit undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, farmworkers, Temporary Protected Status holders and essential workers.

• Sep 10, 2021

Biden administration reviving Trump's "Remain in Mexico" border policy

"It's frustrating to continue waiting here after all this time and suffering," one asylum-seeker stranded in Mexico with her 9-month-old baby told CBS News.

• Sep 9, 2021

U.S. caring for more than 100 unaccompanied Afghan children

While the vast majority of Afghan evacuees arriving in the U.S. this summer have been families and adults, some evacuated children have been entering the country without their parents.

• Sep 8, 2021

U.S. effort to resettle Afghan refugees faces major hurdles

The resettlement operation is grappling with issues ranging from the uncertain immigration status of many evacuees, to limited social resources and permanent housing for the new arrivals.

• Sep 2, 2021

An Iowa town goes to battle for Afghan immigrant

As an interpreter serving in Afghanistan, Zalmay Niazy became a target of the Taliban, and applied for asylum in the U.S., where he'd settled among the Iowa cornfields. But when his application was turned down, the townspeople of Iowa Falls fought back.

• Aug 29, 2021

Some Afghan refugee children are arriving in the U.S. unaccompanied

U.S. immigration officials have designated at least 34 Afghan children as unaccompanied minors, sending some of them to government shelters for undocumented migrant youth.

• Aug 27, 2021

SCOTUS rules Biden must revive Trump-era Remain-in-Mexico policy

Under the Trump-era program, the U.S. returned 70,000 non-Mexican asylum-seekers to Mexico, instructing them to wait there for their court hearings.

• Aug 25, 2021

U.S. using humanitarian tool to admit at-risk Afghans without visas

The move will allow the U.S. government to authorize the entry of certain vulnerable Afghans, including those who helped American forces but whose visa applications remain pending.

• Aug 24, 2021

Migrants stuck in Mexico faced 6,356 violent attacks, report finds

Human rights researchers tracked 6,356 attacks against migrants who were expelled to Mexico by the U.S. or barred from requesting U.S. refuge.

• Aug 24, 2021

How are Afghan refugees being processed by the U.S.?

Providing refuge to Afghans who assisted the American war effort is a rare immigration policy with broad public support, including among Republicans, according to CBS News polling.

• Aug 24, 2021

Supreme Court pauses revival of Remain-in-Mexico border policy

The Trump-era program required 70,000 non-Mexican asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their U.S. asylum court hearings.

• Aug 20, 2021

Her family is stranded in Afghanistan amid evacuation scramble

Freshta, a college student in Michigan, fears her Hazara family in Afghanistan could be harmed by the Taliban because of their assistance to the U.S. war effort.

• Aug 20, 2021

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