Alejandro Mayorkas survives House impeachment vote as GOP lawmakers defect
Republicans targeted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Republicans targeted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The immigration deal would overhaul American border policy by restricting access to the asylum system during spikes in illegal immigration.
The White House and a bipartisan Senate group could soon strike a deal to enact stricter asylum and border laws.
All 4 were closed recently due to record levels of migrant crossings but those levels have dropped dramatically in recent days.
Crises around the world are driving this influx - the war in Ukraine, instability in Central and South America, and those fleeing unrest in African countries, too.
The bipartisan group of senators is attempting to agree to the framework of a landmark deal as early as Sunday.
For only the second time in U.S. history, migrant apprehensions along the southern border surpassed 2 million in a single fiscal year, federal data obtained by CBS News shows.
Authorities predict arrests will spike to between 12,000 and 14,000 a day.
On Friday, the first day since March 2020 in which the U.S. could no longer cite Title 42 to expel migrants, Border Patrol apprehended 6,300 migrants, a sharp drop from earlier in the week.
For the first time in three years, officials along the US-Mexico border can no longer use COVID-19 as a reason to expel migrants to Mexico.
It's an all-hand-on-deck situation at Samaritas, one of the agencies ready to help some of the youngest migrants who arrive in southeast Michigan.
Local police noted in January that people involved in human smuggling had attempted to utilize shorelines along the St. Lawrence River in the area.
The fire broke out overnight in the facility in Ciudad Juárez, right on the U.S. border. Most of the dead were Guatemalan nationals.
The U.S. and Canada made a new border deal that blocks refugees from entering the countries at unofficial checkpoints.
The agreement will allow both countries to turn away asylum-seekers who crossed the U.S.-Canada border without legal permission.
Under the plan, some migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti would be allowed to enter the U.S. legally if they have financial sponsors.
For nearly three years, the Title 42 public health law has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants to Mexico.
"Our goal certainly is to be able to process all vulnerable populations in a fair and equitable way," U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus told CBS News.
"I am very proud," said the 22-year-old whose speechless social media clips have propelled him to stardom. "These are not just words."
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's plan to suspend immigration is distracting from efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and part of "inconsistent messages" that spread fear and put the public in "greater danger."
A hearing has been scheduled in federal court on the status of an Albanian man seeking sanctuary from deportation in a Detroit church.
Armando Tabora desperately wants to get his teenage daughter out of the government detention facility where she has been for more than three months. He has been stymied at every turn.
The US government should cover mental health treatment costs for immigrant children who officials separated from their parents, a new lawsuit argues.
Approximately 200 people will become new citizens of the United States at ceremony in Massachusetts.
Hundreds of people gathered in Detroit and nearly two dozen other Michigan cities to add their voices to nationwide protests over the detention of immigrant families.
