Big Bend residents concerned over border wall
A new $7.5 billion border wall construction project in Big Bend, Texas, is drawing bipartisan outrage in the community. Nicole Sganga has more.
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Border wall construction paused in Texas park
President Trump is pausing construction of a border wall in Texas' Big Bend National Park after bipartisan concerns about its impact on the natural landscape, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott announced. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.
Outcry over Big Bend border wall plans
Texans and bipartisan lawmakers are pushing back against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection plan to build a border wall at Big Bend National Park. In reaction, CBP has temporarily paused construction. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has the latest.
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Vance says Trump hopes to build the entire southern border wall by 2029
Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited the southern border on Wednesday.
JD Vance touts illegal immigration crackdown
Vice President JD Vance traveled to the southern border on Wednesday to tout the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. He met with law enforcement officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, and took an aerial tour of the border. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
Trump on immigration successes, priorities
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Inside Steve Bannon's plea deal
Former White House adviser and strategist Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony fraud in New York. He was charged in 2022 for his role in helping to defraud donors who were fundraising to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. CBS News political reporter and attorney Katrina Kaufman has more.
President Trump escalates deportation efforts
President Trump ramped up immigration enforcement with a series of raids and detentions in multipe cities and sending hundreds of undocumented migrants on military flights. After Colombia refused to accept the deportations, Mr. Trump threatened tariffs, forcing the Colombian president to back down. Ed O'Keefe reports from the White House.
A look at operation to secure southern border
Immigration and the U.S. southern border were among the top issues for voters this election cycle after last year's record number of illegal crossings. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports on President-elect Donald Trump's plans to address it.
Trump vows to use military for deportations
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to use the U.S. military to carry out his mass deportation plans. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports on the plan's legality and other border news.
Migrants and border agents on Trump's plans
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has migrants' and border officials' reactions.
Harris campaigns at southern border
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned along the southern border in Douglas, Arizona, Friday, on her first trip there since becoming the presidential nominee. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports what the campaign hopes to achieve with the visit.
Harris backing Biden's asylum crackdown
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border Friday for the first time as a presidential candidate. Harris is using the trip to push back against former President Donald Trump's criticism of the Biden administration's handling of immigration. Ed O'Keefe has more from the crucial battleground state of Arizona.
Border Patrol agents seeing a drop in migrants
The number of migrant apprehensions have dropped dramatically since the beginning of the year. Adam Yamaguchi visited the U.S.-Mexico border near Tucson, Arizona, to find out what's working.
Mayorkas on migrants and the asylum system
In an interview with CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said some migrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border are trying to "game" the U.S. asylum system. "The reality is that some people do indeed try to game the system," Mayorkas said. "That does not speak to everyone whom we encounter, but there is an element of it, and we deal with it accordingly."
Mexico won't accept deportees from Texas
Texas authorities may now arrest and prosecute migrants suspected of crossing the southern border illegally after the Supreme Court allowed a state law known as SB4 to go into effect Tuesday while a lawsuit plays out in the lower courts. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.
Chinese migrants now the fastest-growing group trying to cross into the U.S.
Migrants determined to escape China's increasingly repressive political climate and sluggish economy are now the fastest growing group trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico.
Chinese migrants are the fastest growing group crossing into U.S. from Mexico
A growing number of Chinese nationals, trying to escape repressive politics and a bleak economy, are headed to the U.S. They're turning to a gap at the southern border with Mexico as a way to get in.
The San Judas Break: Where migrants pour in
A gap in the border fence has become a destination for migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. But what happens after they step onto American soil?
Border protesters rally against illegal immigration
Conservative protesters from around the U.S. joined a convoy which made its way to a small Texas border town this weekend. A rally was held Saturday near Eagle Pass, where there has been a standoff between federal and Texas authorities over border control. Jason Allen has more.
Iowa GOP voters cite immigration as top issue
Former President Donald Trump is the presumed frontrunner in the Iowa caucuses as of Thursday. The rest of the Republican field has just four days to close the gap. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe examines the top issue driving caucus-goers.
Chicago grapples with influx of migrants
Chicago is grappling with an influx of asylum seekers as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues his campaign of sending migrants who cross the southern border to Democratic-led cities across the country. On Tuesday, a plane with over 120 migrants flew from Texas to Chicago under Abbott's direction. CBS News Chicago reporter Sabrina Franza has the latest on the situation in the Windy City.
Mother, child beg for help in Rio Grande
Disturbing new video appears to show members of the Texas National Guard not helping a woman and a crying child floating in the Rio Grande last week. The mother and child reportedly were able to reach the southern banks of the Mexican side of the river on their own.
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