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Biden in Brownsville, Trump in Eagle Pass
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in Texas to discuss immigration fixes at the U.S.-Mexico border. Mr. Biden is touring the border with federal agents while Trump visits Shelby Park, a patch of federal land that has become a point of dispute between Texas and the Biden administration. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.
Inside Biden and Trump's border visits
The Texas border towns of Brownsville and Eagle Pass will play host to President Biden and former President Donald Trump respectively on Thursday. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more on how local residents are reacting to the visits and where the two stand on immigration.
Biden, Trump visit Texas on immigration
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are holding competing events in Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday to call attention to the migrant crisis. Their visits come on the same day a federal judge blocked Texas state officials from implementing a law allowing them to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants who cross into the U.S. illegally. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Ed O'Keefe report.
Biden, Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border
President Biden will meet with Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday to discuss additional funding. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile will visit Eagle Pass, Texas, where the state has been feuding with the federal government over access to a park used by immigrants to cross the border. CBS News White House reporter Bo Erickson has more.
Biden, Trump headed to Texas border
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to visit the Texas border in separate events on Thursday. Mr. Biden will be in Brownsville to meet with border patrol officials while Trump visits Eagle Pass, a town a little more than 300 miles away. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago
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New U.S. immigration policies explained
May 11 marks the end of the pandemic-era immigration restrictions known as Title 42. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga explains the Biden administration's new policies.
Families desperate to learn if kin among Texas bus stop crash victims
Police say they have a list of over 120 names of people who want to know if their relatives are among the victims. They include dozens of photos and contact information submitted by families.
Migrants at border face uncertainty
The emergency immigration restriction known as Title 42 is set to expire, marking a major policy shift in how the U.S. processes migrants. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga spoke to people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border and joins Errol Barnett and Lana Zak from Brownsville, Texas, with more.
Police seek motive after SUV strikes crowd
In Texas, eight people are dead and at least 10 others injured after an SUV crashed into a group of people waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter. Police are investigating whether the crash was intentional. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has more from the scene.
Suspect charged in deadly Texas SUV crash
A suspect in the Brownsville, Texas SUV crash that killed at least eight people, all reportedly migrants, has been charged in connection with the incident. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has more on the crash, in which the vehicle plowed into a group of people waiting at a bus stop near a migrant facility.
Gun used in deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from U.S.
The serial number of a firearm purchased in 2019 matched that of a gun recovered by authorities after the deadly kidnapping of four Americans, according federal court records.
Mexican drug cartel's purported apology letter spurned by Americans' relatives
Relatives of Americans abducted in Mexico said that a purported apology from the Mexican cartel blamed for the attack has done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded.
2 Americans dead, 2 rescued in Mexico
CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on the two Americans rescued after being abducted in Mexico and CBS News contributor Enrique Acevedo joins Anne-Marie Green to discuss the investigation into the kidnapping and concerns of Americans headed to Mexico for medical procedures.
2 Americans hospitalized after Mexico abduction
Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, while two others are alive and have returned to the United States. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins Anne-Marie Green from outside the Brownsville, Texas hospital where they are now recovering.
Asylum cases heard in "tent courts"
The Trump administration began hearing cases for asylum-seekers in "tent courts" in south Texas Monday. The hearings are for migrants who've been forced to wait in Mexico for their U.S. immigration applications to be considered. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to explain.
Texas rejects Biden plan for migrant COVID tests
Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbott has rejected a proposal from the Biden administration that would reimburse local officials for offering coronavirus testing and shelter to migrants as they await their immigration hearings. Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the potential benefits of federal assistance and why he says it's time for Governor Abbott to "stop playing politics."
Asylum seekers wait months in Mexico
Many migrants come to America illegally because entering as a legal asylum-seeker is getting more difficult. In Mexico, just across the bridge from Brownsville, Mexico, the wait to request asylum seems endless. Mireya Villarreall reports.
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"Tent courts" being used along the border
Tents are now being used as courthouses along the southern border, as a backlog of immigrants seek asylum in the U.S. In Brownsville, there are 66 mini courtrooms that are connected to judges via video conferencing. Mireya Villarreal reports.
Asylum seekers learn about obstacles ahead in a hearing room on the border
"DHS will treat you as someone who is attempting to enter against U.S. law," a judge said.
Attorneys denounce new tent courts for asylum seekers
Hearings for some migrants are now being held in makeshift border courthouses surrounded by barbed wire fencing where judges appear via video teleconference
SpaceX launch pad transforms tiny Texas neighborhood: "Where the hell do I go now?"
A launch site for SpaceX rockets is next to a tiny neighborhood east of Brownsville, Texas, called Boca Chica, where the rocket company has transformed life
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