Escobar previews Biden's trip to southern border
Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas says President Biden is visiting El Paso, Texas, to meet with those who are "actually doing the work on the ground day to day."
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Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas says President Biden is visiting El Paso, Texas, to meet with those who are "actually doing the work on the ground day to day."
GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas says the White House denied his request to accompany President Biden on his visit to El Paso, which is in Gonzales' district.
President Biden unveiled new policies that would cap the number of migrants accepted at the southern border. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins Elaine Quijano to discuss the implications of the administration's plan.
Officials in El Paso, Texas, are working to build temporary housing for an influx of migrants. Several cities along the U.S.-Mexico border have declared a state of emergency following the Supreme Court's decision to indefinitely uphold the Title 42 immigration policy. CBS News producer Elizabeth Campbell reports from El Paso.
Private aid and faith-based groups have been working to assist migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The city of El Paso, Texas, has been particularly overwhelmed by arrivals, as people had been anticipating an end to the pandemic-era border policy known as Title 42. Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
Heavy snow and strong winds were hitting the Midwest and moving east. Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed heading into the holiday weekend.
For the past two weeks, hundreds of migrants have been forced to sleep on the streets of El Paso because space in the city's shelters and churches has been depleted by a sharp increase in migrant arrivals.
Omar Villafranca speaks with border agents in El Paso, Texas, where thousands of migrants face bitter cold and an uncertain fate.
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42, a COVID-era border restriction that was due to be lifted this week. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports from a migrant shelter in El Paso, Texas, and chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins Lana Zak to discuss the administration's response.
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the immigration policy known as Title 42 from expiring on Wednesday. Meanwhile, thousands of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are overwhelming shelters in the border city of El Paso, Texas, which is under a state of emergency. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports from El Paso.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted a request by more than a dozen Republican-controlled states to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that had ordered the end of a COVID-19 border restriction known as Title 42. Omar Villafrana report from El Paso, Texas, where many more migrants are expected if Title 42 is lifted.
With Title 42 ending this week, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration to address the increase in migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The declaration is intended to unlock additional resources to expand available shelters for migrants as temperatures dip below freezing. Omar Villafranca reports.
Local officials are bracing for an even greater influx of migrants along the southern border states once the restrictions known as Title 42 end this week. El Paso City Council member Alexsandra Annello joins CBS News to discuss her concerns.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, whose district neighbors El Paso and includes more than 800 miles of the border, said on "Face the Nation" that what he saw at a migrant center in that city, he had "never seen before." The border region is preparing for an influx of migrants as the pandemic-era policy known as Title 42, which allowed for the expulsion of migrants, is set to come to an end this week.
A D.C. appeals court declined to delay the end of the Title 42 border policy, which will end on Dec. 21 if the Supreme Court does not step in. Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, discusses how his organization helps migrants as they cross into the U.S.
Thousands of migrants a day are expected to attempt to cross into El Paso, Texas, from Mexico after Title 42 expires next week. Lilia Luciano spoke with some of the people crossing the border.
Thousands more migrants are expected to arrive in El Paso, Texas, as the Title 42 border restriction is set to expire. But, as shelters fill, many are being left to wander the streets and sleep in the cold. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano joined CBS News' Catherine Herridge from El Paso with more.
Border officials in El Paso, Texas say they're seeing roughly 2,500 migrants, many of them from Nicaragua, arrive at the border each day ahead of Title 42's expiration next week. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano joins Michelle Miller and Elaine Quijano from El Paso with more on the journey and experiences of those migrants.
Border officials and local authorities in El Paso, Texas, are preparing for a further increase in migrant arrivals as Title 42 is set to expire next week. CBS News' Lilia Luciano joins Lana Zak and Errol Barnett from El Paso.
Many migrants who crossed into El Paso, Texas, this week say they were part of a group kidnapped in Mexico, only to experience dire conditions on their route as temperatures drop below freezing and shelters exceed capacity. Lilia Luciano spoke to families about what they said was a harrowing journey to the border.
More than 2,000 people a day are arriving in El Paso, Texas, as Title 42, a major immigration law, is about to expire. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano spoke with some of the migrants about the dangers they faced getting to the U.S.
The border city of El Paso, Texas, is struggling to deal with a swelling number of migrant arrivals. U.S. officials expect the numbers to increase as the pandemic-era restriction known as Title 42 is set to expire on December 21. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano joined CBS News' John Dickerson from El Paso with more.
A long line of asylum seekers is seen at the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42's future remains unclear. The city of El Paso, Texas, has been overwhelmed by the increase in migrants in recent days. Lilia Luciano reports.
Thousands of migrants have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, a large majority of them coming from Nicaragua. The influx comes as Title 42, the policy used to expel migrants during the pandemic, is set to expire. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
Officials in El Paso, Texas, said they are stopping migrant transportation programs after a new Homeland Security policy drastically reduced the number of arrivals. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez explains the reasoning behind the change and how it will impact asylum seekers.