Texas plans to use buoy barriers in Rio Grande to combat border crossings
Funding will come from $5.1 billion approved by the state legislature to secure the border.
Immigration
Why illegal border crossings are dropping
The Department of Homeland Security says illegal crossings are down 70% since the end of Title 42 border restrictions in early May. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez explains the biggest factor pushing the numbers down.
DeSantis says he doesn't "have sympathy" for sanctuary states
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently transported a group of undocumented migrants from Texas to Sacramento.
Florida confirms it transported migrants to California
Florida officials have confirmed they orchestrated two of the flights transporting migrants from El Paso to Sacramento. Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration released this video and says the migrants signed paperwork agreeing to head to the Golden State. New York Times national correspondent Shawn Hubler has more.
California investigates migrant flights
Two flights carrying migrants from Texas to California are under investigation. The most recent flight touched down on Monday in Sacramento. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston reports from the Golden State capital.
Florida officials arranged migrant flights to California
The Florida Division of Emergency Management said that the state's relocation program for migrants was voluntary.
Flight carrying migrants lands in Sacramento
A second flight carrying migrants landed in California's capital Monday. It's not clear who exactly is responsible, but California's governor blames Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. CBS News Sacramento reporter Madisen Keavy joins with the latest.
California AG blasts DeSantis over migrants flown to Sacramento
Rob Bonta says the 16 migrants dropped off at a church had documents showing the state of Florida had coordinated and paid for their flight. He said the Florida governor treated them like political pawns.
Nurse denied ambulance requests for migrant
Federal investigators say a nurse denied multiple requests to take an 8-year-old migrant girl to the hospital on the same day she died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas. Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease. Nick Miroff, who covers immigration enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security for The Washington Post, joins CBS News with more.
DACA program faces cancellation in hearing
A judge in Texas is hearing oral arguments over whether the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, is legal. The Obama-era policy allows qualified applicants who were brought to the U.S. as children to apply for renewable work permits and a temporary pardon from deportation. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
U.S. to admit nearly 40,000 migrants monthly
Homeland Security officials say the U.S. plans to expand the processing of asylum seekers along the southern border by admitting nearly 40,000 migrants at official crossings each month. The process, beginning this month, will allow migrants waiting in Mexico to make an appointment through the government mobile app CBP One. Officials plan to issue over 1,200 appointments per day. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Geena Rocero talks new memoir "Horse Barbie"
Model, award-winning producer and transgender rights activist Geena Rocero joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her new memoir "Horse Barbie." Rocero discusses her upbringing in the Philippines, life as a transgender beauty pageant star and keeping her transgender identity a secret after she immigrated to America.
Immigrants now represent a record share of U.S. workers
Almost 1 in 5 workers are now foreign-born, reversing a pandemic decline when immigration slowed.
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Biden to meet with lawmakers over debt standoff; White House prepares for end of Title 42 border policy.
U.S. faces backlog of migrant sponsorships
The U.S. has received more than 1.5 million requests from individuals hoping to sponsor the entry of migrants from four countries. But the program can only approve 30,000 arrivals each month. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins us to discuss how the government is dealing with the backlog.
CBS News poll: Americans split on immigration
After the end of Title 42, some migrants have been moved from the U.S.-Mexico border to various towns and cities up north, which has led to challenges for some of those areas. CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto breaks down new polling data showing how people are feeling about the migrant situation.
Poll analysis: Border situation views depend on opinion about migrants
What Americans want done at the border is related to why they think people are trying to cross it in the first place.
Details emerge about 8-year-old migrant who died
The mother of an 8-year-old migrant who died in U.S. custody asked for medical help three times on the day the child died. The death came as several northern cities struggled to house newly arriving migrants. Errol Barnett reports.
Migrant mother requested aid 3 times the day 8-year-old daughter died in U.S. custody
Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, 8, died on May 17 after spending more than a week in Border Patrol custody alongside her parents and siblings.
Miami mayor on migrant crisis
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tells "Face the Nation" that some of the strict new immigration laws that were recently signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are "substantive," but he said that there are some that are "headline grabbing."
Face The Nation: Suarez, Gates, Gottlieb
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...some of the strict new immigration laws that were recently signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells "Face the Nation" that the biggest threat to the U.S. is polarization; and Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb tells "Face the Nation" that there's a "high level" of drugs in shortage right now.
Adams on asylum seekers in NYC
As New York City faces an incoming influx of migrants, Mayor Eric Adams said that if immigration policy is "coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner are actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city."
Erics Adams says NYC carrying "burden" of migrant crisis
The New York City mayor said the crisis shouldn't be "a burden" on just one city.
CBS News poll: Do you think your town could house migrants?
Increasing numbers are calling on the Biden administration to be tougher at border.
Border crossings down after expiration of Title 42
Crossings at the U.S. southern border remained relatively low following the expiration of Title 42. Immigration officials, who had predicted a sizable influx, say it's proof their policies are working. Ed O'Keefe has more.
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