ICE facing controversy over deportations
ICE is seeking to deport two young sisters and a Guatemalan teenager. CBS News reporter Camilo Montaya-Galvez joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.
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ICE is seeking to deport two young sisters and a Guatemalan teenager. CBS News reporter Camilo Montaya-Galvez joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.
A federal judge has ordered ICE to seek the prompt release of all minors in its custody. The agency detains migrant families with children.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed the first legal challenge against the Trump administration's controversial policy of sending migrants who seek protection at the U.S.-Mexico border to Guatemala. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss why the ACLU and other groups are challenging the asylum agreement with Guatemala.
The Trump administration plans to extend its controversial immigration ban later this month. This is the latest in a series of immigration restrictions from the Trump administration. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN to discuss.
ICE was prepared to deport a teenage girl to Guatemala alone, despite pleas from advocates. The only reason it couldn't was because the flight was postponed over coronavirus.
The Wall Street Journal reports federal agencies like ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are buying cellphone data from private U.S. companies and using it for immigration enforcement along the southern border. Michelle Hackman, from The Wall Street Journal, joins CBSN to explain her investigation.
The Trump administration announced more deployment of ICE officers in "sanctuary cities" to target illegal immigration. Meanwhile, Democratic 2020 candidates are preparing for the upcoming Nevada caucuses, ready to discuss major issues such as immigration, health care and gun control. Ed O'Keefe reports.
President Trump is making immigration a centerpiece of his reelection platform. But some of his plans are meeting resistance within the Republican Party, where lawmakers don't all support his push for "merit-based" immigration. The president is also under fire for the huge cost of the border wall. Politico's White House correspondent Anita Kumar joins CBSN to discuss the subject of her two recent articles.
"My heart still hurts. I can't sleep at night because I'm desperate," said the sister of an ICE detainee who died of coronavirus complications.
A man from Mexico is suing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot him in the face outside his mother's Brooklyn home. Claudia Irizarry Aponte, the Brooklyn reporter for The City, joins CBSN with more on the case.
There's confusion at the border after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the Trump administration's controversial "Remain in Mexico" policy. Hours later, the same court granted an emergency request from the administration to reinstate the program while further arguments are heard. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined CBSN with more.
A program in Hungary is offering cash to couples for having kids, but the reasoning for it echoes some of Europe's darkest chapters. Jon Wertheim reports on the anti-immigrant motivation to "keep Hungary Hungarian."
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated concerns among advocates about the conditions inside the nation's immigration jails. CBS News spoke with five women detained at a for-profit prison in Jena, Louisiana, who are pleading for their release. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN with more.
In a late-night tweet on Monday, President Trump announced he plans to suspend immigration to the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN to talk about the latest.
President Trump provided more details on his immigration ban during Tuesday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing. Mr. Trump said the ban will be reviewed after 60 days and will only apply to those seeking permanent residence in the U.S.
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President Trump says he will pause some legal immigration for 60 days to "protect American workers" amid the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the Senate has approved another relief package. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN to talk about the latest.
More than 20,000 migrants, including unaccompanied children, have been expelled from the southern border under the emergency directive.
On May 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the first death of a person in custody due to the coronavirus. At least 788 migrants in detention facilities across the country have tested positive for the virus. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN with the details.
At least 788 immigrants in ICE custody have tested positive for coronavirus across the country.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that officials at the southern border have summarily expelled more than 20,000 unauthorized migrant adults, families and children from the U.S. under a broad public health order issued in late March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News immigration report Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the latest.
More than 90% of the families, children and single adults that Border Patrol encountered in April were expelled under a public health order.
It is the ninth time since a national emergency was declared that staff at detention centers used pepper spray on protesting ICE detainees.
At least 99 of Guatemala's 500 COVID-19 cases are among deportees. Experts fear U.S. continuing its policy could overwhelm Guatemala's small public health system.
The judge ordered officials to promptly release children with sponsors from immigrant detention facilities, where the coronavirus has spread in recent weeks.