New figures: 1,134 families separated since end of "zero tolerance"
Since June 2018, the administration has separated 1,134 migrant families. Advocates and the government disagree over whether they were justified.
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele: The 60 Minutes Interview
Fleeing gang violence and poverty, 90,000 Salvadorans were apprehended at the U.S. border in the last year. El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele tells 60 Minutes how he's trying to fix his country.
In El Salvador, less coffee means more migrants
A confluence of factors has decimated coffee production in the Central American nation. Now farmers are looking elsewhere for jobs
El Salvador not ready for asylum seekers it promised to accept from U.S.
El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, says his country is not prepared to process and care for asylum seekers he promised to accept in a controversial deal with the United States. See the full interview, Sunday
60 Minutes reporting on border crisis wins Columbia Journalism duPont Award
"This nuanced and newsmaking reporting looked at the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the Mexican border, from the poignant lens of aspiring immigrants going through it," Columbia Journalism School says in announcing honor.
Some migrant kids detained for months in jail-like "secure" facilities
Government data shows startling inconsistencies in how long shelters and detention centers take to release migrant children to their families
Border apprehensions drop for sixth month in a row
Official believe their stringent measures to restrict access to America's asylum system are sending a powerful message of deterrence
Migrant boy was in distress before death in Border Patrol custody
The new video suggests that U.S. border officials failed to recognize and address the visible distress of Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez in the hours before his body was found without a pulse
U.S. planned to separate 26,000 migrant families in 2018
The estimate was revealed by a watchdog report, which also found the U.S. can't calculate how many families it separated due to unreliable data.
Judge blocks Trump rule requiring immigrants to prove health insurance
Citizens and a non-profit group successfully sued to halt the new rule, which they say would block nearly two-thirds of prospective legal immigrants.
Family begs government to approve visa for kidney donation
The family claims the U.S. consulate in New Delhi is concerned the cousin, who is an approved match for the donation, won't return to India
Company that holds migrant kids scraps party at Trump club
The decision to hold the party at a Trump property raised questions about ethics that were unprecedented before Mr. Trump's presidency, according to a nonprofit government watchdog
ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes
This week on 60 Minutes: Bill Whitaker reports on how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, a widow tells Sharyn Alfonsi the story behind a heartbreaking photo, and Lesley Stahl shows how scientists are using brain imaging to try to read minds
Story behind photo of drowned father and daughter
A widely seen photograph of a father and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned trying to reach the U.S. was seared into memory this summer. Now, Tania Avalos, the wife and mother of the drowned migrants, is telling her story to 60 Minutes
How Tania Avalos wants you to remember her family
The photo of Oscar and Valeria Ramirez, the father and daughter who drowned crossing the Rio Grande to the U.S., was seen around the world. Tania Avalos, their wife and mother, talks about her family, their journey and how it ended for the first time. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday
U.S. begins deporting migrants to Guatemala under asylum deal
The first asylum-seeker deported by the U.S. under the controversial deal with Guatemala arrived in Guatemala City on Thursday morning
Immigration hardliners gain key Trump posts in USCIS shake-up
A shakeup at USCIS, the agency which oversees the nation's immigration system, has seen the promotion of two officials who once worked for an anti-immigration organization described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
Nebraska the first state to help Trump's quest for citizenship data
After the president's plan for a Census citizenship question failed, he asked states to share their driver's license records
"My Number was 453": One migrant shares his story
Ibrahim Kondeh is one of thousands of African migrants who crossed the Mediterranean
Border officials: "Consequences" deterring migrant families and kids
For the first time in more than a year, the Trump administration is apprehending less migrant children and families than adults along the U.S.-Mexico border
Immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli tapped as DHS No. 2
In September, Cuccinelli ordered his agency to shutter a program granting a temporary reprieve from deportation for immigrants facing life-threatening medical conditions
Trump installs new Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf
Wolf will now be in charge of bureaucratic juggernaut at the center of the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda
U.S. to restrict work permits to most asylum-seekers
The proposal would deny work authorization to most migrants seeking asylum who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without documentation — the largest group of asylum-seekers in the U.S.
Supreme Court signals willingness to side with Trump in DACA case
Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to agree with the argument that the Trump administration did not want to be held accountable for a political decision to end DACA — a "choice," she said, "to destroy lives"
DACA decision could "destroy and erase everything," recipient says
Min Ku Choi is one of nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. whose futures hinge whether or not the Trump administration can rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
Former RFK Jr. adviser accuses Trump officials of corruption
Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang over Chinese espionage concerns
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Trump says there is "no reason" to escalate war with Iran
Man who carried out mass shooting in Poland has died, police say
These House and Senate midterm races don't have winners yet
GOP Rep. Hill says he'll weigh whether Hegseth's actions merit impeachment
Leading Dem on midterms aftermath: "We're still in the fight of our lives"
