Asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico face danger and desperation
Her husband was murdered in Honduras, and her 4-year-old son was almost kidnapped in Mexico. The U.S. still forced her to wait in one of Mexico's most dangerous cities
Immigration
New White House rule cracks down on legal immigrant welfare
The rule affects most aspects of life for immigrants — from medical care and English language proficiency, to food stamps and other welfare programs
Ken Cuccinelli briefs reporters on immigration rule changes
Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Ken Cuccinelli told reporters immigrants need to be able to stand on their "own two feet"
The desperate pleas of asylum seekers who "Remain in Mexico"
The U.S. government has forced thousands of asylum-seeking families to wait in dangerous Mexican cities for their court dates. During their hearings in the U.S., most of their pleas are futile
Border crossings dips below 100K for first time in months
The number of migrants crossing the southern border has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in five months
Hundreds of workers released after massive Mississippi raids
Nearly 700 undocumented workers were rounded up at work places in Mississippi on Wednesday. Some have been released — but communities are still reeling from the massive operation
ICE rounds up hundreds in immigration sweeps in Mississippi
In a series of workplace raids in southern Mississippi, authorities apprehended approximately 680 undocumented workers
Sobbing girl begs for dad's release after massive ICE raid
"Let my parent be free with everybody else please," the girl says after her father was one of hundreds of undocumented immigrants rounded up by ICE in Mississippi
ACLU files lawsuit over fast-track deportation policies
The lawsuit called the extension of the policy allowing immigration officers to deport migrants without requiring them to appear before judges as "dramatic" and "illegal"
For many, it's clear why El Paso was targeted in the shooting
El Paso has fed and sheltered tens of thousands of migrant families this year alone, and advocates say the massacre was an attack on the border city's compassion and diversity
O'Rourke: Trump's rhetoric "has a lot to do" with El Paso shooting
O'Rourke draws a direct link between the president's divisive rhetoric and the apparent motives of the white man suspected of killing 20 people in El Paso
Will Hurd: El Paso massacre is "white nationalism terrorism"
Authorities are investigating the mass shooting as a possible hate crime and evaluating an anti-immigrant manifesto denouncing Texas' Hispanic population
All unaccompanied children removed from Florida migrant facility
Homestead was the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children
Federal judge strikes down Trump asylum ban
Another judge temporarily blocked the rule last week
Boston's duckling statues put in cages
"Make Way for Ducklings" has been a Boston landmark for over 30 years – today, the baby ducks were put in cages
32-year-old man who recently crossed border dies at facility
A Salvadoran consulate official said the man was traveling with his 11-year-old daughter, who is alive and at a New Mexico shelter
Doctors call for investigation after 3 migrant children die of flu
The doctors say migrant detention centers "may not be following best practices with respect to screening, treatment, isolation, and prevention of influenza"
Biden comes under fire for Obama-era deportations at Detroit debate
"It looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't," Julián Castro, who also served in the Obama administration, told former Vice President Joe Biden
Which candidates would decriminalize crossing border illegally?
Some of the Democratic candidates were asked whether crossing the border illegally should be decriminalized. Here's what some of them had to say
900 migrant kids separated from parents despite court order, ACLU says
According to the ACLU, the Trump administration has accused mothers who were victims of gang violence of being gang members themselves
Lawsuit seeks info on John Kelly's ties to company housing migrants
Lawsuit follows an exclusive CBS News report in May that the former White House chief of staff had joined the board of the nation's only for-profit company holding unaccompanied migrant kids
Three meals in Nevada: Voters talk immigration ahead of 2020
One group of church friends learned about each others' political affiliations for the first time
Castro: Migrants may "end up dead" because of asylum deal
"You're going to now ensure that more of those people who are desperate, who are fleeing desperate circumstances, end up dead," Castro said
Democratic senators decry Trump's asylum deal with Guatemala
"Our country cannot continue to impose the cost of what's happening on other countries, mainly Mexico and now apparently, we're trying to do it to Guatemala," Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii told CBS News
Supreme Court allows Trump to use military funds for border wall
The Supreme Court is allowing contracts for border wall to be completed while the legal fight over the wall continues to be waged
Former RFK Jr. adviser accuses Trump officials of corruption
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Trump says he sees no reason to escalate war with Iran
Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang over Chinese espionage concerns
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"Forever cruise" arrested at Singapore port, court records show
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"
