Immigration judge among 20 fired by Trump says "caseload will balloon"
Kerry Doyle expected to hear up to 700 cases a year regarding asylum, permanent residence and removal — until she was fired under the Trump administration.
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Kerry Doyle expected to hear up to 700 cases a year regarding asylum, permanent residence and removal — until she was fired under the Trump administration.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined a request from the Trump administration to pause a ruling that blocked the president's executive order to end birthright citizenship.
According to the Department of Agriculture, more than 40% of the country's farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Camilo Montoya-Galvez traveled to a dairy farm in Wisconsin to report on the tension between cheap labor and the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
A hearing for a motion to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended Wednesday afternoon without a ruling. The mayor attended the Manhattan hearing as calls for him to resign or be removed from office grow over quid pro quo allegations with the Trump administration. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
The Trump administration has paused applications for several immigration programs extended for Latin Americans and Ukranians. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
CBS News has learned the Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by migrants from Latin America and Ukraine. Migrants from those areas had been allowed into the U.S. under certain Biden-era programs. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
A hearing will be held Wednesday where the Justice Department will have to explain its decision to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Attorney and CBS News Political reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.
President Trump's immigration crackdown has resulted in more than 8,000 arrests in operations spanning nearly two dozen cities in just the first two weeks since returning to the office. But cooperation between immigration officers and local law enforcement in so-called "sanctuary cities" has been limited. Kati Weis takes an in-depth look at the tension between federal policy and local priorities.
Illegal crossings along the southern border continue to decrease and are now at the lowest level they've been in nearly five years, according to new monthly data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Omar Villafranca has more on what's behind the dramatic drop.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys deny the Trump administration offered a quid pro quo in return for a dismissal of his federal corruption case. He's facing mounting pressure to step down as Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs whether to remove him. Anna Schecter, senior coordinating producer for CBS News' crime and public safety unit, has more.
The Trump administration's immigration policies are impacting schools across the country, as officials responding to rising anxiety among parents and their children, including those here legally.
The Trump administration is holding more than 150 migrant detainees at Guantánamo Bay. A dozen military flights carrying migrants have landed there since President Trump's return to office. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details on the future of Guantánamo Bay and its role in immigration policy.
The Justice Department has fired 20 immigration judges as immigration courts deal with a reported backlog of about 4 million cases. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan heard arguments on Friday in a case brought by several Democratic state attorneys general over the constitutionality of the Department of Government Efficiency. CBS News Justice Department reporter Jake Rosen has more on all the legal challenges filed against President Trump's executive orders and his administration's actions.
Since taking office, some of President Trump's executive actions have been met with legal pushback. CBS News Justice Department reporter Jake Rosen reports on the latest challenges.
CBS News this week got a first-hand look at El Salvador's notorious Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, a prison that could soon house deportees from the U.S. Lilia Luciano went inside the prison and has more.
If there were any doubts among America's European allies that "there's a new sheriff in town," they were erased Friday when Vice President JD Vance said those exact words in his first major speech on the world stage. Margaret Brennan, moderator of "Face the Nation," examines Vance's message at the Munich Security Conference.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will sign an executive order allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into Rikers Island, the city's largest jail. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
The U.S. is deporting unauthorized migrants from Africa and Asia to Panama, a major diplomatic breakthrough for the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts.
After meeting with the White House border czar on Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams says he agreed to allow ICE agents onto Rikers Island to find violent criminals.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Department of Justice is suing New York over the state's Green Light Law.