El Paso desperate for resources ahead of expected migrant surge
In downtown El Paso, shelters are at capacity and city blocks are lined with huddled masses.
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In downtown El Paso, shelters are at capacity and city blocks are lined with huddled masses.
Title 42, a public health law first invoked by the Trump administration, allows U.S. border officials to expel migrants without allowing them to request asylum.
The pandemic-era rule made it easier for U.S. authorities to turn back migrants, many who are fleeing poverty and persecution.
The immediate implications of the order were not clear, as any U.S. effort to return migrants to Mexico under a formal policy has to be greenlit by the Mexican government.
Monaco said she is "concerned about the increase in illegal immigration" as well as "human smuggling" and "drug smuggling."
Officials are seeing a surge of migrants at the southern U.S. border as Title 42 is set to expire next week. Border patrol says they are overwhelmed with the influx and need immediate help. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano discusses from El Paso, Texas.
Expulsions of migrants under a public health authority known as Title 42 are set to end on Dec. 21 because of a court order.
Title 42, a policy that allows U.S. border officials to expel some migrants on public health grounds, is set to end on Dec. 21 because of a court order.
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One Philadelphia City Council member called the sick 10-year-old's transport "one of the more inhumane aspects" of the Texas governor's policy.
In addition to reporting unprecedented numbers of migrant deaths over the past years, Border Patrol has recorded a sharp increase in rescues and life-saving operations to assist migrants in distress.
The victim was in Border Patrol custody at the time of the shooting, authorities said.
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One million of border encounters in fiscal year 2022 have resulted in migrants being expelled from the U.S. under Title 42, a coronavirus-era policy.
Arriving by bus and plane in Northern California, dozens of migrant families, including children, were dropped off without any direction or assistance.
Officers found about 100 pounds of undeclared cheese hidden under blankets in a woman's car.
"Our goal certainly is to be able to process all vulnerable populations in a fair and equitable way," U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus told CBS News.
Two days after arriving at a temporary migrant shelter at the border with the U.S. in June, Rosa Viridiana Ceron Alpizar's 9-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son fell ill.
Businesses were burned and a local radio presenter was among those killed, authorities and witnesses said.
"El Jefe" – or "The Boss" – is one of the oldest jaguars on record along the frontier.
With a new school year now just weeks away in heavily patrolled South Texas, there are worries the lockdowns will resume and deepen the trauma for scarred students in Uvalde.
Similar scenes of solemn preparation played out across Mexico as the bodies of 16 of those lost in the tragedy were brought to Mexico.
Under an accord President Biden will unveil at the Summit of the Americas, several countries commit to taking in more asylum-seekers, among other steps.
Railway security personnel found the bodies after seeing a foot sticking out of a moving railroad car, the National Institute of Migration said.
There's no indication the national baby formula shortage is connected to the distribution of formula to migrant babies in U.S. border custody.