2,100 kids crossed border alone after being expelled with families
They seem to have separated from their families voluntarily to try to get across the southern border.
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Harris announces trip to Mexico and Guatemala
Harris will take her first trip abroad as vice president on June 7 and 8.
Biden officials defend response to record arrivals of migrant children
The Biden administration is on track to open 11 makeshift shelters to accommodate the increasing number of migrant children.
Video shows boy abandoned near U.S. border asking for help
The boy was distraught and crying after waking up and realizing he was left behind by a group of migrants.
Attorneys raise concerns about housing sites for migrant children
Attorneys who inspected two emergency housing sites for migrant children in Texas also reported limited or non-existing recreational and educational services.
Video shows alleged smugglers dropping 2 children over 14-foot border fence into U.S.
The two girls, ages 3 and 5, were left abandoned in a New Mexico desert.
Inside a Border Patrol facility holding 16 times its capacity
The Border Patrol tent in Donna, Texas, was holding 3,200 unaccompanied children on Tuesday, including 39 minors held for over 15 days.
Family reunites as U.S. scrambles to house migrant children
The San Diego Convention Center is housing 500 migrant girls between the ages of 13 and 17 who crossed the border alone. Another 250 are expected to arrive later in the night.
Migrants influx continues as U.S. political debate intensifies
CBS News spoke to one smuggler, who said that even with the risk of being deported, they still want to try.
Lawmakers take dueling trips to border amid concerns about migrant surge
Republican Senator Mike Braun described an immigration system that has been "swamped."
U.S. adding 16,000 emergency beds for migrant children
The plan involves repurposing convention centers, camps for oil workers and military bases to house the influx of migrant children.
Biden administration to open emergency shelters amid border surge
The Biden administration is now directing shelters to fast-track the release of unaccompanied minors.
Refugee agency to fast-track release of some migrant children
This guidance is the Biden administration's latest effort to address the soaring number of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border.
Migrants seeking asylum despite warnings
More than 15,000 unaccompanied children are being held at U.S. border; Sen. Murphy visited and says "I wouldn't want my children to be in those detention facilities."
Biden administration pressed to allow media to border facilities
In his confirmation hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas promised "to elevate the level of public engagement, so that we are a transparent agency."
DHS secretary visits border amid influx of asylum seekers
The DHS secretary and four senators visited several facilities, including a processing center for unaccompanied children.
FEMA chief says COVID-19 positivity rate among migrants is less than 6%
"What we're seeing is less than 6% positive right now, coming across the border," Acting Administrator Robert Fenton told lawmakers.
FEMA deployed to help process migrant children
Migrant children have reported sleeping in overcrowded conditions and having limited access to showers while in Border Patrol custody.
DHS chief urges patience with "stressful challenge" along border
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also announced that migrant families who were separated under the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the U.S.
700 kids crossed the U.S. border alone after being required to wait in Mexico
"We never expected to experience so much suffering on this border," said one migrant father.
Biden committed to immigration pledges, advisers say
Transition officials said the changes in immigration policy changes — especially along the U.S.-Mexico border — will take time, given the ongoing pandemic.
Migrant children illegally deported
U.S border agents violated a federal judge's court order to halt all expulsions of unaccompanied minors using a COVID-era policy without legal standing. Now shelter officials are saying there are ways the government can legally protect minors while also following COVID protocols. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined "CBSN AM" to share his reporting.
Shelter officials oppose Trump's effort to expel migrant children
Shelter officials who work with the government to house migrant children oppose efforts to expel the minors with little or no due process.
Trump border wall being built on pristine land hurts animal migration
"It's a huge richness of biodiversity, of culture and relationship between the two nations," said conservationist Jose Manuel Perez. "We are losing that with this wall."
Migrant girl fled to the U.S. fearing sexual abuse but was expelled
15-year-old Marjory is one of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children U.S. border officials have expelled during the pandemic.
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