Latin America surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths

The region accounts for approximately 29% of global fatalities.

• May 23, 2021

U.S. to allow more asylum-seekers

As part of negotiations from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU, the Biden administration has agreed to allow up to 250 asylum-seekers who meet certain criteria into the country per day. Meanwhile, ProPublica reports the administration is fighting misinformation that's driving more people to the U.S.-Mexico border. Lomi Kriel, a reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative, spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about what she learned from her investigation.

• May 18, 2021
• 10:09

Police chief on family's deaths in Mexico

Police Chief Paul Vermeer of Creston, Iowa, talked with reporters about the news that a local family of four died while vacationing in Mexico.

• Mar 23, 2018
• 1:38

Trump's border wall

In the House spending bill, President Trump $1.6 billion in funding for the border wall. But most of those projects were put in place before the election. CBSN political contributor and The Hill Capitol Hill reporter Molly Hooper explained why the spending bill may have been President Trump's last chance to get funding for the wall.

• Mar 22, 2018
• 1:37

Runaway teen found in Mexico

Amy Yu, 16, was reunited with her family Sunday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, after being found with 45-year-old Kevin Esterly in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver reports.

• Mar 18, 2018
• 1:56

Trump tours border wall prototypes

President Trump made the trip Tuesday to the Southern California border shortly after ousting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

• Mar 13, 2018
• 14:07

"60 Minutes" preview: Human smuggling

Border patrol agents in south Texas have been cracking down on human smuggling. They have stopped at least 30 trucks packed with people this year. On Sunday night, Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" talks to a migrant who survived a journey that turned deadly.

• Mar 11, 2018
• 1:51

What does the NAFTA fight mean?

After seven rounds of talks, negotiators from the U.S., Canada and Mexico are still struggling to revamp the trade agreement.

• Mar 9, 2018
• 1:41

Global backlash to Trump's tariffs

Many countries are pushing back against President Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum. CBS News contributor and Signal newsletter writer for GZERO Media, Gabe Lipton, takes CBSN through the latest.

• Mar 9, 2018
• 3:21

Security alert issued for Mexican resort town

The State Department has abruptly closed the U.S. consulate in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, and is prohibiting all U.S. government employees from traveling to the resort town. Government sources tell CBS News this is because of a “real crime threat” connected to warring drug cartels. Anna Werner reports.

• Mar 9, 2018
• 3:01

Travel warning for Playa de Carmen

The U.S. has issued a travel warning for the Mexican city of Playa del Carmen, a popular travel destination for students traveling for spring break.

• Mar 9, 2018
• 1:00

Mexico travel warning

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a new travel alert for Playa del Carmen after an explosion on a tourist ferry left several people hurt. Now, CBS News has learned the reason is a "real crime threat" connected to Mexico's drug cartels. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.

• Mar 8, 2018
• 1:37

Trump talks tariffs at Cabinet meeting

President Trump said an exemption from his proposed steel and aluminum tariff plan for countries like Canada and Mexico could be considered if a deal on NAFTA is reached.

• Mar 8, 2018
• 5:20

Travel warning for Playa del Carmen, Mexico

The State Department is warning U.S. government employees to avoid the area of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, due to an unspecified security threat. This follows a ferry explosion last month which injured more than 20 people and the discovery of more explosives aboard a boat last week in nearby Cozumel.

• Mar 8, 2018
• 0:31

Former border patrol agent speaks

Former border patrol agent Francisco Cantu joined "Red & Blue" to discuss his new book "The Line Becomes a River." He talks about misconceptions about migrants and border agents, as well as whether he thinks a wall will work.

• Feb 28, 2018
• 11:28

Security video shows Mexico ferry explosion

Investigators in Mexico are trying to determine the cause of an explosion onboard a ferry in Playa del Carmen on the Caribbean coast. As many as 25 people on a dock were hurt including seven Americans. Vladimir Duthiers reports.

• Feb 22, 2018
• 2:03

Teen sentenced for smuggling tiger

A California teen has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling a tiger cub from Mexico. His attorney claimed he wanted to keep the animal as a pet, but prosecutors argued he was running an animal smuggling business.

• Feb 21, 2018
• 0:23

Strong earthquake rocks Mexico

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico's Oaxaca state, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake comes months after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck central Mexico, leaving 228 people dead in the capital and 369 across the region.

• Feb 16, 2018
• 0:24

An exclusive look at the asylum process

The Biden administration has admitted more than 10,000 asylum seekers since it ended former President Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy in January. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez sat down with a couple who were reunited because of the policy reversal. He joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest at the border.

• May 10, 2021
• 8:48

Panel analyzes immigration reform

CBSN political contributor and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez, Democratic strategist and former DHS consultant under former President George W. Bush Mustafa Tameez and Washington Post congressional reporter and CBS News contributor Ed O'Keefe join "CBSN Originals" for a closer look at the White House's immigration plan and how lawmakers are reacting to it.

• Jan 29, 2018
• 7:51

Border wall effect on Native American reservation

The Tohono O'odham Nation straddles 75 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. The region is used by drug cartels and people trying to cross into the United States. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal discusses the newest "CBSN Originals" documentary, "The Wall - A Nation Divided."

• Jan 29, 2018
• 4:35

Native nations on Trump wall proposal

If President Trump gets the $25 million he wants to build a southern border wall, the project will face many obstacles -- including opposition from native nations. The wall would run right through the Arizona desert that belongs to one of America's largest tribes -- and it would divide thousands from their nation on the Mexican side of the border. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jan 27, 2018
• 3:12

CBSN Original preview: The Wall - A Nation Divided

CBSN Originals visits the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation — which sits across the Nevada/Mexico border. Where it exists at all in this region, the border is often a ramshackle barbed-wire-and-sticks fence. A new, secure border wall might mean the end of a way of life for a people who have walked to and fro across the international boundary since before the United States existed.

• Jan 26, 2018
• 1:00

1/24/18: Red and Blue

A look back at President Trump's first year shaping immigration policy; former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox on the wall, immigration and NAFTA.

• Jan 24, 2018
• 26:22

Dad deported to Mexico

The family of Jorge Garcia, a Michigan man deported to Mexico, says they will fight to get him back to the U.S. Garcia has lived in the U.S. for around 30 years and has an American wife and two children. Anna Werner spoke to the family.

• Jan 17, 2018
• 3:22

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