Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border must be stopped immediately

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the surge of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border must be stopped immediately.

• Jul 11, 2014
• 1:37

Illinois Democrat says the unaccompanied minors flooding the U.S.-Mexico border deserve their day in court before potentially being deported

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., says the unaccompanied minors flooding the U.S.-Mexico border deserve their day in court before potentially being deported.

• Jul 11, 2014
• 2:45

White House spokesman says a better solution would be passing the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill, which would add 20,000 Border Batrol agents

Instead of sending the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the House should pass the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill, which would add 20,000 Border Batrol agents.

• Jul 11, 2014
• 4:03

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, says Obama's inaction -- not the GOP's resistance to immigration reform-- is responsible for the flood of unaccompanied minors at the southern border

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, says Obama's inaction -- not the GOP's resistance to immigration reform-- is responsible for the flood of unaccompanied minors at the southern border.

• Jul 10, 2014
• 1:11

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., downplays disagreements in her caucus over how to deal with the flood of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., downplays disagreements in her caucus over how to deal with the flood of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

• Jul 10, 2014
• 1:55

The recent flood of immigrants could have lasting political implications. CBS News political director John Dickerson talks about the issue with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.

The recent flood of immigrants could have lasting political implications. CBS News political director John Dickerson talks about the issue with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.

• Jul 10, 2014
• 2:17

The president's move comes on the heels of House Speaker John Boehner's decision not to vote on the issue this year

After waiting more than a year for the House to take up an immigration overhaul passed by the Senate, President Obama is moving ahead with a series of executive-level actions he says will improve the system in the absence of any legislation from Congress.

• Jun 30, 2014
• 2:53

The Obama administration will ask Congress for money to help deal with the growing immigrant crisis along the border with Mexico

The Obama administration will ask Congress for money to help deal with the growing immigrant crisis along the border with Mexico. Along with the new funding, the White House also wants authorities to fast-track deportations and enforce tougher penalties against human traffickers. Charlie Rose reports.

• Jun 30, 2014
• 0:31

"CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the headlines from around the globe

"CBS This Morning" takes a look at some of the headlines from around the globe.

• Jun 27, 2014
• 1:12

With perceived promises of safety and amnesty in the U.S., the flood of immigrants from south and central America has increased greatly in the last year. A large number of those attempting the long trek to freedom are children

With perceived promises of safety and amnesty in the U.S., the flood of immigrants from south and central America has increased greatly in the last year. A large number of those attempting the long trek to freedom are children. As Manuel Bojorquez found out, the route north is littered with danger.

• Jun 25, 2014
• 2:10

Reporters were finally allowed into a border patrol facility that has been inundated with migrant children who've crossed the U.S.-Mexico border

Reporters were finally allowed into a border patrol facility that has been inundated with migrant children who've crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. They will remain in custody until they are reunited with a parent or scheduled for an immigration hearing. Vicente Arenas reports.

• Jun 18, 2014
• 1:26

Vicente Arenas reports on two young girls who crossed the Rio Grande to be reunited with their mother

Since last June, 47,000 children have crossed the border into the U.S. Vicente Arenas reports on two young girls who crossed the Rio Grande to be reunited with their mother.

• Jun 18, 2014
• 3:10

Homeland Security claims nearly 90,000 illegal immigrant children will be picked up crossing the border into the U.S. this year

Homeland Security claims nearly 90,000 illegal immigrant children will be picked up crossing the border into the U.S. this year. Vicente Arenas spoke to three boys who made the journey from Honduras to escape gangs and violence and are now waiting for a deportation hearing to be scheduled.

• Jun 17, 2014
• 2:04

The Border Patrol says there has been a 92 percent increase in unaccompanied children crossing the border into the U.S. since last summer

The Border Patrol says there has been a 92 percent increase in unaccompanied children crossing the border into the U.S. since last summer. Texas has so many of these kids that it began sending them to Arizona last month. Anna Werner reports.

• Jun 9, 2014
• 1:55

Lapel camera video shows what happened during the DWI arrest of a law student who says a police officer roughed him up so badly, doctors had to remove one of his testicles

Lapel camera video shows what happened during the DWI arrest of a law student in Albuquerque, N.M., who says a police officer roughed him up so badly, doctors had to remove one of his testicles.

• May 21, 2014
• 1:08

A 12,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage girl has been found inside a huge underground chamber in the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

A 12,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage girl has been found inside a huge underground chamber north of the city of Tulum, in the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Research done on her skeleton and DNA just released by the journal Science bolsters the theory that pioneers arrived from Asia by way of a land bridge that has long since disappeared.

• May 16, 2014
• 0:53

Surge in migrant children entering the U.S.

The Biden administration is facing a surge of migrants entering the country, some illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Mireya Villarreal reports from the border town of McAllen, Texas.

• Mar 20, 2021
• 2:49

The 87-year-old Nobel Prize-winning author died at his home in Mexico City after a long battle with cancer

The 87-year-old Nobel Prize-winning author died at his home in Mexico City after a long battle with cancer. Best known for novels such as “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in The Time of Cholera,” Garcia Marquez's works have outsold everything ever published in Spanish except for the Bible. Charles Osgood reports.

• Apr 20, 2014
• 1:30

It's been four years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and unleashed oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Scientists dove to the Gulf floor for the first time since 2010 to determine how marine life is recovering.

It's been four years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and unleashed oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Scientists dove to the Gulf floor for the first time since 2010 to determine how marine life is recovering. Chip Reid reports.

• Apr 17, 2014
• 2:57

Drones have helped archaeologists uncover a 1000-year-old village in New Mexico

Drones have helped archaeologists uncover a 1000-year-old village in New Mexico. Researchers can now see what lies beneath a landscape covered in dirt and vegetation, giving unique insight into what it was like. KRQE-TV's Gabrrielle Burkhart reports.

• Apr 16, 2014
• 1:34

The U.S. Navy and National Guard are on a mission to rescue a 1-year-old child sickened with salmonella more than a thousand miles off Mexico's pacific coast. How the baby and her parents came to be there in the first place is raising questions.

The U.S. Navy and National Guard are on a mission to rescue a 1-year-old child sickened with salmonella more than a thousand miles off Mexico's pacific coast. How the baby and her parents came to be there in the first place is raising questions. Marlee Hall reports.

• Apr 5, 2014
• 1:51

1-year-old baby Lyra required help from the California Air National Guard after falling ill aboard her family's sailboat at sea

The California Air National Guard stabilized a 1-year-old baby named Lyra when she became seriously ill aboard her family's sailboat more than a thousand miles off the coast of Mexico. Betty Yu of KPIX-TV reports.

• Apr 5, 2014
• 1:32

Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes take part in one of the world's great natural migrations

Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes take part in one of the world's great natural migrations. They settle on Nebraska's Platte river and fatten up in nearby cornfields during their 7,000-mile trip that starts in Mexico and ends as far north as Siberia. Dean Reynolds reports.

• Apr 1, 2014
• 2:49

Migrants wait as U.S. faces influx at border

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refrained from calling the surge of migrants at the U.S. border a "crisis" during a hearing yesterday and defended the Biden administration's efforts to process cases. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal joins CBSN AM with more from the border.

• Mar 18, 2021
• 9:09

A poor harvest and unstable conditions in Mexico have led to a steep rise in the price of the limes for American customers

A poor harvest and unstable conditions in Mexico have led to a steep rise in the price of the limes for American customers. In some places, like San Jose, Calif., bar and restaurant owners are shelling out nearly four times what they were paying a month ago. KPIX-TV's Betty Yu reports.

• Mar 27, 2014
• 1:24

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