Migrant crisis grows at southern border

One of the U.S. southern border's most remote stretches has become one of the busiest. Adam Yamaguchi reports from the border town of Lukeville, Arizona.

• Dec 7, 2023
• 2:25

Texas must remove floating Rio Grande border barrier, appeals court rules

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling and ordered Texas to stop any work on the roughly 1,000-foot barrier.

• Dec 1, 2023

Greg Abbott endorses Trump for 2024

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed Donald Trump for president Sunday at a rally near the southern border. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

• Nov 20, 2023
• 4:43

Biden to send immigration officials to Panama to help screen migrants

Nearly 500,000 migrants, half of them women and children, have crossed into Panama this year through the notorious Darién jungle. Many of them have sought to reach the U.S.

• Nov 20, 2023

Trump receives endorsement from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at border

Former President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have both made hardline immigration policies essential issues to their political careers.

• Nov 19, 2023

Chinese migrants seek new life in U.S.

A growing number of Chinese migrants are traveling halfway around the world to enter the U.S. through the border with Mexico. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer follows the journey of those willing to risk their lives for a chance to make it in the U.S. and break free of China's weak economy, repression and corruption.

• Nov 17, 2023
• 4:16

Pritzker: City has not moved fast enough on shelter for migrants

Pritzker emphasized that the state does not run shelters, and they are the city's responsibility.

• Nov 17, 2023

Biden campaign slams Trump's immigration plan

President Biden's campaign is taking aim at former President Donald Trump's rhetoric and proposals surrounding immigration ahead of the 2024 presidential elections. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez looks at how Mr. Biden's campaign aims to shift American perception on immigrants seeking entry into the U.S.

• Nov 15, 2023
• 4:44

Bipartisan group of senators working to forge border security deal

Partisan gridlock has doomed numerous other attempts to pass a bipartisan reform of the U.S. immigration system, which has not been updated in any significant way since 1996.

• Nov 10, 2023

Massachusetts shelters reaching capacity

The number of families in Massachusetts in need of emergency shelter keeps growing due to an influx of migrants arriving, state officials say. Gov. Maura Healey says the state doesn't have the resources to serve more than 7,500 families. Matthew Medsger, a politics reporter for the Boston Herald, joins CBS News with the implications for immigrant families arriving in Massachusetts.

• Nov 9, 2023
• 3:28

Rhetoric links migrants to crime despite data

Politicians use rhetoric about undocumented migrants as a political tool, many linking migration to crime across the U.S., but the available data paints a different picture. CBS News' Omar Villafranca traveled to the southern border and Washington D.C. to find out if the rhetoric matches the reality.

• Nov 7, 2023
• 6:16

Inside the huge backlog of immigration cases

Many people crossing the border in search of asylum are entering a chronically jammed immigration court system. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green has more on why the backlog is so long.

• Nov 7, 2023
• 2:37

Trump outlines radical immigration policy

Former President Donald Trump has outlined a radical shift in U.S. immigration policy if he's elected president again in 2024, vowing to implement a slew of unprecedented measures targeting both legal and unauthorized immigrants, including a massive deportation blitz. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

• Nov 2, 2023
• 4:54

America's Migration Reckoning | CBS Reports

Major cities far from the southern border are struggling to deal with the arrival of record numbers of migrants. In New York City, the right to shelter is being tested — and tensions are rising. CBS Reports examines the crossroads of families fighting for a future, a city struggling to keep up, and a nation in the throes of a migration reckoning.

• Oct 26, 2023
• 22:38

"CBS Reports" covers U.S. immigration crisis

A new "CBS Reports" documentary is examining the challenges migrant families face and the struggle of sanctuary cities such as New York to keep up with the influx of immigrants. CBS News New York reporter Jessi Mitchell has more.

• Nov 1, 2023
• 8:11

Biden administration scraps border program

A Biden administration plan to require some migrant families to remain in Texas while immigration authorities determined their eligibility for asylum collapsed due to local opposition in the Democratic-led border city of El Paso, according to two U.S. officials and government documents obtained by CBS News. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

• Oct 25, 2023
• 4:35

Biden officials shelve plan to require some migrants to remain in Texas

Officials in El Paso rejected a Biden administration plan that would have kept some migrant families under curfew in that Texas border city.

• Oct 25, 2023

Families separated at border reach settlement

The Biden administration has agreed to offer migrant families separated under the Trump administration social and legal benefits while limiting the government's ability to carry out a similar policy in the future as part of an effort to settle a years-old court case. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

• Oct 17, 2023
• 4:31

Probe into Martha's Vineyard migrant flights

Dozens of migrants were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last year. A sheriff investigating the flights claims it was more than just a political stunt; he believes it was a crime.

• Oct 15, 2023
• 13:18

Investigating how Florida flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard

Dozens of migrants were flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last year on flights arranged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office. Now a Texas sheriff is investigating.

• Oct 15, 2023

Texas sheriff investigating migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard

Dozens of migrants were flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last year. A sheriff investigating the flights claims it was more than just a political stunt; he believes it was a crime.

• Oct 15, 2023

The 50 | Sunday on 60 Minutes

The migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard – orchestrated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office – involved exploitation and deception, says Texas Sheriff Javier Salazar. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.

• Oct 13, 2023
• 0:32

Face The Nation: Adams, Pritzker, Scott

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Rep. Nancy Mace tells "Face the Nation" that she will support Rep. Jim Jordan in the race to become the next speaker, New York City Mayor Eric Adams tells "Face the Nation" that in the last week of September, over 3,700 asylum seekers arrived, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells "Face the Nation" that as thousands of migrants have come into Chicago, "we understand the humanitarian crisis that we're addressing – but we can't address this by ourselves. We need help from the White House."

• Oct 8, 2023
• 26:28

"We need help from the White House"

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a close ally of President Biden, tells "Face the Nation" that as thousands of migrants have come into Chicago, "we understand the humanitarian crisis that we're addressing – but we can't address this by ourselves. We need help from the White House."

• Oct 8, 2023
• 5:11

NYC mayor: Migrant numbers are "not sustainable"

New York City Mayor Eric Adams tells "Face the Nation" that in the last week of September, over 3,700 asylum seekers arrived — numbers that he says are "not sustainable."

• Oct 8, 2023
• 6:53

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