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.
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Former President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have both made hardline immigration policies essential issues to their political careers.
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.
Pritzker emphasized that the state does not run shelters, and they are the city's responsibility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Officials in El Paso rejected a Biden administration plan that would have kept some migrant families under curfew in that Texas border city.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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."
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."
U.S. officials have been frustrated by what they see as Colombia's unwillingness to take aggressive actions to stem the flow of migration into the Darién jungle.
The Biden administration is rebuffing criticism over the decision to approve the expansion of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it is bound by law to follow through with the project. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
With the number of border crossings soaring, the administration seemed to reverse its stand on such construction and turned to a Trump-era funding technique.
The Biden administration is reversing its course on border wall construction plans, even after condemning the policy instituted by former President Donald Trump. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on the major reversal.