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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte negotiated for months over a package of measures to reduce the flow of new migrants arriving in the country of nearly 18 million people.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte negotiated for months over a package of measures to reduce the flow of new migrants arriving in the country of nearly 18 million people.
The number of migrants crossing the U.S. border has declined since the expiration of Title 42 back in May, but that doesn't mean people have stopped trying. Thousands of migrants are making their way from South America through Panama's Darién Gap, a treacherous region where the elements are brutal. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins us to discuss what some of them experience as they make their way north.
Two bodies were pulled from the Rio Grande River on Saturday, one on Sunday and another on Monday, officials said.
The bus was carrying 41 asylum seekers from Cuba, Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Florida no longer recognizes driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants from other states.
The former home of a boarding school, the campus will house migrant boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17 who entered U.S. border custody without their parents.
The men from the village of Bandli, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, were among hundreds who paid smugglers for a chance at a better life, but ended up sinking just 50 miles from Greece.
Rescuers pulled 104 survivors from the water and later recovered 78 bodies, but have not located any more since late Wednesday.
At least 78 people have died after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the Greek coast. Reports suggest there could have been between 400 and 750 people on board. Greek authorities have now arrested nine Egyptian nationals in connection with the illegal voyage. The BBC's Sofia Bettiza has the latest.
One official said the type of old fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean, this one carrying as many as 750 people, are like "floating coffins."
It was unclear how many passengers might still be in the water, but some initial reports suggested hundreds of people may have been on board.
Florida officials have confirmed they orchestrated two of the flights transporting migrants from El Paso to Sacramento. Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration released this video and says the migrants signed paperwork agreeing to head to the Golden State. New York Times national correspondent Shawn Hubler has more.
California's attorney general is investigating two flights that carried migrants from Texas to Sacramento. California is blaming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the flights and says they might have been illegal. Elise Preston reports.
Rob Bonta says the 16 migrants dropped off at a church had documents showing the state of Florida had coordinated and paid for their flight. He said the Florida governor treated them like political pawns.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with the migrants Saturday, saying that the state is working to determine who planned the trip and whether any criminal laws were violated.
A nurse who treated an 8-year-old migrant girl who fell ill and then died on May 17 at a Border Patrol facility in Harlingen, Texas, denied multiple requests from the girl's family that she be taken to a hospital, federal officials confirmed Thursday. Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease. Omar Villafranca has more.
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, died after she and her family spent over a week in Border Patrol custody.
Federal investigators say a nurse denied multiple requests to take an 8-year-old migrant girl to the hospital on the same day she died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas. Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease. Nick Miroff, who covers immigration enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security for The Washington Post, joins CBS News with more.
Homeland Security officials say the U.S. plans to expand the processing of asylum seekers along the southern border by admitting nearly 40,000 migrants at official crossings each month. The process, beginning this month, will allow migrants waiting in Mexico to make an appointment through the government mobile app CBP One. Officials plan to issue over 1,200 appointments per day. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
U.S. officials are preparing to distribute 1,250 appointments each day to migrants in Mexico so they can present themselves at ports of entry for an opportunity to be allowed to seek asylum.
What Americans want done at the border is related to why they think people are trying to cross it in the first place.
The mother of an 8-year-old migrant who died in U.S. custody asked for medical help three times on the day the child died. The death came as several northern cities struggled to house newly arriving migrants. Errol Barnett reports.
As New York City faces an incoming influx of migrants, Mayor Eric Adams said that if immigration policy is "coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner are actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city."
Increasing numbers are calling on the Biden administration to be tougher at border.
Crossings at the U.S. southern border remained relatively low following the expiration of Title 42. Immigration officials, who had predicted a sizable influx, say it's proof their policies are working. Ed O'Keefe has more.