Biden walks along U.S.-Mexico border in trip to Texas
The visit is his first to the U.S.-Mexico border as president.
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The visit is his first to the U.S.-Mexico border as president.
Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Veronica Escobar, Sen. Angus King and more will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.
Another humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Florida, where more migrants from Cuba and Haiti are arriving by boat. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
The recent rise in crossings by sea comes as President Biden announced a revamped migration management strategy.
The Biden administration unveiled its new plan to manage border security and immigration. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez explains the key points and how it might work in practice.
Hundreds of Cuban migrants have arrived at the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys over the last few days, prompting the park to temporarily close. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joined Vladimir Duthiers to discuss what's driving this latest influx of migrants.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a tweet that at least 88 migrants were from Cuba.
While the Texas National Guard continues their show of force on the U.S.-Mexico border, it's the latest escalation on the immigration debate that rages in Washington and the southern border. Omar Villafranca has more
Volunteers are stepping in to help migrants in El Paso, Texas, as the government struggles to keep up. City and county leaders are working on more housing for the migrants, but nonprofits and churches are doing most of the work now. Omar Villafranca has the latest.
Officials in El Paso, Texas, are working to build temporary housing for an influx of migrants. Several cities along the U.S.-Mexico border have declared a state of emergency following the Supreme Court's decision to indefinitely uphold the Title 42 immigration policy. CBS News producer Elizabeth Campbell reports from El Paso.
The Biden administration says it will continue to enforce Title 42 after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to extend the pandemic-era immigration restrictions. Mr. Biden encouraged the next Congress to pass his immigration reform plan. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini explains what is in the president's plan.
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an emergency order keeping the pandemic-era border restrictions known as Title 42 in place for now. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined Debra Alfarone with an update on how the Biden administration is responding.
In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided to keep in place a pandemic-era restriction on immigration known as Title 42. The decision is in response to a petition from GOP-led states which argued that lifting the policy would lead to an even greater number of migrants crossing the border into cities where shelters are overcrowded. Manuel Bojorquez has the story.
Private aid and faith-based groups have been working to assist migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The city of El Paso, Texas, has been particularly overwhelmed by arrivals, as people had been anticipating an end to the pandemic-era border policy known as Title 42. Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
For nearly three years, the Title 42 public health law has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants to Mexico.
The Biden administration slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after he ordered three buses of migrants to be dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris' home in Washington, D.C., on a bitterly cold Christmas Eve. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest.
A man shot and killed his wife and then himself at a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Thornton, Colo. police say. Buses from Texas dropped off more than 100 migrants outside Vice President Harris' home in Washington on Christmas Eve -- the latest incident of migrants being bussed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to escalate tensions with the Biden administration. And it’s the start of the seven day celebration of Kwanzaa for African Americans' families, friends and communities.
Tens of thousands of migrants are waiting at the southern border as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to rule on Title 42, the pandemic-era policy which allows border officials to expel asylum-seekers on public health grounds. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, joins "Red and Blue" to discuss the situation and what solutions might look like.
Arizona's governor has agreed to remove a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the U.S.-Mexico border. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports from El Paso, Texas.
For the past two weeks, hundreds of migrants have been forced to sleep on the streets of El Paso because space in the city's shelters and churches has been depleted by a sharp increase in migrant arrivals.
Omar Villafranca speaks with border agents in El Paso, Texas, where thousands of migrants face bitter cold and an uncertain fate.
A COVID-era public health policy that allowed border security to turn away millions of asylum-seeking migrants was set to expire, but now awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court. The Texas border city of El Paso has also declared a state of emergency due to the migrant influx. Omar Villafranca has the story.
Yuma, Arizona, is one of the cities along the U.S.-Mexico border to declare a state of emergency to handle an increased number of migrants as the Title 42 restrictions on asylum-seekers are due to expire. Yuma Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls joins CBS News to discuss how his community is preparing and what federal assistance he needs to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to allow it to end the Title 42 border policy. The pandemic-era restriction used to expel migrants from the U.S. was set to expire Wednesday. Andrew Schoenholtz, an immigration law and policy professor at Georgetown, examines the ongoing legal battle.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending 400 National Guard troops to the El Paso border in an attempt to block the flow of migrants into the U.S. Despite the uncertainty surrounding Title 41, the city plans to house as many as 10,000 migrants. Omar Villafranca has the latest.