At least 40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti
The boat, carrying more than 80 people, was en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, officials said.
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The boat, carrying more than 80 people, was en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, officials said.
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio gave a quick preview Wednesday night of the approach a potential Trump-Vance administration could take on foreign policy. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan joins with analysis.
Eight states have questions on the 2024 ballot to explicitly ban noncitizens from voting in local elections. Seven other states have already altered their constitutions to do so. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez explains why some lawmakers are trying to drum up voter action over something that's not a widespread problem.
Tuesday's theme at the Republican National Convention is "Make America Safe Again." But how worried are Americans about crime? CBS News' Anthony Salvanto and Camilo Montoya-Galvez discuss the numbers.
Immigration remains a top issue for voters heading into the 2024 election. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins to look at the national questions you need answered in this election cycle.
The U.S. will soon begin helping Panama deport migrants crossing the treacherous Darién Gap to reach the southern border. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has details on the initiative.
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border fell to a three-year low in June, the lowest level under the Biden administration, according to preliminary Customs and Border Protection data obtained by CBS News. Immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
A community in Texas is bringing together migrants and America's pastime. Ken Molestina explains.
Immigration is one of the major topics expected to be addressed during Thursday night's presidential debate. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez explains how each candidate plans on tackling the issue.
Federal authorities said 118 Haitian migrants were taken into custody after arriving on a large sailboat.
Migrant crossings at the southern border are down about 40% since early June, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Biden administration attributes the drop to the president's executive action restricting asylum claims. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Arizona Thursday as the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border appears to be dropping. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports from Tucson.
Two decades ago, the 9/11 Commission found al Qaeda acted alone in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. However, a newly-released video obtained by "60 Minutes" shows a man suspected to be a Saudi intelligence agent outside the Capitol two years before the attacks. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis.
Congress is considering whether to expand programs that monitor migrants, including an app called Smartlink that's already monitored thousands deemed low risk. Tom Hanson got a rare inside look to see how it works.
President Biden has announced a major expansion of the Parole in Place program, which will provide protections and a possible pathway to citizenship for about 500,000 undocumented immigrant spouses of American citizens. CBS News' Lana Zak explains how it would work.
A new policy proposal from the White House offers legal protections to some undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. The plan would prevent them from facing deportation while making it easier for them to apply for work visas and permanent residency. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez breaks down how the program would work.
President Biden announced an immigration plan Tuesday to offer legal status to half a million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
The White House's new program impacting undocumented spouses is the second time in a month President Biden took executive action on immigration. He previously restricted asylum claims along the southern border. Senior Biden adviser Tom Perez joins "America Decides" with more on the president's plan.
President Biden on Tuesday issued an executive action that will offer a pathway to citizenship to roughly 500,000 undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens and have been in the country for at least 10 years. Under the program, their undocumented children will also be eligible for legal status. Lilia Luciano has more.
President Biden unveiled sweeping new action Tuesday to offer legal protections to roughly 500,000 undocumented migrants nationwide. The new plan is the largest expansion of immigration policy since "DACA," or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, during the Obama years. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Weijia Jiang have the latest.
Ecuador is suspending a visa exemption with China after authorities noted many Chinese visitors to the South American country aren't leaving the way the law requires them to.
A growing number of Chinese nationals, trying to escape repressive politics and a bleak economy, are headed to the U.S. They’re turning to a gap at the southern border with Mexico as a way to get in.
Dreamers who advocated for the implementation of DACA in 2012 continue to fight for the program, whose future remains uncertain.
In the week since President Biden took executive action to restrict the asylum system, the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the administration broke asylum law. To put both moves into perspective, CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez looks at the numbers behind the system.
Fresh off his trip to France to mark 80 years since D-Day, President Biden has returned across the pond for Thursday's G7 summit. On the docket for the meeting of world leaders: Support for Ukraine, the spread of artificial intelligence and migration. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the details.