U.S. using pilot program to fast-track deportations of asylum seekers

Immigration lawyers who've found out about the secretive program say it denies migrants due process, restricts access to counsel and effectively ensures their prompt deportation

• Oct 26, 2019

U.S. arrested nearly 1 million migrants at border in past 12 months

In fiscal year 2019, which ended last week, U.S. immigration authorities apprehended or turned away more than 977,000 migrants along the southern border

• Oct 8, 2019

Border Patrol agents screening migrant families for "credible fear"

Border Patrol agents — law enforcement officers — are now interviewing would-be asylum seekers who express fear about returning to their home countries

• Sep 20, 2019

CBP chief says Mexico contributed to big drop in migrant arrests

Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan said the controversial "Remain in Mexico" policy has been a "game changer" in deterring migrant families considering journeying to the U.S.-Mexico border

• Sep 9, 2019

Advocates say "Remain in Mexico" turns migrants into "marketable commodity"

The U.S. is keeping most asylum seekers on the other side of the border in Mexico — where advocates say they can't help them

• Aug 15, 2019

Lawmakers: Migrant kids "falling through the bureaucratic cracks"

"We cannot accept this," tweeted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about a CBS News report that "well over 4,000" migrant children can be detained indefinitely

• Jul 25, 2019

Thousands of migrant children could be detained indefinitely

"Unfortunately, I have well over 4,000 of those children in my care," Office of Refugee Resettlement Director Jonathan Hayes told CBS News in an exclusive interview

• Jul 25, 2019

McAleenan concerned border crisis just a "political issue" for some

Kevin McAleenan testified about conditions at the border one day after meeting with Norah O'Donnell in Texas

• Jul 18, 2019

Inside America's largest migrant processing facility

One woman, who is there with her young son, explained how she crossed into the U.S. illegally in search of a safer and better life.

• Jul 18, 2019

Acting DHS chief worried about more migrant child deaths

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan spoke to "CBS Evening News" Norah O'Donnell in McAllen, Texas

• Jul 17, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggests dissolving DHS

"I think we need to undo a lot of the egregious mistakes that the Bush administration did" said Ocasio-Cortez

• Jul 10, 2019

Border Patrol agent discusses conditions inside detention centers

A recent report found children have no access to soap and water and men were stuffed into standing room only cells

• Jul 3, 2019

New pictures show "dangerous overcrowding" at Border Patrol facilities

"We are concerned that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk," the report says

• Jul 2, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez details grim conditions at migrant detention center

The New York congresswoman said Border Patrol officers were detaining migrant women in cells with no water and instructing them to drink out of toilets

• Jul 1, 2019

100 migrant children returned to "inhumane" Texas facility

Independent monitors who visited the facility said the children inside did not have access to soap and toothbrushes — and most had not showered since they crossed the southern border

• Jun 25, 2019

4 bodies, including 2 infants, found near Texas border

FBI probing grim discovery as White House continues to put blame for border crisis squarely at feet of congressional Democrats

• Jun 24, 2019

Number of migrants apprehended at border in April climbs to 109,000

Officials apprehended more than 58,000 migrants traveling as families last month. The Border Patrol chief warned that the government might "lose control of the border"

• May 8, 2019

Inside tent cities, the largest U.S. attempt to manage record flow of migrants

The air-conditioned facility and another like it in El Paso will be open for at least four months at a cost of nearly $37 million

• May 3, 2019

Number of migrants apprehended along border spikes to 92,000 in March

U.S. immigration authorities apprehended approximately 53,000 families and nearly 9,000 unaccompanied minors along the U.S.-Mexico border in March

• Apr 9, 2019

3,200 pounds of cocaine seized at N.Y.-area port, most in 25 years

It was the biggest seizure of drugs at this port in nearly 25 years

• Mar 11, 2019

"Least enjoyable job I've ever had": John Kelly sounds off on Trump

The former White House chief of staff told a crowd at Duke University that "we don't need a wall from sea to shining sea"

• Mar 7, 2019

High-tech border security privacy concerns

Democrats say President Trump's border wall proposal is an outdated solution to illegal border crossings, and they are pushing for more high-tech solutions like drones and cameras to help secure the border. CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo explains the technology and some of the privacy concerns that come with advanced security measures.

• Feb 15, 2019
• 05:21

Trump "very likely" to sign funding deal if it reaches him, official says

The president said he wants to add to an "agreement in principle" reached by congressional negotiators

• Feb 12, 2019

Butterfly Center asks judge to stop border wall activity on its property

"We will not stand idly by as the bulldozers roll in," center director Marianna Trevino Wright said

• Feb 12, 2019

Trump says he doesn't regret executive order

CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe and CBS News political contributor Leslie Sanchez join CBSN's "Red & Blue" with a look at the president's most recent rhetoric about immigration and how it may be affecting his base.

• Jun 25, 2018
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