Graham introduces bill to extend detention of migrant children

Graham's bill also calls for the hiring of 500 new immigration judges and would force migrants to apply for asylum in their home country instead of at the border

• May 15, 2019

HHS rule lets health care workers refuse care that violates religious beliefs

Critics of the rule argue that this could limit medical access for women seeking abortions or LGBT individuals

• May 2, 2019

White House requests $4.5 billion for additional border funding

The funding request does not include money for a border wall, which Congress has refused to fund

• May 1, 2019

Reuniting migrant families could take years

In a court filing, U.S. officials said it could take two years to identify possibly thousands of immigrant children separated from their families at the southern border. A federal judge has demanded a plan to find the children and their families. Some of the children may already be with family members, but details are unclear. Associated Press correspondent Elliot Spagat joins CBSN from El Paso, Texas, to explain the latest developments.

• Apr 8, 2019
• 4:11

Largest U.S. holding facility for migrant kids expands again

The Homestead, Florida location is already home to some 2,000 teenagers, sleeping in rooms with as many as 200 beds

• Apr 4, 2019

Teen sues over chickenpox vaccine

In northern Kentucky, an outbreak of more than 30 cases of chickenpox prompted health officials to ban unvaccinated students from school. A student's family is suing for religious reasons. Dean Reynolds reports.

• Mar 20, 2019
• 1:53

Teen refuses chickenpox vaccine despite outbreak

Jerome Kunkel said he refused to get the vaccine based on religious beliefs

• Mar 20, 2019

HHS docs: Migrant children sexually abused in U.S. custody

According to documents obtained by Rep. Ted Deutch's office, more than 4,500 sexual abuse complaints were reported over the past four years

• Feb 27, 2019

Migrant children in U.S. are being held in unlicensed shelters, lawyers say

A team of lawyers who inspect shelters say thousands of unaccompanied children are housed in unlicensed facilities

• Jan 23, 2019

N.J. health workers on deadly outbreak

Two workers from the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation spoke to New Jersey Advance Media after a deadly adenovirus outbreak at the facility killed 10 children and infected at least 23 more. The employees say administrators kept sick children at the rehab center instead of putting them in the hospital to retain government funding. Susan Livio, statehouse reporter for New Jersey Advance Media, discusses her reporting.

• Nov 15, 2018
• 4:46

Study links phone radiation to cancer in rats

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the final results of a two-year study on cellphone radiation and cancer in rats. Scientists said they see a connection between radio frequency radiation and tumors in rats that were tested, but they also cautioned that the exposure the rats experienced is much higher than what people typically encounter. Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have more.

• Nov 2, 2018
• 0:43

Gov't accused of giving migrant kids psychotropic drugs

"I have been told that the medications are supposed to help me, but I don't remember why. My stomach hurts almost every day," said one 17-year-old in a declaration filed in federal court

• Oct 22, 2018

More mortuary officers sent to Puerto Rico

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it is sending 13 military mortuary officers to Puerto Rico. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.

• Aug 6, 2018
• 3:46

Boy's hot dog stand gets permit

A 13-year-old Minnesota boy opened up his own hot dog stand, and the health department got a complaint about it. Instead of shutting it down, the city helped the driven teen get a permit.

• Jul 18, 2018
• 1:21

Children under 5 reunited with parents

The Department of Health and Human Services says all 57 eligible children under age 5 separated from their parents at the border had been reunited. Now the Trump administration is scrambling to meet a July 26 deadline to reunite families with older kids. CBS News' Mireya Villarreal joins CBSN with the latest.

• Jul 12, 2018
• 4:13

Undocumented families still waiting reunion

The Trump administration has increased its count of children who have been separated from their families at the U.S. border. The Department of Health and Human Services now says it has fewer than 3,000 in custody. Last week, it was 2,047. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 6, 2018
• 2:16

Leaked video offers unfiltered look inside facility for separated children

CBS News has obtained cellphone video from inside the Cayuga Centers in New York showing children huddled in what look like classrooms

• Jun 27, 2018

Judge orders border families to be reunited

A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration must reunite separated immigrant families within 30 days. The order, after an ACLU lawsuit, also sets a 14-day deadline for children under 5 to be returned to their parents. The Department of Health and Human Services says more than 2,000 children are still separated from their families. David Begnaud reports.

• Jun 27, 2018
• 2:44

42 children have fled network of migrant shelters along the border since October

A 15-year-old boy living at a former Walmart that is now a shelter along the border has gone missing

• Jun 25, 2018

Feds scramble to reunite families

Hundreds of protestors in Tornillo, Texas chanted "free the children" on Sunday, speaking against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. The Department of Homeland Security said it knows the locations of all children separated from their parents, but it's not known how long the process to reunite families will take. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal reports from the Texas border.

• Jun 24, 2018
• 2:45

Feds detail plan on reuniting over 2,000 separated children in custody

In a "fact sheet" released late Saturday, HHS did not say how long it might take to reunite the families

• Jun 24, 2018

HHS scrambles to reunite families

The Department of Health and Human Services is scrambling to reunite migrant families separated at the border under President Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy. Hundreds more migrant children held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection were expected to be back with their parents by Friday. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jun 23, 2018
• 2:06

Detention center photos: Where are the girls?

So far, the photos that have been released from the border detention centers do not show any girls. The Department of Health and Human Services hasn't been able to tell us where girls separated from their families are being sent. The Obama administration's former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Sandweg, said Tuesday that sometimes, families separated at the border are never reunited. CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal speaks to a public defender who said he represents immigrants with no idea where their children have been taken.

• Jun 20, 2018
• 2:14

Lawmakers denied entry at detention center

The number of undocumented children held in federal detention centers is growing. The Department of Health and Human Services says nearly 12,000 minors are living in its network of shelters right now. The majority tried to cross the border of their own, but an increasing number were forcibly separated from their families. CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz reports on how two Florida lawmakers were turned away at a detention facility.

• Jun 20, 2018
• 2:51

Inside the former Walmart holding 1,500 immigrant children in Texas

The facility, which used to be a former Walmart, is nearly filled to capacity

• Jun 14, 2018

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