U.S. expels 6,300 migrants from border under coronavirus order

The U.S. is also rapidly expelling unaccompanied migrant children. Top border official Mark Morgan said they could also pose an "absolute public health risk" to the U.S.

• Apr 9, 2020

Pregnant teen falls to her death from U.S. border wall

The U.S. said Mirian Stephany Girón Luna.was eight months pregnant and blamed her death on human smugglers.

• Mar 13, 2020

Border Patrol waited to call EMS for U.S. man who later died

The agency told Congress that agents called an ambulance "immediately," but call logs reviewed by CBS News show a lengthy delay.

• Mar 5, 2020

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses

Greyhound had previously insisted that even though it didn't like the immigration checks, it had no choice under federal law but to allow them.

• Feb 22, 2020

Migrant boy was in distress before death in Border Patrol custody

The new video suggests that U.S. border officials failed to recognize and address the visible distress of Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez in the hours before his body was found without a pulse

• Dec 5, 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

Father separated from his 3-year-old son for 6 months

Yujany Paz-Rosa fled Honduras with his 3-year-old son Maikol after he was shot and refused to join a gang

• Sep 18, 2019

Doctors in Congress urge officials to offer migrants flu shots

Three physicians serving in Congress called the current policy of not providing flu shots to migrant families and children in Border Patrol custody "dangerous" and "shortsighted"

• Sep 13, 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

Harvard freshman rejected by border officers at U.S. airport

The student told the Harvard Crimson newspaper that officials barred him from the country because his friends expressed views on social media that "oppose the U.S."

• Aug 28, 2019

U.S. citizen says detention was so bad he almost self-deported

Francisco Erwin Galicia said he didn't shower for 23 days and was not provided with enough food while detained

• Jul 26, 2019

Tragic photo shows migrant girl, dad who died trying to reach Texas

Man and daughter made it across Rio Grande on the first attempt – but when he tried to go back for his wife, the toddler tried to follow and fell into the water

• Jun 26, 2019

250 kids allegedly face inhumane conditions at Texas border facility

Doctors and researchers say they found about 250 infants, children and teens locked up for weeks without adequate food, water and sanitation

• Jun 21, 2019

3 bodies found in storm drain near U.S.-Mexico border

Three bodies were recovered from storm drain in El Paso, Texas, near U.S.-Mexico border

• Jun 10, 2019

Top CBP official "confident" in data on migrant child deaths

Deputy CBP Commissioner Robert Perez said his officials are making 70 trips a day taking sick migrants to hospitals near the U.S.-Mexico border

• May 23, 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

3-year-old boy with name and numbers on his shoes found in Texas cornfield

The boy was alone and crying, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Apr 24, 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

DHS secretary denies reintroduction of "catch and release" at border

Some believe the government has deliberately been holding detainees to release them all at once, creating the perception of a crisis

• Mar 22, 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

U.S. border agency says it's made biggest-ever fentanyl bust

Border officials say they seized nearly 254 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid with a street value of $3.5 million

• Jan 31, 2019

Comedian ordered off bus and detained by Border Patrol agents

"To be honest, I have never felt as terrible as I did today," the comedian tweeted. "I have never imagined that I would have to go through this."

• Jan 29, 2019

U.S. fires tear gas across Mexico border

The AP reports U.S. authorities fired tear gas across the Mexico border into Tijuana Wednesday to stop about 150 migrants from crossing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it was targeting rock throwers and that no agents witnessed migrants at the fence line affected by the chemicals.

• Jan 2, 2019
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Nurses urge end to "warehousing" migrant kids

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is doing medical exams on thousands of children in its custody, after the death of a second migrant child this month. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says the immigration system has been "pushed to a breaking point." She says more than 68,000 families and close to 14,000 unaccompanied children have come to the southern border in the past two months seeking refuge. Janet Shamlian reports.

• Dec 27, 2018
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