Unlawful crossings along southern U.S. border reach yearly high

For only the second time in U.S. history, migrant apprehensions along the southern border surpassed 2 million in a single fiscal year, federal data obtained by CBS News shows.

• Oct 1, 2023

Lawmakers: Shutdown may hinder border efforts

Several officials are warning that a government shutdown could significantly hinder efforts to improve conditions for border patrol agents, overwhelmed towns and migrants themselves. Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar joins "America Decides" to discuss.

• Sep 26, 2023
• 6:32

Venezuelan migrants flee economic strife

More than 250,000 Venezuelan migrants have come to the U.S. in the last year. In 2021, Customs and Border Protection encountered 50,000 Venezuelan migrants. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez examines what's pushing people to make the journey.

• Sep 25, 2023
• 5:19

Migrant surge overwhelms Texas border towns

Migrant crossings at the southern border have nearly doubled from a few months ago. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more from El Paso.

• Sep 22, 2023
• 3:41

Migrant crossings soar to near-record levels

The Biden administration is sending 800 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as migrant apprehensions near record levels. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.

• Sep 21, 2023
• 4:14

Mexican drug cartels get Americans to smuggle weapons across border

"We have allowed the cartels to amass an army," a former ATF senior special agent told CBS News.

• Sep 18, 2023

Inside a secret bunker for seized fentanyl

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized thousands of pounds of fentanyl and its chemical precursors. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga was given a rare, up-close look at the fight against synthetic opioids.

• Sep 7, 2023
• 6:33

Judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Texas must remove the floating barriers that were placed in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to deter migrants from crossing.

• Sep 6, 2023
• 0:20

Traveler stopped at Dulles airport with 77 dry seahorses, 5 dead snakes

Two travelers were stopped recently with prohibited products, including on person who had dead snakes and dried seahorses.

• Aug 23, 2023

Border crossings jump despite record heat and asylum limits

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, Arizona, sector have seen the number of migrants arriving daily soar to as many as 1,900, an increase of 134% from June.

• Aug 7, 2023

Parents of migrant girl begged for ambulance

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are admitting the agency failed to protect an 8-year-old girl who died in CBP custody in May. On Tuesday, an independent federal court monitor called Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez's death "preventable." The girl's parents told CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano about their struggle to get help before the child's death.

• Jul 20, 2023
• 7:25

Child evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021 dies in federal U.S. custody

The boy was one of hundreds of Afghan children who arrived to the U.S. in 2021 without their parents after being evacuated from Afghanistan.

• Jun 22, 2023

Nurse denied ambulance requests before migrant child died, officials say

Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, died after she and her family spent over a week in Border Patrol custody.

• Jun 2, 2023

U.S. plans to admit nearly 40,000 asylum-seekers per month through app

U.S. officials are preparing to distribute 1,250 appointments each day to migrants in Mexico so they can present themselves at ports of entry for an opportunity to be allowed to seek asylum.

• May 31, 2023

Migrant mother requested aid 3 times the day 8-year-old daughter died in U.S. custody

Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, 8, died on May 17 after spending more than a week in Border Patrol custody alongside her parents and siblings.

• May 22, 2023

8-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody, officials say

The girl's death marks the first known death of a migrant child in Border Patrol custody since the Trump administration, when several minors died.

• May 17, 2023

Pandemic-era immigration rules expire

Tens of thousands of migrants are waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of pandemic-era immigration restrictions, known as Title 42. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports on the situation from El Paso, Texas.

• May 12, 2023
• 4:02

Crackdown on illegal migrants to begin

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will begin a crackdown on illegal border crossings in El Paso, Texas, starting Tuesday ahead of the pandemic-era program Title 42, which expires later this week. That expiration has state officials worried about a possible surge of migrants. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more.

• May 9, 2023
• 5:21

U.S. sending 1,500 troops to southern border

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border to provide operational support to U.S. immigration authorities amid an expected increase in migrant crossings ahead of the end of pandemic-era migration restrictions. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more on what is expected over the next few weeks.

• May 3, 2023
• 3:19

Texas shooting sparks immigration debate

A suspect has been arrested in the deaths of five people, including a child, in a mass shooting in Texas. CBS News has learned the suspect was deported to Mexico in 2009 and was removed several times over the next several years. CBS News political contributor Joel Payne, the chief communications officer for MoveOn, and CBS News political analyst Leslie Sanchez, a Republican strategist, joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss Republican efforts to link the shooting to the Biden administration's immigration policies.

• May 3, 2023
• 7:41

$21.1 million worth of fentanyl found in green beans

More than 300 packages of the pills were found hidden within the green bean shipment in California, officials said.

• Apr 19, 2023

U.S. border officials records 25% jump in migrant crossings in March

U.S. officials are preparing for up to 13,000 migrants to cross the southern border daily once pandemic-era limits on asylum claims expire in May, absent a major policy change.

• Apr 17, 2023

Rumor sends hundreds of migrants rushing for U.S. border at El Paso

"They threw tear gas at us," said one of the Venezuelans frustrated by a new U.S. government app meant to handle asylum applications.

• Mar 13, 2023

Dolphin skull found in baggage at Detroit airport

Routine X-ray screenings first detected the unusual object.

• Feb 4, 2023

Florida coping with boats full of migrants

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are seeing an increase in boats full of migrants from Cuba and Haiti attempting to reach Florida. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez joins "CBS News Mornings" with new details.

• Jan 26, 2023
• 5:35

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