U.S. stops flying migrant families across southern border states
The Biden administration has continued a Trump-era public health order to expel migrants and asylum-seekers, but the policy is being challenged in federal court.
Border apprehensions remained at a 20-year high in April
Most of the migrants apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border in April were single adults, the majority of whom are being expelled to Mexico under a public health order.
Biden lets undocumented college students access pandemic aid
The Trump administration had barred undocumented students, including those known as "Dreamers," from accessing aid that Congress allocated in COVID-19 relief packages.
2,100 kids crossed border alone after being expelled with families
They seem to have separated from their families voluntarily to try to get across the southern border.
Overcrowding reduced at facility for migrant kids, but challenges remain
When CBS News toured the Donna, Texas migrant holding facility on Thursday, its detainee population had plummeted 80% from early April, officials said.
Families face different fates under inconsistent U.S. border policy
Some asylum-seeking families are being expelled to Mexico under a Trump-era public health order, while others are being allowed to stay.
Number of unaccompanied children held by Border Patrol falls 88%
U.S. Border Patrol was holding a record high 5,700 unaccompanied children in late March. That number fell below 700 over the weekend.
Biden task force to start reunifying migrant families separated under Trump
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the administration is committed to reuniting "many more" families in coming months.
How one migrant won asylum after crossing the border unaccompanied
After fleeing gang violence and being kidnapped in Mexico, a Guatemalan teen won asylum. Now he wants other migrant children to have the same opportunity.
ACLU calls on Biden administration to close dozens of ICE facilities
During the presidential campaign, President Biden pledged to discontinue for-profit immigration detention, but no announcements have been forthcoming.
Biden at 100 days: How immigration policy has — and hasn't — changed
President Biden halted border wall construction, but has yet to fulfill other campaign pledges.
Biden taps Texas sheriff Ed Gonzalez as ICE director
Gonzalez is charged with the formidable task of reforming an agency whose work has come under withering criticism from progressives.
U.S. launches operation targeting migrant-smuggling gangs
The Biden administration is trying to cut off funding sources for these groups.
Latino lawmakers urge Biden to push through immigration bills
During a meeting Tuesday, Latino lawmakers and President Biden discussed the possibility of using the budget reconciliation process to legalize some undocumented immigrants.
Immigration agencies drop use of "illegal alien," "assimilation"
U.S. immigration officers were instructed to use words like "noncitizen" or "migrant" as part of an effort to discard immigration terms viewed as dehumanizing.