Homeland Security head won't call immigration at border a crisis
At a time of intense controversy over immigration, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas tells Sharyn Alfonsi why he won't call the situation at the southern border a crisis.
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At a time of intense controversy over immigration, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas tells Sharyn Alfonsi why he won't call the situation at the southern border a crisis.
Local police noted in January that people involved in human smuggling had attempted to utilize shorelines along the St. Lawrence River in the area.
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Video shows guards walking away as the blaze broke out. Mexico's president says migrants started the inferno by setting mattresses on fire in protest after learning they were going to be deported or moved.
The fire broke out overnight in the facility in Ciudad Juárez, right on the U.S. border. Most of the dead were Guatemalan nationals.
A deadly fire at a Mexico migrant facility has killed at least 39 people. Mexico's president says it was sparked by migrants who were protesting their anticipated deportation. CBS News reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez shares the latest details and what he's learned about the people that were being kept at the facility.
The Biden administration says the number of migrants arriving at the southern border will spike to record levels unless an asylum restriction is enacted.
A U.S. official said all indications suggest the victims were migrants being smuggled into the country illegally.
The agreement will allow both countries to turn away asylum-seekers who crossed the U.S.-Canada border without legal permission.
President Biden has traveled north to shore up relations with Canada, one of America's strongest allies. "Prime Time" host John Dickerson speaks with Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas, about Mr. Biden's agenda and tensions between the two nations.
President Biden arrived in Canada on Thursday with a focus on some big world challenges including the war in Ukraine, climate change and migration. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joined John Dickerson on Prime Time to discuss the trip's agenda.
Hundreds of people rushed the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday after a rumor that migrants would be allowed to cross into the United States. It comes as new data shows a decline in the number of illegal border crossings. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galves joins Elaine Quijano and Lana Zak with more.
In 1999, an 11-year-old Ayda Zugay and her sister were on a plane to the U.S. by themselves, fleeing civil war in Yugoslavia. A stranger seated next to them gave them $100, which had an unforgettable impact on their lives. Decades later, they reunited. Steve Hartman shares more in "On the Road."
The United Nations refugee agency voiced concern, saying the law "would amount to an asylum ban – extinguishing the right to seek refugee protection."
CBS News learned the Biden administrating is considering reviving a policy that would reinstate holding migrant families in detention facilities. John Dickerson is joined by Nick Miroff, a Washington Post reporter, to discuss the potential policy change.
President Trump turned a Rose Garden address at the White House into an apparent campaign speech, where he targeted his likely November election opponent, Joe Biden. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and CBS News' Natalie Brand join Errol Barnett to discuss.
The Biden administration announced new efforts to crack down on migrant child labor, after a New York Times investigation found major U.S. companies are potentially in violation of child labor laws. Hannah Dreier, the investigative reporter who wrote the article, joined CBS News to discuss her findings and the Biden administration's response.
The Biden administration is moving to crack down on the exploitation of migrant children in the U.S. labor force. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins John Dickerson on "Prime Time" to discuss.
A rescue official vowed to keep up the search, but said finding more survivors was unlikely as the "sea conditions are too difficult."
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a congressional delegation to the southern border Thursday. It's his first trip there since winning the gavel last month. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane discussed the latest on immigration legislation efforts in Congress.
Canada is seeing an influx of migrants entering the country from the United States after New York City Mayor Eric Adams provided them with bus fare to a city just south of the northern border. Now Canadian officials are calling for a revamp to its border policy. Stephan Reichhold, executive director for the Round Table of Organizations Serving Refugees and Immigrants, joins CBS News to discuss.
The U.S.-Canada border is seeing a surge of migrants attempting to enter the U.S., despite treacherous, and even deadly conditions. CBS Minnesota reporter John Lauritsen has the details.
The Temporary Protected Status program allows immigrants from crisis-stricken countries to live and work in the U.S. on a temporary basis.
Business owners are saying they're paying migrant workers more money as part of a push to attract workers amid a severe shortage. The hourly positions being filled by temporary visa holders are mostly in the restaurant, construction and hospitality industries. Santiago Perez, deputy editor for Latin America at The Wall Street Journal, joined "CBS News Mornings" with more on how the visa process is playing a major role in the shortage.
President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to “finish the job” as he delivered his State of the Union address to a divided Congress. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also announced President Trump will receive the Israel Prize for his work on peace negotiations.
While many of the Minnesota day care centers in the video were cited and fined for safety violations, investigators previously found no evidence of fraud.
A powerful winter storm system could become a "bomb cyclone" over the Great Lakes and Northeast regions this week.
The U.S. military has hit at least 30 alleged drug vessels in the region since early September, killing 107 people.
Homeland Security agents are in Minneapolis on Monday "conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud," Secretary Kristi Noem said.
A second helicopter pilot critically injured in a midair collision in Hammonton, New Jersey has died from his injuries, police said Monday.
President Trump said the U.S. hit a "big facility" last week linked to alleged drug boat operations, as tensions ratchet up with Venezuela.
A Utah judge has ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk must be shackled during court proceedings.
The Guard members will stay through Carnival season, when residents and tourists descend on the Big Easy to partake in costumed celebrations and massive parades before ending with Mardi Gras.