
Record numbers of Cubans, Nicaraguans and Colombians reach U.S. border
Border officials also reported processing a record number of Ukrainians, many of whom are flying to Mexico hoping to enter the U.S.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez is an award-winning reporter covering immigration for CBS News, where his reporting is featured across multiple CBS News and Stations platforms, including the CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and CBS News Radio.
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Montoya-Galvez joined CBS News in 2018 and has reported hundreds of articles on immigration, the U.S. immigration policy, the contentious debate on the topic, and connected issues. He's landed exclusive stories and developed in-depth reports on the impact of significant policy changes. He's also extensively reported on the people affected by a complex immigration system.
Before joining CBS News, Montoya-Galvez spent over two years as an investigative unit producer and assignment desk editor at Telemundo's television station in New York City. His work at Telemundo earned three New York Emmy Awards.
Earlier, he was the founding editor of After the Final Whistle, an online bilingual publication featuring stories that highlight soccer's role in contemporary society.
He was born in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, and raised in northern New Jersey.
He earned a bachelor's degree in media and journalism studies/Spanish from Rutgers University.
Border officials also reported processing a record number of Ukrainians, many of whom are flying to Mexico hoping to enter the U.S.
The move could benefit thousands of Ukrainians who have been processed by U.S. officials along the Mexican border in recent weeks.
The increase in border arrivals comes as the U.S. prepares to wind down the Title 42 pandemic-era rule, which allows authorities to swiftly expel migrants.
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The vast majority of the unaccompanied children in U.S. care hail from Central America, but officials have recently received a small but growing number of Ukrainian minors.
Between February 1 and April 6, U.S. border officials reported encountering 9,926 Ukrainians who lacked legal documentation needed to enter the country.
Thousands of Ukrainians have been traveling to Mexico to seek asylum along the U.S. southern border since Russia invaded Ukraine.
The CDC is planning to stop authorizing the expulsions of migrants under a pandemic-era rule on May 23.
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The CDC director cited improving pandemic conditions, including increased vaccination rates in the U.S. and migrants' home countries.
U.S. immigration officials have carried out over 1.7 million expulsions of migrants in the past two years under the policy.
The Biden administration is building migrant holding facilities, soliciting contracts for transportation services and deploying additional immigration agents.
The measures announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) include allowing more applicants to pay extra fees to have their applications processed more quickly.
The policy change comes as officials wait for a CDC announcement on the future of Title 42, which has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants during the pandemic.