Watchdog finds widespread mistreatment of immigrants at ICE facility
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that immigrants received poor medical care and excessive punishment for peacefully protesting.
Attorneys raise concerns about housing sites for migrant children
Attorneys who inspected two emergency housing sites for migrant children in Texas also reported limited or non-existing recreational and educational services.
Biden administration moves to safeguard DACA program for "Dreamers"
A federal judge in Texas is set to issue a ruling in a lawsuit filed by Texas' Republican attorney general, who is seeking to have the Obama-era program gradually terminated.
U.S. adding 16,000 emergency beds for migrant children
The plan involves repurposing convention centers, camps for oil workers and military bases to house the influx of migrant children.
Refugee agency to fast-track release of some migrant children
This guidance is the Biden administration's latest effort to address the soaring number of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border.
15,500 unaccompanied migrant minors now in government custody
More than 5,000 of the unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody were stranded in Border Patrol facilities not designed for long-term custody.
ICE taps nonprofit to house some migrant families in hotels
The $86.9 million contract comes as the Biden administration moves away from the long-term detention of migrant families.
House passes bills with path to citizenship for "Dreamers" and farmworkers
The bills may represent Democrats' best chance of getting immigration legislation through the evenly divided Senate
With 13,000 migrant children in custody, Biden faces first border test
Biden is facing a daunting challenge with acute humanitarian implications that could overshadow successes in other areas.
Backlog of migrant children in Border Patrol custody soars to 4,200
Some migrant children in U.S. Border Patrol custody have told lawyers they are being held in overcrowded conditions.
FEMA deployed to help process migrant children
Migrant children have reported sleeping in overcrowded conditions and having limited access to showers while in Border Patrol custody.
"Staggering number" of migrant kids pack Texas facility, lawyers say
"Some of the boys said that conditions were so overcrowded that they had to take turns sleeping on the floor," a lawyer who interviewed the children told CBS News.
Border apprehensions spike as U.S. struggles to house migrant children
The U.S. took into custody more than 9,400 unaccompanied minors along the southern border in February — a 21-month high.
Biden stops enforcing Trump-era "public charge" green card limits
The Trump administration's "public charge" rule gave U.S. officials more power to deny green card applications from low-income immigrants.
Record 3,200 migrant children stuck in Border Patrol custody
More than 7,000 unaccompanied migrant children were transferred to U.S. refugee agency shelters last month — a record high for a February.