Some migrants who enter the U.S. illegally are being helped by American citizens in what is a lucrative business. Just hours after one woman arrived on U.S. soil illegally, she met with CBS News in a safehouse near the southern border in New Mexico. The woman said she was desperate to escape the violence in…
Washington — The Trump administration has given federal immigration authorities permission to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants the former Biden White House allowed into the U.S. and seek their deportation, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by CBS News. The far-reaching move empowers federal immigration agencies,…
President Trump’s executive order calls for 1,500 more troops to be sent to southern border – CBS News Watch CBS News A new executive order from President Trump calls for 1,500 troops to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to supplement the 2,500 who are already there. The Trump administration is considering deploying 10,000 soldiers…
Operation underway to send hundreds of troops to U.S. southern border – CBS News Watch CBS News An operation to deploy 1,000 Army personnel and 500 Marines to the U.S.-Mexico border is underway, according to senior military officials. The troops will assist with immigration enforcement in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California. U.S. border…
Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday dramatically broadened the scope of expedited deportations, enacting a nationwide expansion of an immigration policy known as “expedited removal” that was previously limited to areas close to U.S. borders. Expedited removal allows U.S. immigration officials to deport migrants who lack proper documents through a streamlined process that bypasses…
A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez with the Texas city of El Paso. On the Mexican side, it measures about 1,000 feet and is…
Washington — Approximately 270,000 migrants are estimated to be waiting on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to get an appointment to enter the U.S. through a system that President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end, according to government figures obtained by CBS News. U.S. Customs and Border Protection estimates that around 270,000…
The incoming Trump administration is planning to install Texas’ border czar as head of U.S. Border Patrol, replacing the career official who currently leads the agency in charge of stopping the illicit movement of migrants and drugs. Mike Banks, who has spearheaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown, is expected to be appointed Border Patrol…
President-elect Donald Trump has said halting fentanyl trafficking across the southern border is a top priority for his administration, vowing to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico until the flow of “drugs, particularly fentanyl, and illegal immigrants” into the United States is stopped to his liking. Trump has claimed fentanyl overdoses kill 300,000…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s renewed threats of steep tariffs this week, asserting that migrant caravans are no longer reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. Her remarks underscored growing tensions as Trump plans to tighten immigration policies and impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports. Trump declared that the tariffs would remain…