Border crossings soar to near-record levels, testing Biden strategy

U.S. border agents apprehended roughly 140,000 migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border during the first 20 days of September, an average of roughly 6,900 each day.

• Sep 21, 2023

U.S. offers thousands of Venezuelan migrants legal status, work permits

The Biden administration will make hundreds of thousands of migrants from Venezuela eligible for work permits and deportation protections under an expansion of the Temporary Protected Status policy.

• Sep 20, 2023

Migrant children being separated from parents to avoid overcrowding, report finds

An independent court monitor said migrant children as young as 8 were separated from their parents for several days to avoid overcrowding in a Texas holding facility.

• Sep 16, 2023

Polls: Latinos want Biden to take more immigration actions

A majority of Latino voters in key states want President Biden to take further actions to both grant legal status to undocumented immigrants and secure the border.

• Sep 15, 2023

Federal judge again declares DACA immigration policy unlawful

While he declared the program unlawful, Judge Andrew Hanen allowed 580,000 DACA recipients to continue working and living legally in the U.S.

• Sep 13, 2023

U.S. reopens troubled facility for migrant children in Texas

In response to an increase in border crossings by unaccompanied minors, the Biden administration is housing migrant children in a former work camp, for a second time.

• Sep 13, 2023

Migrant toddler on bus from Texas died of pneumonia, intestinal disease

Jismary Alejandra Barboza González died on a bus from Texas to Chicago in August.

• Sep 7, 2023

Judge orders Texas to remove floating border barriers, siding with Biden

Earlier this month, Texas repositioned the buoys closer to American soil after federal officials concluded that roughly 80% of the barriers were in Mexico.

• Sep 6, 2023

U.S. reminds migrants to apply for work permits

The Biden administration is sending emails and texts to tens of thousands of migrants to remind them that they are eligible to apply for work permits.

• Aug 31, 2023

Family deportation program off to slow start as border arrivals rise

The U.S. has carried out fewer than 100 deportations under a program the Biden administration set up in May to deter unlawful border entries by migrant families.

• Aug 31, 2023

Feds tell New York to improve its handling of migrant crisis

New York City has struggled to house nearly 60,000 migrants, setting up makeshift shelters at hotels, tent facilities and an airport hangar to house the new arrivals.

• Aug 29, 2023

Biden policy that has allowed 200,000 migrants to enter U.S. faces legal test

Republican-led states are challenging a Biden administration policy that allows up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the U.S. each month.

• Aug 24, 2023

Texas defends border buoys at hearing over Justice Department lawsuit

The Justice Department sued Texas last month seeking to remove the barrier, arguing that the federal government should have been consulted before they were installed.

• Aug 22, 2023

Feds resist cities' requests on migrants over legal, border concerns

The Biden administration has been reluctant to grant migrants in New York and other cities legal status due to concerns about lawsuits and a spike in border crossings, sources told CBS News.

• Aug 22, 2023

Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border rose by 33% in July

U.S. border officials processed migrants 183,503 times in July, as illegal crossings jumped by 33% after dropping to a two-year low in June.

• Aug 18, 2023

U.S. expands Ukrainian immigration program to 167,000 more applicants

The U.S. government has admitted a record number of Ukrainians since the start of the war with Russia.

• Aug 18, 2023

Migrants arriving in New York face many challenges — including getting food

Some mothers have told advocates that since arriving in the U.S., their children have lost weight.

• Aug 16, 2023

Most of Texas' floating barrier is in Mexico, survey finds

A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

• Aug 15, 2023

Border crossings jump despite record heat and asylum limits

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, Arizona, sector have seen the number of migrants arriving daily soar to as many as 1,900, an increase of 134% from June.

• Aug 7, 2023

Tim Scott says presidents can't end birthright citizenship

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis have both promised to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants living in the U.S. unlawfully.

• Aug 4, 2023

Court allows Biden administration to keep asylum limits

Thursday's ruling is a victory for the Biden administration, which predicated unlawful border crossings would spike if its asylum restrictions were halted.

• Aug 3, 2023

Some asylum seekers in New York City forced to sleep on sidewalks

Since last spring, more than 95,000 migrants have arrived in New York City, according to the mayor's office.

• Aug 2, 2023

Ex-Border Patrol agent charged with seeking $5,000 bribe from migrant

The former agent faces federal charges of bribery, smuggling and wire fraud for allegedly asking for a $5,000 bribe to allow a migrant to stay in the country.

• Aug 1, 2023

U.S. to give some migrants in Mexico refugee status

The effort will allow eligible migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are living in Mexico to come to the U.S. with refugee status.

• Jul 28, 2023

Judge rejects Biden's asylum restrictions along U.S.-Mexico border

The Biden administration rule penalizes migrants who don't request protection in another country before crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

• Jul 26, 2023

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