CBS Evening News, June 18, 2020

The Supreme Court rules against Trump's move to end DACA; Man creates instructional YouTube channel for people who need "Dad advice" 

• Jun 18, 2020
• 20:22

Dreamers react to Supreme Court ruling

On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's effort to wind down DACA. CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas shares emotional reactions from many who've faced an uncertain future in America.

• Jun 18, 2020
• 02:41

Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA

The Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration on Thursday, putting a stop to President Trump's move to end the DACA program that was started under President Obama. Jan Crawford reports.

• Jun 18, 2020
• 03:30

Haitians expelled as Biden renews DACA effort

New numbers show the U.S. deported nearly 4,000 Haitians from an encampment at the southern border over a nine-day period without allowing them to seek asylum. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is also renewing efforts to shield thousands of "Dreamers" from deportation and shore up the DACA program. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN AM with more.

• Sep 28, 2021
• 08:35

Biden administration moves to shield DACA program from legal challenges

The Obama-era program currently provides deportation protection and work permits to roughly 590,000 immigrants known as "Dreamers."

• Sep 28, 2021

Biden looks for new path for Dreamers

President Biden is meeting with a group of Democratic lawmakers to outline possible pathways to citizenship for undocumented people who came to the U.S. as children. The meeting comes after a federal judge blocked new applications for the DACA program. Caitlin Dickerson, a staff writer for The Atlantic, joins Elaine Quijano with more insight.

• Jul 29, 2021
• 06:28

Senator on misinformation and immigration

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján co-sponsored legislation that aims to hold social media companies accountable for allowing misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines on their platforms. He's also one of 11 Democratic lawmakers meeting with President Biden on Thursday to discuss the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program known as DACA. The first-term senator spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about what he's working on in Washington.

• Jul 29, 2021
• 10:52

Court order dashes hopes of teenage DACA applicants

"I feel frustrated that there's significant opposition to giving us an opportunity for something we didn't choose to do. We were kids. We didn't choose this," said 18-year-old Agustin, who applied for DACA this year.

• Jul 29, 2021

Applicants worry what's next after DACA ruling

Thousands of teenagers from immigrant families are still hoping to be a part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, though a Texas federal judge blocked the Biden administration earlier this month from approving new applicants. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about how applicants are affected.

• Jul 28, 2021
• 07:04

DACA recipient allowed to go to Olympics

A track star at Northern Arizona University will get to live his Olympic dreams after all. Luis Grijalva qualified for the Olympics earlier this summer to represent Guatemala, but he soon realized getting to Tokyo would be tough because he is DACA recipient. Normally, DACA recipients who leave the U.S. are not permitted to return. Grijalva spent the last several weeks petitioning the U.S. government and yesterday, he received word he can go to Tokyo.

• Jul 27, 2021
• 01:40

DACA recipient allowed to leave U.S. to compete in Olympics

"It would be a honor and a privilege to represent my home country but also be able to be a voice and represent over 600,000 Dreamers like me," Luis Grijalva said.

• Jul 27, 2021

Vice president meets with DACA recipients

Vice President Kamala Harris met with DACA recipients and immigration advocates Thursday, nine years after the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" program was created for people who had been brought to the U.S. illegally as children. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the meeting.

• Jul 22, 2021
• 05:20

Texas court halts DACA program

A federal judge in Texas ordered the U.S. government on Friday to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to new applicants, saying the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to grant deportation relief and work permits to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN AM with the latest.

• Jul 19, 2021
• 05:45

Judge rules to halt DACA

Democrats are under pressure to take action after a federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program is illegal. The program protects hundreds of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. The new ruling bars the government from accepting new applications to the program, but does not impact those who are already recipients. CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for The Associated Press Zeke Miller joins CBSN's Lana Zak with more on the judge's justification for that ruling and the latest on the controversial audit of 2020 ballots in Arizona.

• Jul 18, 2021
• 08:45

Federal judge orders end to new DACA applications

President Biden is urging Congress to take action on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after a federal judge in Texas ruled DACA illegal. The judge's ruling bars the Biden administration from approving any new applications for the program, however, the nearly 650,000 people currently protected under DACA will not be impacted. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers has more on the ruling and how it is impacting Congress' agenda as President Biden looks to push forward with his infrastructure plan.

• Jul 17, 2021
• 08:42

Judge orders U.S. to close DACA program to new applicants

U.S. Judge Andrew Hanen blocked tens of thousands of immigrant teenagers and young adults from accessing the Obama-era legal protections.

• Jul 17, 2021

The battle over voting rights

CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the growing fight in Washington, D.C., over voting rights and DACA.

• Jul 17, 2021
• 03:33

Judge calls DACA illegal and blocks new applications

A federal judge in Texas ruled the DACA program is unlawful and blocked new applications. The more than 600,000 immigrants currently protected under the program will not be impacted.

• Jul 16, 2021
• 00:26

U.S. assigns more staff to review DACA requests as backlog soars

More than 81,000 immigrant teens and young adults are waiting for a decision on their DACA applications as a looming court ruling threatens the program's existence.

• Jul 13, 2021

Thousands of DACA applicants wait for approval

About 50,000 immigrants have applied for DACA after it was reinstated in December. But less than 800 applications have been approved. To discuss what's causing the backlog, CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

• Jul 2, 2021
• 07:53

Many DACA applicants waiting for approval as court ruling looms

A looming federal court decision threatens the Obama-era program, which offers deportation relief to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.

• Jun 30, 2021

Trump signs spending bill

President Trump signed the omnibus spending billl despite threatening to veto it early Friday in a tweet. He says he had to do it for the military. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett joins CBSN with details.

• Mar 23, 2018
• 07:00

Trump says he considered veto

President Trump told reporters Friday he considered vetoing the $1.3 trillion spending bill but decided against it "because of the incredible gains we've been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our thinking."

• Mar 23, 2018
• 00:52

Trump issues threat on future spending bills

President Trump said of the $1.3 trillion spending bill to fund the government, "I will never sign another bill like this again." While he praised the bill for increasing military spending, he complained that no one had read the bill, and the measure does not provide a solution for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

• Mar 23, 2018
• 02:05

Trump tweets he may veto spending bill

After the House and Senate passed a spending bill to fund the government until September, President Trump threatened to veto it over DACA, an Obama-era program protecting immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and funding for a southern border wall. Zeke Miller, a White House reporter for the Associated Press and a CBSN political contributor, joins CBSN to discuss.

• Mar 23, 2018
• 07:59

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