U.S. to close border wall gaps and clean up Trump-era work sites
The Biden administration will also use the money to complete roads used by Border Patrol and install drainage designed to prevent flooding.
Migrant border crossings increased in November after downward trend
Officials along the U.S.-Mexico border stopped unauthorized migrants over 173,000 times.
Senate official rejects Democrats' latest immigration plan
Democrats were hoping to offer work permits to some undocumented immigrants as part of a spending plan.
U.S. ends talks over payments for separated migrant families
Republican lawmakers had expressed outrage over reports that some families could have received hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a potential settlement.
7 states have received half of the Afghans relocated from U.S. bases
In contrast, Hawaii, South Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, Montana, Delaware and North Dakota had collectively resettled fewer than 90 evacuated Afghans.
Appeals court upholds revival of "Remain in Mexico" border policy
The Biden administration restarted the Trump-era border program last week to comply with a federal court ruling.
U.S. scraps plan to end court agreement protecting migrant children
For decades, the Flores settlement has allowed non-profit lawyers to inspect government facilities housing migrant children.
Small percentage of migrants had access to vaccines in U.S. care
Two agencies have provided coronavirus vaccination to more than 90,000 migrants in U.S. custody, according to data obtained by CBS News. But Border Patrol has yet to offer shots.
U.S. finalizes plan to revive Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy
The policy's revival, which is mandated by a federal court order, will require some asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are adjudicated by U.S. courts.
Central Americans say poverty and food scarcity are reasons behind migration
Over 90% of the Central Americans who told researchers they wished to migrate cited unemployment, low wages, lack of money to buy food and necessities and other economic reasons.
College student urges U.S. to also grant his Afghan family refuge
Countless Afghans with U.S. ties who were not evacuated are stranded in Afghanistan or neighboring countries desperately looking for a way to be resettled in America.
Southern border issues won't be focus at 3-way summit: U.S. officials
The officials say other lingering matters will be in the spotlight when President Biden meets with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts.
U.S. closes first temporary housing site for Afghan evacuees
More than 25,000 Afghan evacuees have departed military sites to start new lives in communities across the U.S.
Arrests along U.S.-Mexico border decrease for third straight month
U.S. border authorities recorded over 164,000 migrant apprehensions in October — a 23% percent drop from July.
U.S. limits refugee admissions to focus on resettling Afghans
The Biden administration will prioritize the resettlement of certain refugees, including those who are reuniting with family members already in the U.S.