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Vance to visit southern border next week
Vice President Vance is scheduled to travel next week to the U.S.-Mexico border, becoming the highest ranking administration to do so amid the Trump White House's efforts to crack down on ...The Hill - 5d -
Border Patrol apprehensions hit historic low in February
Government data obtained by CBS News shows Border Patrol apprehensions hit a 25-year low in February as the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border declined. CBS News immigration and ...CBS News - 2d -
On Mexico’s Once-Packed Border, Few Migrants Remain
There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people gathering at the U.S. border and trying to cross. Can it help Mexico stave off President Trump’s threatened tariffs?The New York Times - 2d -
Pentagon orders thousands more troops to southern border
The Pentagon is sending up to 5,050 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border even as unlawful border crossings have sharply fallen in recent weeks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a ...The Hill - 2d -
Illegal border crossings plunge to lowest level in decades
Illegal border crossings have sunk to the lowest level in at least 25 years. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez examines what's behind the drop.CBS News - 2d -
Trump Tariffs Rattle Border Businesses as They Hike Prices
Uncertainty and the threat of further disruption prompt big changes and plenty of worries at small companies that depend on cross-border business.Inc. - 1d -
Democratic senator recants praise for Trump border 'progress'
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has retracted his praise for President Trump's progress on illegal immigration but says the drop in illegal border crossings is "good news" for the country.The Hill - 19h -
Vance, Hegseth and Gabbard visit southern border
Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are at the southern border on Wednesday.CBS News - 17h -
What's behind steep drop in illegal border crossings
Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made a day trip to the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, to highlight the Trump ...CBS News - 13h -
What's in the House GOP budget plan?
The House is expected to vote on a budget plan this week. It will be a key test to see if Republicans can unify around President Trump's agenda. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion ...CBS News - Feb. 24 -
Illegal crossings at U.S.-Mexico border down 94%, Border Patrol chief says
"I can tell you this: anyone that has crossed the border between the ports of entry since this administration has taken office has not been released," Border Patrol chief Mike Banks told CBS News.CBS News - Feb. 20 -
Europe should be flattered by Maga’s attacks
A central goal of Trump’s henchmen is to defang the EU’s regulatory power for the benefit of American Big TechFinancial Times - Feb. 23 -
Falcon attack on starling murmuration 'incredible'
The dramatic starling murmuration was caught on camera over a "built up urban area" in Chester.BBC News - 1d -
Starmer highlights UK’s war record in implicit rebuke to Vance as Lib Dems mock Badenoch for defending him – UK politics live
Interventions follow US vice president’s comments about ‘20,000 troops from some random country that has not fought a war in 40 years’. In response to a question about intelligence cooperation with ...The Guardian - 22h -
TikTok's top artist Yeri Mua gets real on immigration, Bellakath beef
The reggaeton mexa star spoke with De Los during the U.S. leg of her Traka Tour.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 20 -
Victor Quiñonez highlights immigrants' humanity with 'I.C.E. Scream' sculptures
Victor Quiñonez will debut his sculpture series 'I.C.E. Scream,' about immigrants' struggles, during this year's Frieze.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 21 -
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Trump administration restores legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children
A stop-work order had been issued to government-funded attorneys to cease counsel for about 26,000 minors. The Trump administration has rescinded its decision to cut off legal aid for ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
Immigration and an ailing economy dominate Germany’s election as far right eyes gains
The world’s third largest economy goes to the polls Sunday under the shadow of unusually brusque interventions from the Trump administration in support of the anti-immigration far-right.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Judge blocks immigration raids at religious groups suing Trump administration
A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration raids at Quaker, Baptist and Sikh places of worship that are suing over its new enforcement policy. Policy ...The Hill - Feb. 24 -
Texas Gov. Abbott wages immigration operation in community targeted by conservatives
Gov. Gregg Abbott stated he'd been planning the immigration operation in Colony Ridge for months to target criminals and immigrants. Observers said some people who were stopped were on to their way ...NBC News - Feb. 24 -
How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies
Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?The New York Times - Feb. 24 -
Arizona's Democratic governor starts state partnership with the Trump administration on immigration
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order Tuesday directing state and local law enforcement agencies to partner with Customs and Border Protection to prevent border crimes such as drug and ...NBC News - Feb. 25 -
Undocumented immigrants who fail to join registry threatened with jail time, fines
The move applies to immigrants over the age of 13 who are in the U.S. unlawfully and who have not submitted fingerprints or registered with the federal government.CBS News - Feb. 25 -
The Dramatic House Budget Vote, and a New ‘Gold Card’ for Immigrants
Plus, how microphones changed music.The New York Times - Feb. 26 -
Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally
Everyone who is in the U.S. illegally must register, give fingerprints and provide an address, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Western Europeans say immigration is too high and poorly managed, survey finds
Significant number in seven nations surveyed for YouGov poll believe immigration has negatively impacted their country. Most western Europeans think immigration over the past decade has been too ...The Guardian - Feb. 26 -
Trump believes 'gold cards' for immigration could be a 'very successful program'
President Trump was asked about the "gold card" path to immigration he proposed and told reporters he believed it could be used to pay off debts and allow companies to pay for workers from other ...NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Here's what to know about Trump's $5 million immigration "gold card"
President Trump is floating the idea of a new "gold card" visa that would be sold to wealthy foreigners for $5 million.CBS News - Feb. 26 -
Future uncertain for grocery store owner who relies on undocumented immigrants
As the Trump administration continues its crackdown on illegal immigration, a tension point has been revealed at the center of it -- businesses that rely on the undocumented to keep their farms or ...CBS News - Feb. 26 -
Grocery store owner who relies on undocumented immigrants faces uncertain future
President Trump has vowed to enact the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history. However, one Atlanta business owner doesn't see a world where the president can fix the economy while ...CBS News - Feb. 26 -
Trump’s ‘gold card’ can work ‘in theory’: Immigration attorney
Trump said he’d like the gold card rolled out within two weeks.The Hill - Feb. 27 -
Mirroring the far right on immigration backfired for Germany’s political centre | Johannes Hillje
Even the Greens hardened their rhetoric and lost votes as a result. The message is clear: the new government must offer hope, not hatred. Germany’s next government will be a coalition of the ...The Guardian - 6d -
Vance on Pope’s immigration policy criticism: Catholics ‘too preoccupied’ with clergy's politics
Vice President Vance on Friday said that American Catholics focus too much on criticism coming from clergy members, in response to Pope Francis’ public disapproval of the Trump administration’s ...The Hill - 6d -
ACLU sues Trump administration to halt immigrant transfers to Guantanamo
Immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration on Saturday in hopes of stopping the transfer of migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay.NBC News - 4d -
Zoe Saldaña celebrates immigrants in tearful Oscar win: Read the full speech
'I am a proud child of immigrant parents, with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands,' said the 'Emilia Pérez' actor, adding that she's the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Oscar.Los Angeles Times - 3d -
During immigration raid, DHS Secretary Noem says ICE bringing 'consequences'
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is bringing "consequences" during raids in Virginia on Tuesday.ABC News - 1d -
White House Ignores a Tool That Could Reduce Illegal Immigration
Trump’s efforts target individuals, but neglect going after businesses that hire them. E-Verify, a 30-year-old system, was made to do just that, but is rarely used.Inc. - 1d -
State Department unveils visa restrictions on foreign officials in immigration crackdown
The State Department unveiled visa restrictions on foreign government officials who are thought to be responsible for aiding illegal immigration into the U.S., part of a wider effort by President ...The Hill - 19h -
JD Vance touts Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
Vice President JD Vance traveled to the southern border on Wednesday to tout the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. He met with law enforcement officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, ...CBS News - 13h