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Arizona border towns grappling with drug smuggling
CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca is continuing his road trip along the U.S.-Mexico border with a stop in Yuma, Arizona, where border security is a top concern. Customs and Border Protection ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
How border towns view the immigration debate
While there are no shortage of opinions about the immigration debate, Omar Villafranca took a 1,600-mile trip from Texas to Arizona to see how those closest to the issue see it.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Why southern border towns are frustrated by the immigration debate
Presidio, Texas, relies on hundreds of Mexican citizens who legally cross the border daily to work in restaurants or oil fields. Presidio's mayor believes the city would be in "serious trouble" if ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
California border towns have mixed feelings on immigration
CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca is wrapping up his tour of communities along the U.S.-Mexico border with a stop in California. Residents there have differing opinions on immigration.Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
One Texas border town's split identity
Most of the 30,000 residents of the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, are of Latino or Mexican descent, and are proud of the town's bi-national, bi-cultural, bi-lingual traditions. But the city has ...Top stories - CBS News - October 27 -
How border towns view the immigration debate
The southern border has become a key issue in the 2024 election. Omar Villafranca traveled 1,700 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border to see how people closest to the issue view the debate.Top stories - CBS News - October 27 -
Arizona towns along southern border dealing with drug smuggling
CBS News' Omar Villafranca has been traveling all week from Texas to California along the U.S.-Mexico border to speak with local officials and residents about immigration. On Wednesday, he made ...Top stories - CBS News - October 23 -
Metula, Israeli Town on Lebanon Border, Worries for Its Future
Abandoned and off limits to civilians, Metula, a symbol of early pioneering Zionism, is left half-ruined by Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles.World - The New York Times - October 24 -
Arizona border towns consider drug trafficking issue before election
Voters in Arizona's border towns are considering the effects of drug trafficking as the battleground state prepares to vote. CBS News' Omar Villafranca spoke to Americans who live on the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Scotland’s ‘industrial-scale’ forestry triggers opposition in border town
Campaigners say fast-expanding spruce plantations are pushing out farmers and native tree speciesBusiness - Financial Times - November 10 -
Residents of Lebanese border town 'determined to stay' as rockets fly above
The residents of Rmeish have decided to stay despite the fighting raging all around them.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Kamala Harris, Border Enforcer
Behind the scenes, the president and vice president conducted a campaign to get the crisis under control.Top stories - The New York Times - October 30 -
What migrants and border officials are saying about Trump's border plans
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
New York Was a Shopping Town. Is It Again?
Small, medium and large: There seem to be signs of life for brick-and-mortar operations of every size in the city … once again.Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 31 -
September Border Patrol encounters lowest since the pandemic
Fewer migrants were apprehended between ports of entry at the southern border in September than in any month since August of 2020, according to new data released by Customs and Border Protection ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
Border security in spotlight in final stretch of presidential race
Immigration and border security are taking center stage in the final stretch of the presidential election, with two very different views from Vice President Kamala Harris and former President ...Politics - NBC News - October 24 -
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Divided Arizona contends with Trump's sweeping border plan
The state is likely to be on the frontline of the president-elect's immigration policies.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Trump announces Tom Homan as incoming border czar
President-elect Donald Trump announced late that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be his administration's "border czar."Politics - NBC News - November 11 -
Trump taps Tom Homan for "border czar"
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tom Homan as his "border czar." Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be overseeing border security and the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
Republican calls Biden-Harris border policies 'a joke'
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Rep. Monica De La Cruz of Texas about securing a second term.Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Haiti
Doctors Without Borders has suspended its activities in Port-au-Prince following a series of threats by the country's police forces, the organization announced Tuesday. Death and rape are among the ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Tsunoda interrogated in his PJs at U.S. border
Japanese Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda said he was interrogated in his pajamas for several hours by U.S. border control officials before being let into the country for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix.Sports - ESPN - 1 hour ago -
Trump holds town hall with Latino voters in Florida
Former President Trump held a town hall with Latino voters at his Doral golf club in Florida on Tuesday. While he criticized the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border, his rhetoric toward ...Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
4 takeaways from Harris's CNN town hall
Vice President Harris largely stuck to her talking points during a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, where she took questions from voters in the crucial state of ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Harris calls Trump a ‘fascist’ in CNN town hall
Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump a “fascist” and cited criticism made about him by his former White House chief of staff John Kelly during a town hall with CNN’s ...Politics - NBC News - October 24 -
Axelrod on Harris town hall: ‘It was a mixed night’
Democratic strategist David Axelrod weighed in on Vice President Harris's recent town hall with CNN, calling it a “mixed night.” “I think it was a mixed night. I think she was very strong coming ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Harris slams Trump as a 'fascist' during town hall
The vice president also called the remarks from Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, a "911 call to the American people."Top stories - ABC News - October 24 -
Harris courts moderate and independent voters at town hall
During a town hall Wednesday, Vice President Harris took questions directly from undecided voters. She vowed to bring change to the country, but at times failed to provide specifics when asked ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
How to watch NewsNation's town hall with JD Vance
Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) will sit down with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo for a town hall event in Detroit on Thursday as Election Day in November nears closer. The town hall ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Recap: NewsNation hosts JD Vance town hall
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former President Trump's running mate, took part in a town hall with NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Thursday night. Vance spoke before a live audience made up of Democrats, ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
On the streets of the seaside town where goths feel safe and accepted
Whitby Goth Weekend celebrates 30 years of being a place where people can express themselves.Top stories - BBC News - October 26 -
Philippine town in the shadow of a volcano is buried in landslides
Residents of a northern Philippine town are picking up the pieces following one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this yearWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
How a Data Center Divided a Small Missouri Town
Residents of Peculiar battled developers and some of their local officials to keep a giant data center out of their community.Tech - The New York Times - October 29 -
Towns makes mark for Knicks, drops 44 on Heat
In only his fourth game with the Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns went wild with 44 points, by far the most by any New York player in this still-young season, leading his club to a 116-107 win over the ...Sports - ESPN - October 31 -
A Minnesota Town Transformed by Migrants Fights Political Rancor
Immigration is a divisive issue in this election, but diversity is reviving this particular community.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”Top stories - The New York Times - November 1
