Border agents instructed to deport migrants without granting asylum hearings

U.S. border agents have been instructed to deport migrants crossing into the country illegally without allowing them to request hearings to seek legal pathways to remain in the country, according to government documents and officials. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

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