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NEW: "I want to continue living": Some immigrants in ICE custody feel particularly vulnerable to the spreading coronavirus

Read and watch their accounts below — and don't miss "Pandemia: Latinos in Crisis" hosted by @MariaESalinas at 9 PM ET on @CBSNews.
cbsnews.com/news/coronavir…
Griselda Melendez, 54, a cancer survivor with underlying health issues, would be eligible for release under a court order.

But ICE says her conviction of harboring undocumented immigrants—for which she served a sentence—makes her ineligible for release.
cbsnews.com/news/coronavir…
In an interview with @CBSNews, Henry Lucero, the ICE official who oversees immigration detention and deportations, defended the agency's practices during the pandemic.

"Make no mistake, keeping people safe in our custody is not something we take lightly."
cbsnews.com/news/coronavir…
"Pandemia: Latinos in Crisis" also includes other timely stories by my intrepid colleagues — @MariaESalinas, @cbsmireya, @adrianasdiaz, @BojorquezCBS, @edokeefe, @OmarVillafranca — about the coronavirus' impact on America's Latinos.

#originalreporting
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Jan 22
EXCLUSIVE — U.S. border agents have been directed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country illegally, without allowing them to request asylum, in accordance with President Trump's orders, according to internal documents and officials.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-dep…
Just hours after being sworn in, Mr. Trump invoked sweeping presidential authorities to bar the entry of migrants deemed to be participating in an "invasion" of the U.S., as well as those who may pose a public health or national security risk.
He cited a law known as 212(f) that allows presidents to suspend the entry of foreigners whose entry is deemed to be "detrimental" to the U.S.

Internal documents indicate that, as of Tuesday, the president's "full" 212(f) authority was being implemented across the Texas border.
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Jan 21
BREAKING — President Trump moves to dismantle the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment, orders federal agencies to deny birthright citizenship to children of parents who are unauthorized immigrants OR temporary visa holders.

Agencies are given 30 days to implement. Image
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This action will surely trigger one of the most consequential legal battles on immigration in modern U.S. history.
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Oct 3, 2024
NEWS — The Biden administration will not be extending the legal status of tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who were allowed to fly to the U.S. under a sponsorship program, according to officials and internal documents.
cbsnews.com/news/venezuela…
These Venezuelans have arrived under a Biden administration program, known as CHNV, that allows migrants from four countries to fly to the U.S. legally, if Americans sponsor them. It was designed to reduce illegal border crossings by offering them a legal way to come here.
They have been allowed to live, work in the U.S. for 2 years via immigration parole.

Some expected their parole to be extended, like was the case for Afghans and Ukrainians, but the administration had decided against it.

Venezuelans will start losing their parole this month.
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Aug 1, 2024
NEWS — Unlawful crossings by migrants along the U.S. southern border dropped for the fifth consecutive month in July, plunging to the lowest level since the fall of 2020.
cbsnews.com/news/unlawful-…
U.S. Border Patrol agents made roughly 56,000 migrant apprehensions between official points of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the lowest number since September 2020, when the agency reported nearly 55,000 apprehensions.
For context: In December, during a record-breaking spike in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border that overwhelmed agents in parts of Texas and Arizona, Border Patrol reported 250,000 apprehensions, or over four times July's tally.
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Jul 27, 2024
NEWS — In an exclusive interview, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign chief signaled that Harris, if elected in November, would continue President Biden's asylum crackdown, which U.S. officials have credited for a steep drop in border crossings.
cbsnews.com/news/kamala-ha…
I asked Harris campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez if Harris would keep Biden’s ban on most asylum claims.

“At this point … the policies that are … having a real impact on ensuring that we have security and order at our border are policies that will continue,” she replied.
Chávez Rodríguez's comments are the first indication that U.S. border policy may not change significantly if Harris succeeds Mr. Biden as president, despite pressure from progressive activists angry with the Biden administration's pivot on asylum.
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May 8, 2024
NEWS — The Biden administration is planning to announce a new regulation tomorrow that is designed to allow immigration officials to deport migrants who are ineligible for U.S. asylum earlier in the process, three sources tell @CBSNews.
cbsnews.com/news/immigrati…
It would instruct government asylum officers to apply certain barriers to asylum that are already part of U.S. law during so-called credible fear interviews. This is the first step in the years-long asylum process.
Migrants barred under U.S. law from asylum include those who may pose a danger to public safety or national security. The rule would allow officials to reject and deport migrants in these categories soon after they cross the border.
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