President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency at the southern border of the United States

CBS News met with one woman just hours after she arrived on U.S. soil illegally. She paid smugglers over $15,000 to escape violence in Central Mexico.

A sense of despair has engulfed the migrant camp of La Soledad, named after the colonial-era church that towers over the shantytown in downtown Mexico City. It was supposed to be a temporary stop, a place to regroup and wait for the right moment to continue on toward the United States.

What's in a name change, after all?The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico ...

What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico ...

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

President Trump is sending hundreds of troops to the southern border for a wide-ranging mission that poses new challenges and raises questions about the military’s role in handling migration,

Illegal crossings at the southern border were lower in December 2024 than in December 2020, Border Patrol data showed.

Mexico's southern border states will become the most insecure area in the country in 2024 due to cartel disputes over drug and human trafficking, which could be aggravated by migrants stranded by new restrictions in the United States.

Upon taking office, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders affecting migrants on the US border. Now, 1,500 soldiers are being deployed along the southern border with Mexico — but Trump's plans go much further.