The Trump administration has mounted a nationwide campaign to void the asylum claims of thousands of immigrants with active cases in immigration court by arguing that they can be deported to countries that are not their own, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. The effort appears to have intensified in recent weeks, targeting asylum-seekers with pending cases in immigration courts in Atlanta, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Texas and elsewhere across the U.S., multiple immigration lawyers and certified legal representatives told CBS News...

The Trump administration will soon install 900 miles of buoy barrier at the United States-Mexico border, marking the first time the U.S. government has used a water-based defense system to stop illegal immigration, the Border Patrol's national chief told the Washington Examiner. Construction teams will start dropping the red-orange floating devices in the Rio Grande along Texas' southern border in early 2026, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks said...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday announced a special $3,000-a-pop "home for the holidays" incentive for illegal migrants to self-deport by Dec. 31. "This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily," the DHS secretary tweeted. "Through the end of the year, illegal aliens who self-deport using the CBP Home App can receive a $3,000 exit bonus."...

Today, President Donald J. Trump will award the newly established Mexican Border Defense Medal to U.S. service members for their extraordinary work to safeguard our nation's southern border and uphold American sovereignty. Under President Trump's decisive leadership, the southern border has undergone a profound transformation to turn back the invasion unleashed by the Biden Administration — achieving levels of security unseen in decades. By reversing Biden-era failed policies and swiftly implementing robust enforcement, the Trump Administration has restored order, deterred illegal entries, and protected American communities from the threats posed by unchecked migration, transnational crime, and fentanyl trafficking...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday said it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports over Beijing's "unreasonable" pursuit of chip industry dominance, but would delay the action until June 2027. The tariff rate will be announced at least 30 days in advance, according to the filing, which follows a year-long "Section 301" unfair trade practices investigation into China's exports of "legacy," or older-technology chips to the U.S., launched by former President Joe Biden's administration...

President Donald Trump again vowed to cut housing costs and dangled the promise of dramatic action to address the affordability crisis while making a special address to the nation on Wednesday. "Mortgage payments will be coming down even further early in the new year," Trump said in his speech from the Oval Office. "You will see this in the new year, I will announce some of the most aggressive housing reform plans in American history." It is not the first time Trump has promised drastic action on housing costs, after signing an order for "emergency price relief" on the first day of his second term, and floating plans for declaring a national housing emergency this fall, which never materialized...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals — the most significant moves this administration has taken so far to restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children — include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children and prohibiting federal Medicaid dollars from being used to fund such procedures...