More Details

Summary:

A report on the massive number of migrant families crossing the U.S. southern border and the Department of Homeland Security's attempts to handle the large crowds. Kevin McAleenan, the acting Secretary of Homeland Security, who enforced the department's now defunct policy of separating children from parents at the border as a way of deterring migrants from attempting to cross, explains how DHS facilities are overrun with families, which they are not equipped to handle. McAleenan also explains how U.S. law allows migrant families to remain in the country until they've seen a judge, which can take up to five years with the current case backlog. McAleenan calls the situation at the border "absolutely both" a humanitarian and national security crisis. Includes interviews with Marcelino Medina, a U.S. border patrol officer; Chief Patrol Agent Rudy Karisch; Sister Norma Pimental, who runs a Catholic Charities Respite Center in Texas; and migrant families.

Contributors:

Alfonsi, Sharyn , onscreen presenter, interviewer

Rey, Michael (Television producer) , producer

De Granados, Oriana Zill , producer

CBS Corp. , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

CBS News Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

CBS Entertainment (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English with occasional passages in Spanish.

Related Works:

In series: 60 minutes (Television program)

Alternate Titles:

On the border
Sixty minutes > On the border

Subjects:

Immigrant families — Legal status, laws, etc. — United States

Border crossing — United States

Border patrols — United States

Emigration and immigration law — United States

Border security — United States

United States Department of Homeland Security

Legal status

Immigrant families

Border crossing

Border patrols

Emigration and immigration law

Border security

Immigrant families — Legal status, laws, etc.

United States

Genres:

Television news programs

Online media

Internet videos

Performers:

Reporter: Sharyn Alfonsi ; interviewees: Kevin McAleenan, Marcelino Medina, Rudy Karisch, Norma Pimental.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Description based on: Title from title screen (viewed February 20, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (14 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

1425510775

Other Control Numbers:

99707816400971 (source: VaAlASP)
5521985 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5521985/avon