Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriatate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border controllings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Raul ortiz is a deputy chief Bo
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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Glor good evening, everyone. Scotts on assignment. Im jeff glor. This is our western edition. The last u. S. Forces left iraq in december 2011. President obama may now send some back. Islamic militants grabbed more land today and the president returned from a weekend in california to consider options. They include sending special forces. We have a series of reports tonight including a team of correspondents in the region, but we begin with breaking news from david martin at the pentagon. David . Reporter good evening. One of the options being presented to the president calls for sending teams of special forces back into iraq. They would not go into the field to fight alongside iraqi troops, but would train and advise them in an effort to recapture some of the territory lost to insurgents. A small flotilla of ships led by the u. S. S. Bush is in the persian gulf ready to carry out strikes designed to break the momentum of sunni militias su
Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi, and this is our western edition. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1,400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border crossings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Ra