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In 2024–2025, ''60 Minutes'' delayed or withheld segments examining deportation outcomes and detention conditions, including reporting related to individuals deported to foreign detention facilities. CBS cited additional review but provided no firm air dates, prompting reporting that the delays were linked to political sensitivity surrounding deportation policy and executive-branch pressure.<ref name="DailyBeast60Minutes">https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-suddenly-drops-segment-on-major-trump-controversy</ref>
In 2024–2025, ''60 Minutes'' delayed or withheld segments examining deportation outcomes and detention conditions, including reporting related to individuals deported to foreign detention facilities. CBS cited additional review but provided no firm air dates, prompting reporting that the delays were linked to political sensitivity surrounding deportation policy and executive-branch pressure.<ref name="DailyBeast60Minutes">https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-suddenly-drops-segment-on-major-trump-controversy</ref>


Separately, members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee formally raised concerns that CBS News altered or edited interview content following expressions of displeasure from the President of the United States. In a public letter, Rep. Jamie Raskin requested investigation into whether CBS’s internal oversight mechanisms acted to suppress or censor journalism critical of executive-branch policy, including immigration enforcement.<ref name="RaskinLetter" />
Separately, members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee formally raised concerns that CBS News altered or edited interview content following expressions of displeasure from the President of the United States. In a public letter, Rep. Jamie Raskin requested investigation into whether CBS’s internal oversight mechanisms acted to suppress or censor journalism critical of executive-branch policy, including immigration enforcement.


Beyond individual incidents, CBS News coverage of ICE and DHS enforcement actions has frequently relied on official agency framing, presenting raids, arrests, and removals as routine law-enforcement operations while omitting documented harms such as deaths in custody, medical neglect, family separation, and due-process violations, as reported by civil-rights organizations and government oversight bodies.<ref name="ACLUICEContext">https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses</ref>
Beyond individual incidents, CBS News coverage of ICE and DHS enforcement actions has frequently relied on official agency framing, presenting raids, arrests, and removals as routine law-enforcement operations while omitting documented harms such as deaths in custody, medical neglect, family separation, and due-process violations, as reported by civil-rights organizations and government oversight bodies.<ref name="ACLUICEContext">https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses</ref>