Kristi Noem defends Trump administration's handling of 2-year-old sent to Honduras with deported mother

El Paso, Texas — Immigration officials flew a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras last week because her mother, who faced deportation, "wanted her child with her," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says.

Noem spoke about the case, which drew alarm from a federal judge, in a wide-ranging interview with CBS News at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, covering President Trump's immigration crackdown and some of the ensuing legal controversies.

Mr. Trump retook the White House on a promise of tighter border security and a crackdown on illegal immigration. Now, 100 days in, the administration is touting a 95% drop in illegal crossings along the southern border, and the fewest "encounters" reported there in decades.