The Central American child and family migrant crisis

What the “lethal force” authorization means at the border

Trump could escalate the violence against migrants at the southern border even more.

Trump doesn’t need to jail families to enforce immigration laws. There are better options.

Community supervision and electronic monitoring are two alternatives that the government has used to make sure asylum seekers follow the law.

The Trump administration says it must lock up families to keep them together. That’s not true.

The legal argument behind Trump’s new family detention policy makes no sense.

19 top ICE investigators ask DHS officials to split up the agency

They don’t want to be linked to Trump’s immigration policies.

Keeping families together in immigration detention might not be much of a solution

The government tried this in 2014. It was a disaster.

Are we headed for a repeat of the 2014 border crisis?

The question is whether the US has the capacity to handle the people who are going to come.

Hondurans fled to the US because their lives were in danger. The US sent them back.

They're terrified to be seen in public — or even let their kids know where they are.

Where are child migrants having the most impact?

Many child migrants are getting released to relatives in states that aren't used to immigrant children. Here's how one community's coping

Is the crisis the journey, or what's at home?

Everyone agrees that children and families should be safe at home, not risking their lives to come to the US. The question is whether that's possible.

Why asylum's so important to the migrant crisis

People can't apply from their home countries, and 5 other things you need to know

7 big disagreements between Dems & GOP on border

Both parties have put out their bills—here are the questions they need to resolve if they're going to produce a law

14 facts to help explain US' child-migrant crisis

What you need to know to get a handle on the issue, and the debate

Why pot legalization in Guatemala isn't enough

It could help, but criminal groups would rely on other sources.

A look at migrant families in detention

Lawyers are finally being allowed into the remote facility where 600 Central American mothers and children are being detained. Here's what they're seeing.

How the drug war drives the child migrant crisis

America's drug policy reaches far beyond US borders.

Kids under 13 are driving the spike in migration

An expert on the root causes of the migrant crisis

The Wilson Center's Cynthia Arnson talks about what the US can do to help Central America tackle its violence problem.

60-70% of child migrants show up to court

But how many kids are absconding, and how many just fall between the cracks?

Almost half of Americans want to deport children

Americans always want action on immigration; and on child migrants, doing something means sending them home

Congress' child migrant proposal is a disaster

A secret UN report obtained by Vox reveals Border Patrol agents are failing to protect Mexican children. And Congress wants to put Central American kids in their care, too

The wave of family deportations has begun

What you can do to help child migrants

Where to donate, what to give, and how to volunteer

How Congress wants to crack down on migrant kids

A new bipartisan bill, supported by the administration, would strip protections from Central American kids

The child migrant crisis, explained in 2 minutes

Tens of thousands of children from Central America are arriving alone at our border, posing a major challenge to humanitarian systems that have been in place since World War II. Vox immigration reporter Dara Lind explains in two minutes.

What deportation study means for migrant crisis

A new study shows family reunification trumps deportation. Does that have implications for the children and families entering the US now?