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Central American migrant caravans

Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, early Oct. 27, 2021, as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the US border.

Thousands of migrants heading north to the US-Mexico border face a ‘collapsed’ asylum system, advocates say

Migration

About 3,000 migrants — men, women and children — left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Saturday hoping to reach Mexico City and ask for asylum. Others will continue to the US-Mexico border. But the asylum system in Mexico isn’t fully working as it should. 

Honduran mother and child on their way to US

Climate change is the overlooked driver of Central American migration

Climate Change
Some people sit on top of a border barrier while a crowd gathers on the ground.

Law students head to southern US border to help asylum-seekers

Immigration
A migrant from Honduras stands in front of the border wall with the sun shining behind him

After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new ‘remain in Mexico’ policy

Immigration
Mother with her son, holding a US flag, waits in line for food.

Who is responsible for migrants?

Global Politics
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to a crowd

No honeymoon period for Mexico’s incoming president

Global Politics

After five months, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is finally taking office. But he’ll immediately face the country’s crisis on the US-Mexico border.

One of seven LGBTQ couples that got married in Tijuana, Mexico pose for a picture with an LGBTQ rainbow flag behind them

LGBTQ migrants find safety in numbers on trek to US border

Sexuality

Many of the LGBTQ migrants making their way to the US fled violence and harassment at home. They found each other during this journey and have stayed together in a tight-knit group.

migrants reach through a fence with pieces of food

Waiting for asylum, migrants in limbo grow desperate

Immigration

A group of about 3,000 migrants has travelled for more than a month to reach the US. Now, they’re just a half-hour walk away. But getting in seems more distant than ever.

A young man waits for a ride, looks at the camera.

Tensions rise in Tijuana as migrant flows strain Mexican border shelters

The buildup in Tijuana will be a test of tougher asylum rules introduced by Trump, which some experts believe will push more people to try to cross illegally.