Wendy Young

The US-Mexico border

At the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol officers are increasingly catching children

Central American children are facing an impossible choice — stay at home, facing gang violence and poverty — or make a dangerous journey north through Mexico across the border to the US. More than ever before, they're choosing to go — and getting caught at the border.

At the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol officers are increasingly catching children

Central American youths increasingly forced to flee to the U.S. to escape gang violence

Central American youths increasingly forced to flee to the U.S. to escape gang violence

Arriving Young and Alone: One Guatemalan Migrant's Trek

Arriving Young and Alone: One Guatemalan Migrant's Trek