Seeking asylum is legal, but turning away asylum seekers is not. Take our quiz to get the facts on what’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond.

“In the news, they talk about migrants and people rushing the border, but really, these are families fleeing dangerous, violent places and seeking legal asylum here in the U.S.,” says IRC Voice Piper Perabo, who met Central American families in Arizona.

Imagine you are a Central American mother detained for days by the U.S. border patrol after a desperate journey to flee violence at home. Suddenly you are released. What happens next?

People arriving at the U.S. border have the right to request asylum without being criminalized, turned back, or separated from their children. Here’s how the process works.

The first thing this family did upon arriving to America from El Salvador was get to work, study, and make a better life for their new community as well as themselves.

Threatened by gangs in El Salvador, Valentina escaped danger by resettling to the United States. She tells her powerful story so others, like her, might have a chance at safety and freedom.

In his 2019 State of the Union address, President Trump distorted the record on people seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border. We set the record straight.