What’s going on at the border and why it’s a humanitarian crisis - Vox

... The pandemic-related economic downturn and a pair of hurricanes late last year that devastated Honduras and Guatemala in particular have only exacerbated those more longstanding problems. Many people are hoping to apply for asylum or other humanitarian protections, and the US is obligated by federal law and international human rights agreements to give them that chance...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22346509/humanitarian-border-crisis-biden-unaccompanied-children