What you should know about the migrant caravan and the conspiracy theories surrounding it

As many as 7,000 Central Americans are making their to the U.S.-Mexico border, and along with them are a wealth of misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding their motives and character.

While this isn’t the first migrant caravan to make its way to the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration, it is the largest — and with midterm elections only two weeks away, thisĀ one has elicited the most strident response from Republicans and the White House, who are le...