Lois Muñoz is one of a growing number of Americans who’ve made the move south, choosing to accompany their undocumented spouses who are voluntarily leaving in light of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

A report released in December by American Families United, a nonprofit organization advocating for U.S. citizens and their immigrant spouses, estimated that 1.5 million U.S. citizens are separated or live in fear of separation from the person or country they love because they are in relationships with mixed immigration statuses. The report details the impact for children born of mixed-status marriages, who remain in limbo because of their parents’ immigration statuses.

NBC News spoke with three families facing wrenching choices: stay in the U.S. and risk a loved one’s ending up in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, restart their lives together in Mexico or choose to live apart.

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