Border patrol officers and agents regularly harass, intimidate and threaten citizens and journalists alike who take photos from public rights of way at border patrol entries and do the same when they take photos of agents either there or in the field. Such harassment, including demanding people stop taking photos without a reason, is one of…
A lo largo de la frontera en Nogales a través de un cerco desgastado con huecos más pequeños que un penique, Joanna Celaya ve a su hermano por primera vez en tres años. Ellos platican y comparten los cuentos de sus vidas por varias horas. Aquí, a lo largo de la frontera de Nogales, hay personas que…
Along the border in Nogales through a worn out metal fence with holes smaller than pennies, Joanna Celaya sees her brother for the first time in three years. They talk, share stories of their lives for several hours. Here along the border in Nogales are the fence talkers people who come to share love with…
NOGALES, Sonora – Within the Albergue para Migrantes San Juan Bosco, adorned by Virgin Mary shrines and migrant-rights posters, hides rows of bunk beds filled with migrants resting after their journeys to and from the United States. Since 1982, Juan Francisco Loureiro and his wife, Gilda, have provided food, shelter and clothing to thousands of…
The sidewalks lining Calle Alvaro Obregón were packed with families – men, women and children craning their necks to watch red, white and green floats parade down the main street of Nogales, Sonora. A military procession followed vaqueros on horseback, children in school uniforms and girls in traditional Mexican dresses. The colors of Mexico hung…
