Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Esperanza Reyna Ortega contemplates her options after being deported the night before.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

The Kino Border Initiative provides free first aid services to recent deportees, most of whom present with extensive blistering to their feet, dehydration, heat exhaustion, and malnourishment. 

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Father and son confer a day after being caught crossing the border illegally into the United States to join the rest of their family in Allentown, PA.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Two men, deported from the United States the previous day, contemplate their options, sitting on a street curb a few hundred meters from the US-Mexico border crossing. 

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

2 men deported the previous day read the local newspaper outside the Nogales, MX bus depot, as they await the opening of a local bus depot, where the owner offers deportees free breakfasts every Sunday. 

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Recent deportees line up at the local bus depot for a free breakfast of steamed rice milk and bread.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

A man deported the night before awaits verification of his identification papers in hopes of free breakfast at the Kino Border Initiative cafeteria.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

A 12 year old boy caught crossing the border with his parents 2 days earlier sits with his mother and a group of recently deported women after a breakfast of warm rice milk and bread. The family is planning a second attempt the following day.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

A husband and wife discuss their plans for a second attempt.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Recent deportees converge upon the car of Francisco Olachea, a former deportee turned relief worker, who spends his Sunday mornings providing free clothes to migrants at the US-Mexico border. Most of these men will be attempting a second border crossing within the next 1-2 days.

Nogales, Mexico

Nogales, Mexico

Food line, Kino Border Initiative Cafeteria. 

Sasabe, Arizona

Sasabe, Arizona

A group of Mexican boys sit on the Mexican side of the open gate at the Sasabe crossing along the US-Mexico border.

Nogales, MX

Nogales, MX

The sun sets on the US side of the US-Mexico border west of Sasabe, AZ.