Two young men sit on the Mexican side of the border before crossing over. Migrants wearing camouflage shed this clothing when they cross to evade the U.S. border patrol. Sasabe region, Arizona, USA (...)
Trump store illustrates local sentiment in one of America’s main swing states where U.S.-based militia groups “tour” the region for asylum seekers. Tombstone, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
One of thousands of wooden crosses erected by activists on the spot that a migrant’s body was found in the dangerous and often deadly Sonora desert as they attempt to cross into the U.S. to claim a (...)
An abandoned migrant camp, flooded by a monsoon. The camp had been set up on U.S. side of the border wall by Samaritan groups providing food, water, and shelter to migrants who’d crossed the harsh (...)
Migrants from India, who had just crossed the harsh and often violent Sonora desert to await U.S. Border Patrol for processing, flag down a Samaritan car in a desert monsoon. These men, from a larg (...)
A migrant camp in a monsoon, set up by Tuscon Samaritans to provide food, shelter and water for migrants on the U.S. side of the border in spite of President Joe Biden’s executive order to bar migr (...)
Migrants from India who had just crossed the harsh and often violent Sonora desert await the U.S. Border Patrol for processing. Sasabe, Arizona, USA. July 2024
Steel gate opened to allow debris from flash floods to pass. Sasabe region, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
The U.S.-Mexico border wall. Nogales, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
Border parking at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Nogales, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
A road sign. It is difficult to find road signs that have not been shot up. Rural mail boxes are also a frequent targets. Arivaca, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
Remnants of the old U.S.-Mexico 17-foot “Bill Clinton” wall (left) replaced by a newer and higher 27-foot wall (right). Each pillar is filled with concrete. Sasabe region, Arizona, USA. July 2024.
A migrant camp at the end of wall set up on the U.S. side of the border by Samaritan groups providing food, water, and shelter to migrants who’d crossed the harsh and often violent Sonora desert to (...)
Border patrol officer Robert Ortiz at the border wall. Arizona, USA. July 2024.
The U.S.-Mexico border wall. Nogales, Arizona, USA. July 2024. All images © Larry Towell / Magnum Photos
