Janet Goldner

Street in Piedras Negras

Bus shelter in Piedras Negras

We spent the day following the Rio Grande as it wends it’s way from Presidio, TX, thru Great Bend Ranch State Park into Great Bend National Park. The US is on one side of the river and Mexico on the other. A spectacular and often desolate landscape. We thought about migrants fleeing for their lives across mountain ranges in extreme temperatures.

The border is somewhere in this stand of trees.

The border wall near Brownsville literally in residential backyards.

Another kind of border fence coming into Brownsville. Note the cotton field in the foreground. The fence is several 100 feet from the actual border. The break in the fence is to provide access to land and businesses between the wall and the border.

Border complex of bridges and walkways.

Border complex of bridges and walkways.

Grafitti seen from the El Paso/Juarez bridge.

Grafitti seen from the El Paso/Juarez bridge.

Border complex of bridges and walkways.

This shows the 3 colored uniforms in use at Otero and elsewhere. Blue is lowest level crime like illegal entry. Orange is for those who entered illegally and have another misdemeanor. Red is for more those considered more dangerous. Not my photo because we were not permitted to photograph here.