Janet Goldner

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.

This is a cell in Otero. Not my photo because we were not permitted to photograph here.

This is the entry to Otero. Not my photo because we were not permitted to photograph here.

Looking from El Paso into Mexico. The border is somewhere about midway to the far mountains but you can’t see it.

This mural is in El Paso near the border Port of Entry. It shows the twins EL Paso and Cuidad Juarez now seperated.

Note the Border Patrol surveying the border from a small hill.

The border fence making an almost beautiful line as it flows down the hill and across the landscape dividing and separating with such cruelty.

Border fence in downtown El Paso.. Thats a freight train just beyond the fence and an elevated highway beyond.

Pedro and Amelia were at the house where we are staying when we got here on Saturday. They had just been reunited after 3 months. Amelia, a sweet girl and a ruthless tic tac toe player, had been in New York. Soon father and daughter will travel on to join their family in the South. The image is a drawing. Photographs of Annunciation guests are not permitted.