1401 Josue

Dreamer, Josue Saldivar came to Tucson from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico when he was 8 years old. He didn’t realize he was in the US illegally until he was a senior in high school and started to apply for scholarships to go to college. “Before that I thought I could accomplish what anyone else could,” he said.

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1082 ground

Desert landscape. Even walking a short distance to take this photograph, Janet got a few thorns in her shoes and feet.

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1013 Jon&hut2-sm

It is important to consider the intertwined relationships between migrants, refugees & homelessness. Jon McLane, one of the founders of Safe Park Dream Center, standing at the door of his cabin.

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925 Fence

The fence to the sky: the 30′ high fence between Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, AZ.

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939 fence art

Artwork on the Mexican side of the fence between Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, AZ. You can see thru the fence to the houses and the car on the US side of the border. The distance between the I-beams is enough for your arm to be in the US while your body is in Mexico. The mural is titled “Paseo de Humanidad” (Parade of Humanity) is by artists Alberto Morackis, Alfred Quiróz and Guadalupe Serrano.

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912 overview

Not far beyond the cemetery is a Mexican government border station. At the Red Cross trailer migrants can get medical help.

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908

Sometimes migrants sleep in the cemetery since no one bothers them there.

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792 map Tucson

A map published by Humane Borders of the distance between Nogales and Tucson. The red dots indicate where people have died. The concentric circles show how many days walk.

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