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U.S.-Mexico Border
MAY 2007
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Calexico, California
Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel

The grass is dying and the shade trees collapsing, but security lights are in full bloom on a former golf course now used for policing the border. Ironically, say some immigration experts, the increasing lockdown can backfire, frightening migrants from attempting the journey home and thus lengthening their stays in the U.S.

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