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sonoran desert - This human tooth, possibly belonging to a migrant, was found in 2011 in the Tumacácori Mountains, located south of Tucson, Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Notes From a Crime Scene

Jason De León
A 2015 book offers an intimate account of undocumented migrants’ life-and-death struggles in the unforgiving desert of the U.S.-Mexico border.
At their shop on the edge of Pakal-Na, Don Chava and his grandson rely on migrants to buy water, bags of chips, and other small items as they come into town looking for the shelter.
photo-essay / Field Notes

Prevention Through Deterrence: Picturing a U.S. Policy

Jason De León, Eduardo “Lalo” García, and The Undocumented Migration Project
U.S. policy is effectively hiding the suffering of undocumented migrants.