This photographer spent a decade at the border. Here is what he saw. - The Washington Post
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John Moore is a Getty Images special correspondent and spent the past 10 years photographing all sides of the immigration debate. In his journey, he saw motivations to come to America and what it was worth in action, which both stirred and answered questions of his, but mostly leaving him to wonder. In his photos, he displays the love of family, the reliance which US farmers have on migrant work, detainment, the logistics of building a border wall along the Rio Grande, and physical struggle.
These pictures are incredibly moving because, like Mr. Moore mentions, they make you feel. You see a father playing with his toddler at a rest stop, maybe hoping that the hardest part is over. You see a boy, who can’t be more than nine years old, without parents, standing in what is essentially a cage watching Casper on a distant screen in a detention center. People are so desperate as to send their children alone, hoping they make it to see their aunt or family friend on the other side which is a new and better life. These are not people hoping to bring crime. These are people who want to fill that little boy’s mouth and take him to the movies to see the new version of Ghostbusters. It’s not that illegal immigration shouldn’t be monitored, but it shouldn’t be so antagonized or impersonalized as some people make it out to be. Of course, you can’t make everyone happy, but you can remember that everyone is a person with human rights.
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