I took these photographs on April 5th, a nation-wide day of action to stop these senseless and unjust immigration policies and deportations. Migration is a human right. Every day more than 1,000 are deported. It was predicted that by April, over 2 million people would be deported by the Obama Administration. There are open borders for commercial trade and profit, yet the border is closed to those who are exploited for the labor that lines the pockets of the very people that benefit from policies like NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). On April 5th, groups across the country held events to say: 2 Million 2 Many! Not One More Deportation!
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Extending solidarity and friendship through the fence.
Mother and daughter trying to make contact through this barrier.
Families trying to connect.
People sharing in prayer from both sides of the fence.
One of these women drove from Milwaukee to see her mother, ill with cancer.
Young man caught coming to the United States.
The corrosion of a fence erected with fear and hate.
The hand of a woman yearning to hug and caress her daughter, whom she has not touched in years.
This young lady drove from Anaheim to see her mother, barely distinguishable, on the other side of the fence.
Prayer and communion.
Prayer and communion.
Prayer and communion.
Border patrol agent telling the young lady who traveled from Anaheim that it was time to leave.
Man-made hate . . . man-made borders.
We all belong.
Prayer and communion.
If we could only be like birds, and fly over those fences.
Alma de Colibrí 
Your pictures are stunning.
Thank you Janice! 🙂