Citation

Aizeki M. Women Stud. Q. 2019; 47(3): 119-126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Feminist Press)

DOI

10.1353/wsq.2019.0037

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The fortification of the U.S.-Mexico border dominates the current political landscape. This photo-essay goes back to the mid-1990s, when the deaths of people crossing came to the political forefront. Under the Clinton presidential administration, the U.S. government massively increased the size of the policing apparatus on the U.S.-Mexico border, with a focus on urbanized areas. As a consequence, many communities that had previously been sites of fluid migration were closed off, pushing people to cross in isolated areas with dangerous terrain. This led to a marked increase in migrant fatalities. This photo-essay highlights various responses--including political art protesting border militias and activists leaving vital supplies for migrants who pass through the desert--as well as depictions of border militarization and migrant deaths...

Language: en