Blind – Haunting Photos of Midnight Crossings at the US/Mexico Border During the 1980s

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Haunting Photos of Midnight Crossings at the US/Mexico Border During the 1980s — Blind Magazine

American photographer Ken Light looks back at his time at the US/Mexico border in the 1980s when The Border Patrol began hunting migrants in the dead of night.

via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1237/Haunting-Photos-Of-Midnight-Crossings-At-The-Us-Mexico-Border-During-The-1980s

“At the time, a lot of newspapers in California were writing stories about the ‘Brown Invasion’ because the immigration numbers were incredible. I realized this is one of the great stories of the twentieth century. The massive immigration would change the demographics of America.”

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