Louie Palu explores the U.S.-Mexico border where violence runs rampant: What does it look like? How has the immigration policy evolved? And what are the economic and security issues?
Published January 4, 2013
This slideshow traces a number of key points on the U.S.-Mexico border, from Laredo, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in the east through Nogales (Arizona and Mexico), and Yuma, Arizona, and then north to Calexico, California and west to Tijuana, Mexico. Topics explored are the physical border and landscape, cross-border trade, security, immigration, drug trafficking and organized crime.
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Louie Palu is an award-winning documentary photographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, festivals and exhibitions internationally. He has been awarded many accolades including a...
