Border Patrol Ride Along — Laurie Smith Photography

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1-cHand of Border Patrol at the Wall_El Paso, TX 2022 copy.jpg

Apprehension in Dust Storm_El Paso, TX 2020.jpeg

Asylum Seekers Lining up at Bus_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Asylum Seeking Families Throwing All Belongings in Dumster_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Borde Patrol Agent at Breach in the Wall_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Border Patrol Apprehensio_Santa Teresa, NM 2022.jpeg

Border Patrol Apprehension_Sunland Park, NM 2022.jpeg

Border Patrol Chase_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Border Patrol Helicoptor Searching for Migrants at the Wall_El Paso, TX.jpeg

Border Patrol in the War Zone_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Caught After a Long Journey_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Detained Asylum Seekers Lined up at Bus_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Detained Migrants by Border Patrol_Santa Teresa, NM 2022.jpeg

Handcuffed at the Border_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Honduran Man Detained at the Wall_ Anapra New Mexico 2024_Laurie Smith.jpeg

ICE Overlooking Venezuelan Encampment in Juarez_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Leading Apprehended Migrant to Truck_Santa Teresa, NM 2022.jpeg

LIfting of Title 42 at the Wall_El Paso, TX 2023.jpeg

Masked Apprehension at the Border_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

Masked Patrol_ El Paso, TX.jpeg

Migrant Families Loading into Van at the Border_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Migrant Mother with Family Loading Van at Border_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Mother and Child Loaded into the Van_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Oaxacan Boy Detained at the Wall_Santa Teresa, NM 2024.jpeg

Oaxacans Detained at the Wall_Santa Teresa, NM 2024.jpeg

Pat Down at the Border_Sunland Park, NM 2022.jpeg

Patroling the Wall_Santa Teresa, NM 2024.jpeg

Prayers at the Border_Sunland Park, NM.jpeg

Stare Down_Santa Teresa, NM 2022.jpeg

TItle 42 Loading Bus El Paso 2023.jpeg

Humanitarian Crisis

Optics of a War Zone

Public Art - a great way to get more eyes on what a 30 foot steel bollard border wall looks like. Thank you @the_big_picture_colo for this powerful opportunity to share art with all people. #wheatpaste #publicart #publicartforall #borderwall #lauries

I’m excited to share the news that this photograph from my
One Landscape Divided series,
“Hand of Border Patrol at the Wall, El Paso Texas 2022”
has been selected for the Threshold 2025 Exhibition at CPAC November 21, 2025 &ndash

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Living in fear. Hiding. Separated from family. Torn from children. Detained. Alligator Alcatraz. Deported. El Salvador. Rwanda. Sudan. Back to dangerous homelands. Dying. In the desert. Remains in the sand. Bones bleaching in the

Trump wants the entire stretch of border wall painted black to burn the hands of those who attempt to climb it.
Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem said, “That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is a US-based labor organization dedicated to improving the lives of day laborers, migrants, and low-wage workers! The network’s mission is to build leadership and power among marginalized com

Trump’s BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL designates
$46.5 BILLION for the BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL,
while the effectiveness of continuing to build a border wall is debated.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-budget-congress-trump-bill-e37bb0a5c5ca883438db349

Honored to have “Saguaro at the Wall” selected to exhibit with such brilliantly creative photographs at the Annual @cpacphoto Members Show, curated by Anne Leighton Massoni of @hcponline. Exhibit runs through August 2nd.
#borderlandphotog

Judging by the optics, the borderland is now a war zone. Since 2016 I have driven the dirt road that abuts the border wall from El Paso, TX to Columbus, NM, on self-assigned recognizance missions to see what might unfold.  I rarely encounter a s

© Laurie Smith 2025

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