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25-Venezuelan Migrant Mother and Child Seeking Aylum at Breach in the Wall El Paso 2022.jpeg

Afghan Woman Released from ICE Detention_El Paso, TX 2025.jpeg

Asylum Seekers Crossing Rio Bravo at Veneuelan Encampment_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Asylum Seekers Crossing Rio Bravo with Coyote Watching_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Boy at Venezuelan Encampment at the Wall_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Child Full of Hope at the Border_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Close Up of Migrant Family_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Cots on Floor in Juarez Shelter_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Ecuadorian Mother and Daughter at Holy Family Shelter_El Paso, TX 2024.jpeg

Family from Michoacan with CBP One Application Seeking Asylum_Juarez, Mexico 2023.jpeg

Father and Daughter_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Girl Deported_Juarez, Mexico 2021.jpeg

Guatamalan Mother and Child at Catholic Refugio, Juarez Mexico 2018.jpeg

Haitian Boy with CBP One Application at the Border_Juarez, Mexico 2023.jpeg

Haitian Woman in Juarez Shelter_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Honduran Father and Son at Holy Family Refuge Center_El Paso TX 2024.jpeg

In Detention 2025.jpeg

Juarez Shelter with Rooster_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Mexican Migrant Girl Released from Detention_El Paso, TX 2019.jpeg

MIchoacan Family with CBP One Application at the Border_Juarez, Mexico 2023.jpeg

Migrant Family Under Cross at Holy Family Shelter El Paso Texas 2024.jpeg

Migrant Girl at Respetrans Shelter_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Migrant Girl with Tiara at Shelter_El Paso, TX 2019.jpeg

Migrant Mother and Child living in Downtown Alley EL Paso 2023.jpeg

Migrant Sisters Playing Dolls at Refugio Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Migrant Woman at Shelter_El Paso, TX 2029.jpeg

Migrants Living in Streets of El Paso_El Paso, TX 2023.jpeg

Migrants Receiving Donated Clothes_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Mother and Child in Respetrans Shelter_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Nicaraguan Family in Shelter_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

s-La Perrera Dog Kennel_El Paso TX2020.jpg

s-Mexican Family on the Streets of Juarez Seeking Asylum_Juarez Mexico 2020.jpg

s-Michuacan Mother and Child Living on Streets of Juarez Waiting for Asylum Juarez Mexico2020.jpg

s-Migrant Mother Bathing Child in the Park Awaiting Asylum Juarez 2020.jpg

s-Venezuelan Brides in a Group Wedding at the Border_Juarez 2022.jpg

s-Venezuelan Men Seeking Asylum at the Wall El PasoTX 2022.jpg

s-Venezuelan Sunday Barbers in Alley at Sacred Heart_ El Paso2022.jpg

s-Venezuelan Woman in Limbo Waiting for Asylum on Streets of El PasoTexas 2022_Laurie Smith.jpg

Stalking a Migrant_Santa Teresa, NM 2021.jpeg

Venezuelan Family Seeking Asylum El Paso TX 2022.jpeg

Venezuelan Family with Crying Baby Seeking Asylum_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Venezuelan Men and Flag at Encampment on Rio Bravo_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Venezuelan Migrants Getting an Haircut in Downtown El Paso Alley_El Paso, TX 2023.jpeg

Venezuelan Migrants Under Bridge_09-22_El Paso, Texas.jpeg

Venezuelan Woman in Tent along Rio Bravo_Juarez, Mexico 2022.jpeg

Venezuelans at Breach in the Wall_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Young Migrant Woman Living on Streets of Downtown El Paso_El Paso, TX 2022.jpeg

Collage-SantoToribioRomoPatronSntMigrants_USMexicoBorder22 copy.jpg

One Landscape Divided

Border Patrol Ride Along

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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