American Photography 31 Winners

Border Lines

La Joya, Texas. When a vehicle carrying drugs or migrants is stopped by police, the occupants often flee into the brush and the agents search for them by tracking their footprints. Border Lines. November 2014. The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is the busiest corridor for unauthorized migration in the nation. These pictures, taken aboard Homeland Security helicopters, show the diversity of terrain and a variety of methods used to enforce current immigration laws. There is morre money and resources spent on this stretch of the border than ever before. The Valley, which is situated along the most direct route to the US from Central America, serves as a unwitting stage for this unfolding political drama. Border Patrol agents search for the driver of a vehicle bailout north of La Joya, Texas.

Border Lines

Miguel Aleman, Mexico. A helicopter hovers as a man runs back across the shallow Rio Grande to Mexico. Border Lines. November 2014. The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is the busiest corridor for unauthorized migration in the nation. These pictures, taken aboard Homeland Security helicopters, show the diversity of terrain and a variety of methods used to enforce current immigration laws. There is morre money and resources spent on this stretch of the border than ever before. The Valley, which is situated along the most direct route to the US from Central America, serves as a unwitting stage for this unfolding political drama. Border Patrol agents search for the driver of a vehicle bailout north of La Joya, Texas. When a vehicle carrying drugs or migrants is stopped by police, the occupants often flee into the brush and the agents search for them by tracking their footprints.