"Suburban Lights, 2022"
Suburban Lights, 2022
Don Bartletti
Media: Color image, Archival Pigment Print
At daybreak people huddle around warming fires where the towering border fence ends in San Luis, Arizona on December 17, 2022. Overnight about 150 men, women and children walked into the U.S. from Mexico and are now waiting for U.S. Border Patrol agents to process their pleas for amnesty. The large number of people from around the world has overwhelmed patrol agent’s ability to transport, house and feed newcomers in a timely manner. One border patrolman said, “I got into this business for law enforcement. Now I’m a babysitter.”
