"Exodus, 2023"
Exodus, 2023
Don Bartletti
Media: Color Image, Archival Pigment Print
Nicely dressed asylum-seekers from China line up with rolling luggage and backpacks near the U.S./Mexico border fence in Jacumba Hot Springs, California on December 27, 2023. It’s called, “The Willows” and is one of three heavily trafficked illegal entry points in the desert about 65 miles east of San Diego. Hundreds of people from around the world walk into the U.S. daily through spaces at the end of the steel barrier. Now, as the sun sets, they are anxious for the arrival of U.S. Border Patrol vans that will take them to a shelter near San Diego.
