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On The Fence: The Border Towns of Trump’s Wall

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Peter van Agtmael Caricature of Donald Trump by the border crossing in Brownsville. Brownsville, Texas., USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael USA. Brownsville. Texas. 2016. Mailbox just north of the border wall between Mexico and the USA. The intermittent wall has become a highly politicized issue, though at this point it is more symboli (...)
Peter van Agtmael USA. Laredo, Texas. 2016. Street scene right by the border in Laredo, Texas. Laredo is 96% Hispanic and a major trading hub with Mexico, which is right across the Rio Grande River. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A woman living in the shadow of the wall outside Brownsville. She commutes daily to work in Mexico and of the current political climate says that the racism has been longstanding in Texas and is no (...)
Peter van Agtmael Street scene near the border in Laredo, Texas. Laredo is 96% Hispanic and a major trading hub with Mexico, which is right across the Rio Grande River. Laredo, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Border Fence at Laredo Community College. Laredo, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael The nearly abandoned town of Roma along the Texas-Mexico border. Border patrol seems to outnumber civilians 10-1 in the town. Roma, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, seen with a zoom lens across the Rio Grande River from a park on the border. Laredo, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael USA. Zapata County. Texas. 2016. A gravedigger in the Zapata County Cemetery. Every year he buries a few unidentified migrants who died trying to make their way across the border from Mexico. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Unidentified grave of a migrant who died trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas from Mexico. Zapata County. Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A pedestrian bridge connecting Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with Laredo, Texas. Laredo, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Border patrol pull over a minivan with Minnesota tags with at least five migrants (including two minors) on West Military Hwy in Pharr. The driver fled as soon as the van was pulled over. Pharr. T (...)
Peter van Agtmael USA. Brownsville. Texas. 2016. The border fence and a suburban home. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A sign near the land of Pamela Taylor, an 88-year-old English-American woman who married a Mexican-American in World War II and moved to the U.S. shortly afterwards. She is opposed to illegal immi (...)
Peter van Agtmael A portrait of Pamela Taylor with the binoculars she uses to look for migrants. Taylor is an 88-year-old English-American woman who married a Mexican-American in World War II and moved to the U.S. s (...)
Peter van Agtmael A portrait of Pamela Taylor. Taylor is an 88-year-old English-American woman who married a Mexican-American in World War II and moved to the U.S. shortly afterwards. She is opposed to illegal immi (...)
Peter van Agtmael A shotgun and a bullet proof vest in the home of Pamela Taylor. Taylor is an 88-year-old English-American woman who married a Mexican-American in World War II and moved to the U.S. shortly afterwar (...)
Peter van Agtmael USA. Brownsville. Texas. 2016. The border wall just outside of Brownsville on the land of the Nature Conservancy, home to one of two Sabel Palm groves in the United States. The fence has smalls h (...)
Peter van Agtmael Max Pons, a biologist and manager of the Nature Conservancy in Brownsville, home to one of two Sabel Palm groves in the United States. The land is bisected by a border fence, which has small holes (...)
Peter van Agtmael Street scene right by the border in Laredo, Texas. Laredo is 96% Hispanic and a major trading hub with Mexico, which is right across the Rio Grande River. Laredo, Texas, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Tony Martinez, mayor of Brownsville, speaks at length of the absurdity of a border fence in stopping the flow of migrants and how upsetting it is to have such a personal issue so politicized given (...)
Peter van Agtmael USA. Brownsville. Texas. 2016. "Trump" carved into the border fence. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos