Photos: New Mexico and the Mexican border
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Beyond the Wall: Texas border with Mexico in photos.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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The sun sets over Columbus, New Mexico, just a few miles north of the international border.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A Customs and Border Protection officer returns documents to the driver of a vehicle entering from Mexico at the Columbus port of entry in Columbus, New Mexico.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Farmer James Johnson drives along the international border at his Carzalia Valley Produce farms, west of Columbus, New Mexico.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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The international border transitions into a barbed-wire fence as it dips into a wash west of Columbus, New Mexico.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Las Chepas, Chihuahua, once was a bustling staging place for migrants. Border enforcement drove crossers elsewhere, and now the town is home to about 40 people.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Blanca Flores, 65, is one of about 40 residents remaining in Las Chepas, Chihuahua. The place is practically a ghost town now that border crossing is down and crossers have moved to other areas along the border.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A Customs and Border Protection helicopter circles north of Las Chepas.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Epifanio Ruiz, 53, doesn't see crowds anymore in his home in Las Chepas, Chihuahua.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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What's left of a Spanish-language Bible rots on the ground of a rundown house in the village of Las Chepas, Chihuahua.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Migrants left personal items behind in a now-abandoned staging house in the border village of Las Chepas, Chihuahua.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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The crowds of migrants preparing to cross the border into the U.S. have moved on from Las Chepas, Chihuahua, but Blanca Flores, 65, remains in her hometown.
2016 Border Project: New Mexico
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Blanca Flores, 65, is one of about 40 residents remaining in Las Chepas, Chihuahua. The place is practically a ghost town now that border crossing is down and crossers have moved to other areas along the border.
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