U.S/Mexico Border — Avery Leigh White

In 2017, I spent two months reporting along the U.S.–Mexico border, covering Border Angels, pro-Trump militia members, muralists, undocumented immigrants, borderland residents, environmentalists, and activists on both sides of the border. Explore selected pieces I produced for VICE and Current Affairs below.

Two Vets Honor the Dead and Save Lives at the Mexican Border

The Chicano Artists Transcending the US-Mexico Border

Is Humane Immigration Policy Possible?

Joel carries close to 100 pounds of water in a duffel bag from his military days.jpg

%22You don't get the same coyote from Mexico all the way to Phoenix, nobody knows the desert that damned well. That's a mighty big desert to know over a 120 miles like the back of your hand,%22 Joel explains.jpg

One of Alvaro's volunteers carries water for miles towards a new grave site .jpg

The wall was installed in more geographically accessible regions of the border, such as Nogales, Arizona, pushing migrant routes into areas that had not historically been trafficked.jpg