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Faces of the border wall

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Marjorie Hernandez
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May 14, 2023

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Since the end of Title 42, migrants from all over have been flooding the US-Mexico border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
A large migrant camp has sprung up between the primary and secondary border walls in San Ysidro, south of San Diego.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
US officials have handed out bottles of water but little else, leaving people to beg through the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Relief workers hand out food through the bars of the fence.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The wait times can vary for the migrants stuck in this border wall encampment.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Many of the migrants are taken to the Crowne Plaza in Mission Valley when they are selected to leave.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
A child peers through the bars of the border fence while holding graham crackers from a volunteer.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
At night when the temperature drops, migrants huddle together under garbage bags turned into makeshift tents and some space blankets.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The camp is little more than a dirt pit littered with trash and discarded items leftover by migrants passing through.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Children reach through the bars hoping to get any scrap of food they can.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Migrants in this makeshift camp have been receiving colored bracelets that correspond to when they will be processed.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
Others press their faces through the bars hoping that volunteers will charge their cellphones.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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Migrants faces peering between the border wall slats at the San Ysidro area south of San Diego, California.
The faces of the San Ysidro portion of the border wall.
Mark Peterson/Redux for NY Post

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