In the summer of 2019, as the immigration debate intensified and reports highlighted the troubling treatment of migrant families at the southern border, photographer Michael Rose and journalist David Adelson went to Tijuana, Mexico, to see the situation for themselves and document their experiences through a series of photographs and recordings, aiming to humanize the issue and bring attention to the daily challenges migrants encounter at the border..
Border Wall
Border Wall
Expressions from the Border- (a day of art)
The day offered a powerful platform for migrant children to express themselves in an immediate, personal, and raw way, transcending language barriers to share their side of the story. Iglesia Embajadores de Jesús, a large migrant shelter on the outskirts of Tijuana, located in a canyon along a narrow dirt road, houses refugees from Haiti and Central America. It was within this shelter that the children created dozens of striking, emotional paintings and drawings that vividly portrayed their harrowing journeys.
Iglesia Embajadores de Jesus, a large migrant shelter in Tijuana located in a narrow canyon on the outskirts of Tijuana
