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illegal aliens

Apprehended Father and Son in the Back of an INS Truck, San Ysidro, California

Apprehended Father and Son in the Back of an INS Truck, San Ysidro, California
ID number: 
96.73.34
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Subject - proper nouns: 
Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS)
Cultural associations: 
Mexican
Keywords: 
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Indocumentados discovered in the trunk of a car abandoned by their coyote, San Ysidro, California

Indocumentados discovered in the trunk of a car abandoned by their coyote, San Ysidro, California
ID number: 
96.73.33
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Cultural associations: 
Hispanic Mexican (?)
Keywords: 
activities arrests automobiles emigration & immigration illegal aliens men night vehicles women

Victim of Bandits, San Ysidro, California

Victim of Bandits, San Ysidro, California
ID number: 
96.73.32
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Subject - proper nouns: 
U.S. Border Patrol
Cultural associations: 
Hispanic
Keywords: 
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Family from Michoacán with Children Five Months and Four Years Old Apprehended in San Ysidro

Family from Michoacán with Children Five Months and Four Years Old Apprehended in San Ysidro
ID number: 
96.73.31
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Cultural associations: 
Mexican
Keywords: 
activities arrests boys children emigration & immigration families illegal aliens infants men night women

Surrender, 74 Year Old Man from Zamora, Michoacán; San Ysidro

Surrender, 74 Year Old Man from Zamora, Michoacán; San Ysidro
ID number: 
96.73.30
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Cultural associations: 
Mexican
Keywords: 
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Caught Running from La Migra, San Ysidro

Caught Running from La Migra, San Ysidro
ID number: 
96.73.29
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
ca. 1988
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1988 Ken Light
Cultural associations: 
Mexican
Keywords: 
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Undocumented Family: Two Sisters

Undocumented Family: Two Sisters
ID number: 
86.51.3
Maker: 
Morrie Camhi
Date: 
1982
Credit line: 
Purchase
Copyright: 
©Morrie Camhi, 1982
Cultural associations: 
Hispanic Mexican-American
Keywords: 
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Undocumented Workers, El Mirage, Arizona

ID Number: 
97.46.17
Maker: 
Bernal, Louis Carlos (1941-1993)
Date: 
1978
Credit line: 
Gift of Morrie Camhi
Copyright: 
© Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Bernal
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