Images by Joey Anchondo (Lightstalkers)

No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman attaches empty gallon jugs found on a migrant trail to his backpack. The jugs are marked with the date they were left on the trail, with water in them, so they can estimate how busy the trail is based on how quickly the water was emptied.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman attaches empty gallon jugs found on a migrant trail to his backpack. The jugs are marked with the date they were left on the trail, with water in them, so they can estimate how busy the trail is based on how quickly the water was emptied.
No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman attaches empty gallon jugs found on a migrant trail to his backpack. The jugs are marked with the date they were left on the trail, with water in them, so they can estimate how busy the trail is based on how quickly the water was emptied.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

Vice President of Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, Carmen Mercer, is interviewed by a documentary film crew from Ireland. The Minutemen attracts media attention from all over the world. In the background is a 15-foot high fence built by the Minutemen on private property. It is nearly a mile long, yet has not been completed. Construction began Memorial Day weekend of 2006.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

Vice President of Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, Carmen Mercer, is interviewed by a documentary film crew from Ireland. The Minutemen attracts media attention from all over the world. In the background is a 15-foot high fence built by the Minutemen on private property. It is nearly a mile long, yet has not been completed. Construction began Memorial Day weekend of 2006.
Vice President of Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, Carmen Mercer, is interviewed by a documentary film crew from Ireland. The Minutemen attracts media attention from all over the world. In the background is a 15-foot high fence built by the Minutemen on private property. It is nearly a mile long, yet has not been completed. Construction began Memorial Day weekend of 2006.

President of Humane Borders, Mark Townley, left, and volunteers Augustine and daughter Rosalia Casares pay their respects to the dead at the site of a triple homicide just outside of the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Pima County, Arizona. The deceased were three immigrants passing through the reservation. Humane Borders, an organization based out of the First Christian Church in Tucson that promotes rights for immigrants, operates at least 83 water stations in souther Arizona's Sonora Desert. The stations are placed strategically throughout the desert to provide hydration to the growing number of immigrants crossing the Mexican border.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

President of Humane Borders, Mark Townley, left, and volunteers Augustine and daughter Rosalia Casares pay their respects to the dead at the site of a triple homicide just outside of the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Pima County, Arizona. The deceased were three immigrants passing through the reservation. Humane Borders, an organization based out of the First Christian Church in Tucson that promotes rights for immigrants, operates at least 83 water stations in souther Arizona's Sonora Desert. The stations are placed strategically throughout the desert to provide hydration to the growing number of immigrants crossing the Mexican border.
President of Humane Borders, Mark Townley, left, and volunteers Augustine and daughter Rosalia Casares pay their respects to the dead at the site of a triple homicide just outside of the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Pima County, Arizona. The deceased were three immigrants passing through the reservation. Humane Borders, an organization based out of the First Christian Church in Tucson that promotes rights for immigrants, operates at least 83 water stations in souther Arizona's Sonora Desert. The stations are placed strategically throughout the desert to provide hydration to the growing number of immigrants crossing the Mexican border.

No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman crosses a flooded river bed near Red Hill tank in Pima County, Arizona on August 28, 2007. Late in the summer, monsoon rains bring flash floods to the Sonora desert, adding to the dangers that immigrants face when crossing the border.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman crosses a flooded river bed near Red Hill tank in Pima County, Arizona on August 28, 2007. Late in the summer, monsoon rains bring flash floods to the Sonora desert, adding to the dangers that immigrants face when crossing the border.
No More Deaths volunteer Dane Rossman crosses a flooded river bed near Red Hill tank in Pima County, Arizona on August 28, 2007. Late in the summer, monsoon rains bring flash floods to the Sonora desert, adding to the dangers that immigrants face when crossing the border.

"No child gets left behind, but my sister is getting left behind," Rosemberg Corzo, 18, says of his 13 year old sister, Amparo (pictured). Their family, originally from a state in southern Mexico, was deported on August 29, 2007, after living in Phoenix for 12 years. Amparo crossed the border no more than 200 yards from where she sits here when she was eight months old. Although her parents speak Spanish at home, she does have any Spanish reading or writing skills. Rosemberg was one year away from graduating high school and had completed two college courses and was part way through a third. Although Rosemberg hopes that he and his siblings can finish school in Mexico, he worries about the border town they are trying to make a new life in. "It's pretty dangerous around here on the border," he says of hearing gunshots the night before. Jose Antonio Rivera Cortes or "Profe", who has been in charge of the aid station seen here for four years says that he is going to take the family of seven to a "maquiladora", or factory, where they will work making medical supplies.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

"No child gets left behind, but my sister is getting left behind," Rosemberg Corzo, 18, says of his 13 year old sister, Amparo (pictured). Their family, originally from a state in southern Mexico, was deported on August 29, 2007, after living in Phoenix for 12 years. Amparo crossed the border no more than 200 yards from where she sits here when she was eight months old. Although her parents speak Spanish at home, she does have any Spanish reading or writing skills. Rosemberg was one year away from graduating high school and had completed two college courses and was part way through a third. Although Rosemberg hopes that he and his siblings can finish school in Mexico, he worries about the border town they are trying to make a new life in. "It's pretty dangerous around here on the border," he says of hearing gunshots the night before. Jose Antonio Rivera Cortes or "Profe", who has been in charge of the aid station seen here for four years says that he is going to take the family of seven to a "maquiladora", or factory, where they will work making medical supplies.
"No child gets left behind, but my sister is getting left behind," Rosemberg Corzo, 18, says of his 13 year old sister, Amparo (pictured). Their family, originally from a state in southern Mexico, was deported on August 29, 2007, after living in Phoenix for 12 years. Amparo crossed the border no more than 200 yards from where she sits here when she was eight months old. Although her parents speak Spanish at home, she does have any Spanish reading or writing skills. Rosemberg was one year away from graduating high school and had completed two college courses and was part way through a third. Although Rosemberg hopes that he and his siblings can finish school in Mexico, he worries about the border town they are trying to make a new life in. "It's pretty dangerous around here on the border," he says of hearing gunshots the night before. Jose Antonio Rivera Cortes or "Profe", who has been in charge of the aid station seen here for four years says that he is going to take the family of seven to a "maquiladora", or factory, where they will work making medical supplies.

No More Deaths volunteers Dane Rossman, left, and Chris Fleishchman, 47, a controls engineer from Phoenix, plan out their patrol route for the following morning using maps of the area trails. Volunteers from No More Deaths go on morning and afternoon patrols throughout the summer on known migrant trails. On new trails, they use GPS's to map them for future patrols.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

No More Deaths volunteers Dane Rossman, left, and Chris Fleishchman, 47, a controls engineer from Phoenix, plan out their patrol route for the following morning using maps of the area trails. Volunteers from No More Deaths go on morning and afternoon patrols throughout the summer on known migrant trails. On new trails, they use GPS's to map them for future patrols.
No More Deaths volunteers Dane Rossman, left, and Chris Fleishchman, 47, a controls engineer from Phoenix, plan out their patrol route for the following morning using maps of the area trails. Volunteers from No More Deaths go on morning and afternoon patrols throughout the summer on known migrant trails. On new trails, they use GPS's to map them for future patrols.

As a monsoon storm approaches Lance Altherr and Carmen Mercer, vice president of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, on Elephant Head Rd. in Green Valley, Arizona. Cars line up where high-traffic migrant trails cross the road. Like the organizations that give aid to immigrants crossing the border, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is trying to send a message that the U.S. government is at fault for many of the problems on the border.The Minutemen have night patrols one or two times per month and month long musters in October and April, the months with the highest traffic. At night they use both night vision and infrared equipment to spot immigrants before they reach the border. If an immigrant is spotted, border patrol is notified, but no further action is taken.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

As a monsoon storm approaches Lance Altherr and Carmen Mercer, vice president of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, on Elephant Head Rd. in Green Valley, Arizona. Cars line up where high-traffic migrant trails cross the road. Like the organizations that give aid to immigrants crossing the border, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is trying to send a message that the U.S. government is at fault for many of the problems on the border.The Minutemen have night patrols one or two times per month and month long musters in October and April, the months with the highest traffic. At night they use both night vision and infrared equipment to spot immigrants before they reach the border. If an immigrant is spotted, border patrol is notified, but no further action is taken.
As a monsoon storm approaches Lance Altherr and Carmen Mercer, vice president of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, on Elephant Head Rd. in Green Valley, Arizona. Cars line up where high-traffic migrant trails cross the road. Like the organizations that give aid to immigrants crossing the border, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is trying to send a message that the U.S. government is at fault for many of the problems on the border.The Minutemen have night patrols one or two times per month and month long musters in October and April, the months with the highest traffic. At night they use both night vision and infrared equipment to spot immigrants before they reach the border. If an immigrant is spotted, border patrol is notified, but no further action is taken.

Elias Hernandez, 29, left, and Eduardo Gonzalez, 21, both from Mexico City, look over a shrine at the No More Deaths camp in Arivaca, Arizona. The shrine was made from items found by No More Deaths volunteers in the desert. Some of these items include coins, backpacks, shoes, candles and crosses.

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:26:50 +0000

Elias Hernandez, 29, left, and Eduardo Gonzalez, 21, both from Mexico City, look over a shrine at the No More Deaths camp in Arivaca, Arizona. The shrine was made from items found by No More Deaths volunteers in the desert. Some of these items include coins, backpacks, shoes, candles and crosses.
Elias Hernandez, 29, left, and Eduardo Gonzalez, 21, both from Mexico City, look over a shrine at the No More Deaths camp in Arivaca, Arizona. The shrine was made from items found by No More Deaths volunteers in the desert. Some of these items include coins, backpacks, shoes, candles and crosses.