Borders of our imagination

Immigration is one of the most polarizing issues in America today, but regardless of your point of view, there is no doubt the southern US border -the river,  the wall and the borderlands- has a grip on our collective imagination. The way we imagine the border is often informed by mythology; the way we speak of it, by visions of deprivation, violence, even terror. Francisco Cantu worked as a Border Patrol Agent for four years in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico and as a Spanish speaking descendant of Mexican immigrants brought empathy and understanding to the job of intercepting those crossing the border, as did Valeria Luiselli who worked as an interpreter for child migrants crossing from Mexico.