Mikal Jakubal

Mikal Jakubal

Immigration

A telephoto image from above that appears to be almost an aerial view of a very wide freshly graded dirt road. On the left side, the 30 foot tall rusty iron US – Mexico border wall zigzags across the landscape and up a steep hill. To the right, where fresh construction has been done, erosion control fabric is draped down the hill. The sun is coming from the left, so the wall casts dramatic shadows on the dirt road. In the middle of the shadows is a more brightly lit area where the sun shoots directly through the bars in the wall and illuminates three people with backpacks walking.

Twenty Four Hours At The Wall

A heavy gate, 6' x 8' made of 6"x6" square steel tubing, lies on the ground at night after being cut free from the U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Gate 18C

A man in a welding helmet, heavy brown welders jacket and gloves stands on a ladder leaning against the US – Mexico border fence. He is welding a 2-foot long piece of heavy angle iron horizontally between several of the vertical steel posts in the fence. Sparks and smoke are flying from the welding rods. To the left is a flatbed pick up with a blue welding generator, spools of welding cable and a work vice on the back.

Mending Wall

The U.S.-Mexico border fence, built of rows of 30' tall, 6" x 6" square steel tubing set into concrete 4" apart. The posts are out of focus, but the scenery behind them is sharp. A man wearing dark clothing and a neck gaiter to hide his face leads a group of people through the bushes toward the fence. He is holding a radio.

The Portal

A blue plastic milk crate, turned upside down, with two dark rocks atop. Inside the crate are white plastic water jugs, obviously torn open and empty. The crate is sitting on stony ground, with desert vegetation in the background. There is also a rumpled white Red Cross blanket lying on the ground in the background.

Water drop

The 30' rusty steel U.S.-Mexico border fence towers above a group of over 200 migrants at night. The people are illuminated by the headlights of a Border Patrol pickup truck out of the frame.

Christmas at the wall

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