No choice but to go north
Drought in Central Mexico spurs immigration
©Scott Sines — In the early 1980's severe drought conditions dried up Mexico's breadbasket. Crop after crop failed and many small farms were collapsing....
Nowhere to run
Guatemalan refugees stuck in the middle
©Scott Sines — During the early 80’s civil wars were ongoing in several Central American countries and large increases of immigrants from any country...
A Room for the Night
San Antonio has over 250 sunny days a year. The average low temperature in the winter is in the high 40s. It's about 150 miles from the border so...
Middle Class Pushes Back
©Scott Sines
I knew about Dr. Cobos through the Mexican American Cultural Center. I was hearing talk of a rigged election before Christmas. I’d heard they would
close the border...