Lisa Elmaleh

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The promised land remains elusive for asylum seekers stranded at the US-Mexico Border

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Jun 19, 2025

Summary

Lisa Elmaleh, a documentary photographer, travels both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, chronicling the experiences of people migrating, as the right to seek asylum is discontinued, first by Title 42, and then by executive order on Donald Trump’s first day in office.

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