Bordering on Insecurity — Martin do Nascimento

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The international bridge and Rio Grande river between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras. Photo by Martin do Nascimento

Karina looks out the window of the bus from Sabinas to Piedras Negras, Mexico. Photo by Martin do Nascimento

The Carias family makes their way from the Piedras negras bus station to the Frontera Digna migrant shelter. Photo by Martin do Nascimento

A road sign in Piedras Negras. Photo by Martin do Nascimento

Jeremy François Carias plays while his parents try contacting relatives living in the US on the phone from the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Prior to their arriving at the border the Carias' relatives in the US had told them that they

The Carias family leaves the US-Mexico border overlook in Piedras Negras, Mexico, after spotting a group of young men that make them uneasy. They have heard about individual migrants and also families being abducted and held for ransom and Dikeni wa

Dikeni Carias shows his cousin Josue Canales the ankle monitor, that he was given as a condition of his release from a detention center in Pennsylvania, on Jun. 10, 2017. Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune.

Dikeni serves himself and Fransuas food at a Chinese buffet, their first stop upon Dikeni and Fransuas' arrival in Houston on Jun. 10, 2017. Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune.

Dikeni and Fransuas (3) video-chat with Karina and Caleb (1), who are in Tijuana, from a Chinese buffet, their first stop upon their arrival in Houston on Jun. 10, 2017. Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune.

Fransuas' fortune at a Chinese buffet, his and his father's first stop upon arrival in Houston on Jun. 10, 2017. Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune.

A series of images exploring a range of economic, political, and social issues related to the Texas-Mexico border for a year-long reporting project by The Texas Tribune. The images were made primarily in South Texas, Northern and Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. (Published by The Texas Tribune)

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