Chapters 6 and 7

Crossing the BorderPhotos from:http://www.aliensonearth.com/place/us/ca/tijuana/#section6

http://www.usais.org/

Example Picture

San Ysidro Checkpoint This checkpoint is the main border gate for Tijuana. This checkpoint averages 40,000 commuters daily.

Picture 1

San Ysidro BorderThe border itself is delineated by

an imposing metal barricade fence about 20 feet high. A good way to view the fence from the U.S. side is to take the I-5 freeway exit for the Border Field State Park. (Referred to by some visitors as "California's Ugliest State Park." )

Picture 2

Garita Otay(Otay Mesa Port-of-Entry)This border gate is used mainly for day travelers

Picture 3

Mexican child found begging near Mexican-US border. The child is leaning against one of the concrete barricades at the border.

Picture 4

Immigration police(la migra) searching the shore of the Rio Grande.

Picture 5

Mexican illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. American Immigration Police are on constant patrol of the border.

Picture 6

Mexican immigrants attempting to hide in the back of a truck. This truck was stopped at the San Ysidro border checkpoint.

Picture 7

Mexican field workers walking to work in the southern fields of California

Picture 8

A tourist store found close the to border. This store’s business is day travelers from the US.

Journal

Pick one of the pictures to use as a setting in a short narrative story