The Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamulipas. June 29, 2019.
Elibette Trujillo looks out of a window at Casa INDI on Aug. 6, 2019. Elibette migrated from Honduras with her mother Nora Valdez. The pair are waiting at the shelter until their asylum hearing.
A toddler cools off in a bucket of water at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The women with the boy stated that the cool baths prevent him from forming hives from the heat. June 29, 2019.
Vanessa Ramos Chavez rests in a tent at Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. She arrived to the shelter from El Salvador with her baby, Anderson Josue. The pair have been at the shelter for over a month. June 29, 2019.
A young woman tends laundry at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The shelter was at capacity as of June 29, 2019.
A young man holds a baby at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas on June 29, 2019.
A Cuban migrant reads a book while at the migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas on July 22, 2019.
A group of migrants are processed at an immigration checkpoint in Nuevo Laredo. The group requested asylum in the United States, but were promptly returned to Mexico to await their court dates. July 22, 2019.
A Honduran migrant holds his daughters’ hand at an immigration checkpoint in Nuevo Laredo. The pair requested asylum in the United States, but were promptly returned to Mexico to await their case. The father was uncertain whether they would remain in Mexico until their court date. July 22, 2019.
Denise Celia Rodriguez Bastida is pregnant and waiting out her asylum case at a migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Denise shows a wristband that was given to her by the Mexican governement. The wristband reads: High-risk Pregnancy. Denise was anxious about being returned to Mexico to await her asylum case. July 22, 2019.
Gina Gonzalez, a self-identified transgender rights activist in Honduras, waits at a shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Gonzalez seeks to request asylum in the United States. July 22, 2019.
A young girl stands on a chair in the dining hall at Casa INDI on Aug. 5, 2019. The Mexican government has been busing migrants to Monterrey from Nuevo Laredo.
Anjelica Zavala, dressed in black, sits at a table in the dining room at Casa INDI. According to Zavala, her parents, husband and cousins were murdered by gangs in El Salvador. Zavala has an asylum hearing scheduled for the fall. Aug. 6, 2019.