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Frontera
A photographer and a writer join the Ajo and Tucson Samaritans to highlight the harshness of the experience of migrants who cross the U.S. border into the sprawling Sonoran Desert — where it's mostly about the water.
Felician Sr. Maria Louise Edwards, vice president of the Aguilas del Desierto, spoke to GSR in Arizona, where she was networking with church and civic groups working in border ministry.
Judy Bourg, a School Sister of Notre Dame, talks to GSR about her daily work at migrant resource center in Agua Prieta, Mexico, as well as recalls migrants' stories that motivated her to be a "link of hope."
In U.S. border communities, staff and volunteers at the Migrant Resource Center and similar organizations help migrants expelled from the country rest and get advice while they figure out their next step.