
Alamagordo, New Mexico, 2013 – Raul warms himself and boils a pot of water on a fire in front of his roadside home. He crossed the border into California 35 years ago, but has lived in NM for ten years from odd jobs and stucco construction. The home he shares with his brother has no heating, so he brings buckets of steaming hot water indoors each night to heat the room. ”Life is hard, you know, but I’m never going back to Mexico.”