Janitor’s Photos of Migrants’ Confiscated Belongings

Tom Kiefer, a janitor at the offices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Ajo, Arizona, collected the belongings of border crossers out of the trash and photographed them.

Toilet Paper

Tuny

rosaries

Article and more photos at the New Yorker.

~ by lolarusa on March 15, 2017.

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2 Responses to “Janitor’s Photos of Migrants’ Confiscated Belongings”

  1. You gotta have a stony heart to confiscate somebody’s crucifix.

    unclevinny said this on March 15, 2017 at 7:06 pm

  2. According to the article, rosaries are “potentially lethal, non-essential personal property”.

    lolarusa said this on March 15, 2017 at 9:40 pm

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