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Chapters 6 and 7

Chapters 6 and 7. Crossing the Border. Photos 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.

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Chapters 6 and 7

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  1. Chapters 6 and 7 Crossing the Border Photos from: http://www.aliensonearth.com/place/us/ca/tijuana/#section6 http://www.usais.org/

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

  3. Picture 1 • San Ysidro Border The 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." )

  4. Picture 2 • Garita Otay(Otay Mesa Port-of-Entry) • This border gate is used mainly for day travelers

  5. Picture 3 • Mexican child found begging near Mexican-US border. The child is leaning against one of the concrete barricades at the border.

  6. Picture 4 • Immigration police(la migra) searching the shore of the Rio Grande.

  7. Picture 5 • Mexican illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. American Immigration Police are on constant patrol of the border.

  8. Picture 6 • Mexican immigrants attempting to hide in the back of a truck. This truck was stopped at the San Ysidro border checkpoint.

  9. Picture 7 • Mexican field workers walking to work in the southern fields of California

  10. Picture 8 • A tourist store found close the to border. This store’s business is day travelers from the US.

  11. Journal • Pick one of the pictures to use as a setting in a short narrative story

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