Mexicali, Mexico — At 2 a.m., U.S. immigration officers prepare to escort Illegal immigrants from a bus in Calexico, Calif., through a gate into Mexicali, Mexico. About 30 detainees were flown 1,200 miles on a chartered jet from where they were arrested in Texas a few days ago.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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Mexicali, Mexico — An immigrant being deported from the United States walks through a fenced gateway from Calexico, Calif., on the right and into Mexicali, Mexico.
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Mexicali, Mexico — Immigrants try to decide what to do after being deported from the U.S. About a dozen in the group will take a bus home.
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Mexicali, Mexico — Raul Calderon, 34, tries to rest on a balcony of the Hotel Centenario in Mexicali, Mexico. He was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol in Tucson and deported from California. Calderon says he's broke and is staying free in the dilapidated hotel, which is run by an immigrant advocacy group.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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Mexicali, Mexico — Immigrants who were arrested in Texas by U.S. authorities rest on a balcony in the Hotel Centenario in downtown Mexicali, Mexico, after being deported.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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Mexicali, Mexico — Men who were deported from the U.S. wait outside a government office in Mexicali, Mexico. They have been promised bus tickets to their hometowns in Mexico.
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Mexicali, Mexico — Men who were deported from the United States ride in the back of a Grupos Beta truck through Mexicali, Mexico. Grupos Beta is a government immigrant protection organization.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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