Vic Hinterlang Photojournalist

American and Mexican flags fly over the U.S. - Mexico border, marked by shipping containers, razor wire and the Rio Grande River, early in the morning.

Migrants wade across the Rio Grande River to reach the U.S. and seek asylum.

Florida Park Commission agents on loan to Texas take a Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum into custody.

A Florida Park Commission agent on loan to Texas takes a Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum into custody.

A Florida Park Commission agent on loan to Texas watches a Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum.

A Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum waits to be taken to a Border Patrol station for processing.

A Texas D.P.S. agent takes a picture of a Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum into custody.

Texas D.P.S. agents load a Honduran migrant family that just illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to seek asylum into a van to go to a Border Patrol station.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum crawl through razor wire on the banks of the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. and turn themselves in.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum monitored by a soldier walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A migrant couple seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A group of migrant men, one wearing a life vest, seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A migrant couple seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A migrant father and daughter seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A Venezuelan migrant father and daughter seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A young Venezuelan migrant mother and son seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.

Two Border Patrol agents take a group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum into custody under the International Bridge.

Two Border Patrol agents take a group of male migrants seeking U.S. asylum into custody under the International Bridge.

A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum line up under the International Bridge to be processed by the Border Patrol.

A Border Patrol agent directs an older migrant man who entered the U.S. illegally to seek asylum by crossing the Rio Grande River to a bus to the BP station.

A Border Patrol agent checks the i.d. cards of men who entered the U.S. illegally to seek asylum by crossing the Rio Grande River.

A Central American migrant family seeking U.S. asylum waits under the International Bridge to be processed by the Border Patrol.

A Border Patrol agent hands a receipt for seized items to a migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum.

A Border Patrol agent hands a male migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum his i.d. card as he hurries to a bus.

A young female Venezuelan migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum gets a drink of water from a water tank.

Two young female migrants who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum check their receipts for seized property.

A Border Patrol agent speaks with a group of migrants that illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum.

A young female migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum hands her identification card to a Border Patrol agent.

A Border Patrol agent speaks with a young female Central American migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum.

A young Central American boy migrant who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River with his family to enter the U.S. to seek asylum gives the "V" for victory sign.

A Border Patrol agent checks the papers of a Central American migrant family who illegally crossed the Rio Grande River to enter the U.S. to seek asylum.

Border Patrol agents take a group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum into custody under the International Bridge.

A young Central American man who entered the U.S. to seek asylum by illegally crossing the Rio Grande River carries his young son to a bus to the Border Patrol.

A family that entered the U.S. to seek asylum by illegally crossing the Rio Grande River boards a bus to the Border Patrol station for further processing.

A young Central American woman who entered the U.S. to seek asylum by illegally crossing the Rio Grande River leads her daughter onto a bus to their next stop.

Two male migrants who entered the U.S. to seek asylum by illegally crossing the Rio Grande River board a bus to a Border Patrol station for further processing.

Male migrants who entered the U.S. to seek asylum by illegally crossing the Rio Grande River board a bus to a Border Patrol station for further processing.