NOGALES, México — Lidia is frowning at the smartphone screen. The face staring back at her, a blonde-haired woman wearing a Carhartt beanie and heavy mascara around her large blue eyes, is modeling how asylum-seekers should position their faces on the federal government’s CBP One mobile app. “Captura de Rostro,” the message above the blonde […]
Author Archives: John Washington
John Washington is an investigative journalist based in Tucson with a focus on immigration and borders, as well as criminal justice and literature. His first book, "The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond," was published in 2020 by Verso Books. Twitter: @jbwashing
