Note: This post originally published on August 11, 2018, on the Journalism 360 Medium site: https://medium.com/journalism360/drawing-the-border-6f13316e9065

To tell the story of the deported in Tijuana is to truly illustrate a new, unfamiliar reality. Just a few miles from San Diego, Tijuana may not seem immediately different from any American metropolis.

Most cities take shape similarly: they have concentrations of large buildings and concrete paths; plazas will restaurants and office spaces alike; developed districts and rougher parts; and cars and people, and therefore traffic.

On the surface, Tijuana felt familiar.

If you want to read more about this process, go here.