May 8, 2023, Ciudad Juárez - El Paso TX. Title 42, the World War II era law that granted Presidents Trump and Biden the authority to prevent citizens of foreign countries where communicable diseases are prevalent from entering the United States, was about to expire and the immigrant crisis was intensifying by the minute. Scenes became even more raw and inhumane than they had previously and a heightened sense of anxiety and desperation was felt by many people waiting at the border. A gate in the wall opened unexpectedly and a crew of Border Patrol agents and National Guardsmen led a small group of people through, escorting the new arrivals to a white bus that was waiting for them. After an hour painstakingly documenting the scene, I witnessed humankind in a state of desperation that I was not prepared to see. “Come hell or high water.”