The Border Patrol searches a sugar cane field outside McAllen, Texas, for people crossing into the U.S. illegally from Mexico. The Supreme Court has said the executive branch can decide whom to deport. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama is poised to announce what it is likely to be his most ambitious and controversial plan to address the immigration issue, offering temporary reprieve from deportation to as many as 5 million additional immigrants. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
This Guatemalan was taken into custody after the Border Patrol found him freezing by the Rio Grande. He fell off a raft trying to cross the river from Mexico. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A Border Patrol agent holds a photograph left behind by immigrants crossing the Rio Grande in Texas. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
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The Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas. The Supreme Court ruled two years ago that the executive branch had “broad discretion” in setting deportation policies. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
